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Live Free or Die Hard

  • 20072007
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
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John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
410K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,210
234
    • Len Wiseman
  • Writers
    • John Carlin(based upon the article "A Farewell to Arms" by)
    • Roderick Thorp(certain original character by)
    • Mark Bomback(story by)
  • Stars
    • Bruce Willis
    • Justin Long
    • Timothy Olyphant
    • Len Wiseman
  • Writers
    • John Carlin(based upon the article "A Farewell to Arms" by)
    • Roderick Thorp(certain original character by)
    • Mark Bomback(story by)
  • Stars
    • Bruce Willis
    • Justin Long
    • Timothy Olyphant
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    • 885User reviews
    • 369Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    Bruce Willis
    Bruce Willis
    • John McClane
    Justin Long
    Justin Long
    • Matt Farrell
    Timothy Olyphant
    Timothy Olyphant
    • Thomas Gabriel
    Maggie Q
    Maggie Q
    • Mai
    Cliff Curtis
    Cliff Curtis
    • Bowman
    Jonathan Sadowski
    Jonathan Sadowski
    • Trey
    Andrew Friedman
    Andrew Friedman
    • Casper
    Kevin Smith
    Kevin Smith
    • Warlock
    Yorgo Constantine
    Yorgo Constantine
    • Russo
    Cyril Raffaelli
    Cyril Raffaelli
    • Rand
    Chris Palermo
    Chris Palermo
    • Del
    • (as Christopher Palermo)
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    • Lucy
    Sung Kang
    Sung Kang
    • Raj
    Zeljko Ivanek
    Zeljko Ivanek
    • Molina
    Christina Chang
    Christina Chang
    • Taylor
    Jake McDorman
    Jake McDorman
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    Gerald Downey
    Gerald Downey
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      • Len Wiseman
    • Writers
      • John Carlin(based upon the article "A Farewell to Arms" by)
      • Roderick Thorp(certain original character by)
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    • Trivia
      It took four months to assemble and combine archive footage of past American presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush to create the televised warning from Gabriel. The goal was to create a video representation of a ransom note.
    • Goofs
      In the part where Farrell and Mclane try to start the BMW 5-series, Farrell asks the BMW SOS operator to start the car remotely. BMW's SOS service cannot do this in reality.
    • Quotes

      Matt Farrell: You just killed a helicopter with a car!

      John McClane: I was out of bullets.

    • Crazy credits
      After the 20th Century Fox opening logo has been on for a while, it suddenly "short circuits", causing flickering as the the searchlights fade, climaxing in a total power outage.
    • Alternate versions
      The unrated DVD (also known as the Ultimate Action Edition in some territories) contains frequent use of strong profanity and stronger violence (bullet hits are more graphically seen with blood spraying out). Also, McClane's signature line is now heard in full, as the gunshot does not obscure the latter part of it.
    • Connections
      Edited from The Sum of All Fears (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Rock & Roll Queen
      Written by Billy Lunn, Charlotte Cooper and Josh Morgan (as Joshua Morgan)

      Performed by The Subways

      Courtesy of Sire Records/Reprise Records

      By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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    7/10
    Good Old-Fashioned Shattered Glass Action Flick
    "Live Free or Die Hard" is quite a refreshing piece of entertainment this summer in the wake of so many effects-driven computer simulated action/fantasy films. With its silly title, smart-alleck lead character (Bruce Willis as Bruce Willis doing John McClane), and loads of old fashioned stunts involving cars, SUV's, elevator shafts, big rigs, helicopters, fighter jets, and collapsing highway bridges, this flick is a great piece of shattered-glass entertainment--a throwback to the late 1980's and early 1990's when movies like the original "Die Hard" changed the face of movie action.

    There is some frustration to be had when you start to realize how much they toned down to achieve the friendly PG-13 rating. There's far less profanity flying, and while the body count is astronomically high (the collateral damage in this film in terms of human life and damaged property is tres magnifique), there's little blood and guts to be found. Still, die hard "Die Hard" action fans should rest assured knowing there will be plenty of funny one-liners, hot chicks (a wonderful Maggie Q as the bad-ass female villain and the scorchingly feisty and cute Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lucy McClane), super smart bad guys (a very good Timothy Olyphant), and jaw-dropping death-defying stunts.

    Director Len Wiseman orchestrates the complicated stunts very well like a masterful puppeteer, which is a shock considering how god-awful his "Underworld" films were. The hand-to-hand human match-ups still bear some of his annoying hallmarks, but he's learned how to blow things up really well and has learned a thing or two about scope and editing in big action set-pieces. The excellent pacing and preposterousness of the stunts (especially the climax involving the fighter jet and the big rig) certainly put a smile on my face.

    There's a whole lot of computer hacking related mumbo-jumbo involved in the story, and there's a lot of downtime for male bonding and "explanation" of the finer plot points that slows the film down some but is actually nice to see in a world now ruled by Michael Bay-style non-stop action. Plenty dumb, plenty thrilling, and plenty of fun, "Live Free or Die Hard" is a pleasant surprise considering how unnecessary this sequel seemed from conception.
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    • How did Matt Farrell know John McClane was about to disable a car when McClane was trying to hot-wire it?
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      • June 27, 2007 (United States)
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      • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Dune Entertainment
      • Ingenious Film Partners
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    • 2 hours 8 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital EX
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