Live Free or Die Hard

Pros: Willis, Long, Olyphant, Smith, Winstead; good script, direction, action
Cons: Some of the action is a bit over the top

John McClane is a cop that has come to learn all too well that terrorists love to do some of their dirtiest work around holiday times. In Live Free Or Die Hard, McClane (Bruce Willis) finds himself involved in stopping another terrorist plot. One ...

Pros: Bruce Willis and plenty of action, and a plot that thrilled!
Cons: No one will win any academy awards I suppose

Growing up in the eighties, Bruce Willis was one of my favorite action stars. I own the Die Hard box set, and my son has seen the first two Die Hard movies. When we saw the trailers to Live Free or Die Hard, we both knew it was a movie we wanted to see. ...

Pros: Great action scenes, lots of funny dialogue
Cons: Nothing major

Live Free or Die Hard stars Bruce Willis once again in the role that launched his superstar movie career back in the 80’s. This time, he’s fighting a bunch of homegrown terrorist computer hackers. Director Len Wiseman of the Underworld ...

Pros: sizzling action, effective performances, effects and camera work
Cons: warmed-over plot

It's always a roll of the dice when a franchise, started decades ago, gets revisited because the actor who benefited then is hoping to relive old times. But this film, Lie Free or Die Hard, is one rockin', rollin' thrillride. Released in 1988, the ...

Pros: Bruce Willis proves he's still cool, great action, good buddy flick with Justin Long
Cons: Innocently enough, I can't stand how edited down it was to a PG-13

When I was a kid I was never really censored; I would watch Jean Claude Van Damme movies with my brother, Terms of Endearment with my mother, fantasy tales with my sissy, and Die Hard with my father. Sure tells a whole lot about how I ...

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If summer blockbusters are supposed to be big loud fun, then Live Free or Die Hard certainly succeeds. If, however, it's supposed to be as good as the original, it falls a little short - mostly by being about a half an hour too long. Still, it's ...

Pros: Direction, cast, script.
Cons: One sketchy scene; climax.

Pierce Brosnan. Tom Cruise. Vin Diesel. All of these men are established bad-asses in the cinematic world, but all of them would undoubtedly have their heads smashed into the pavement by the one and only true king: Bruce Willis. Okay, maybe not ...

Pros: Most of the cast, directing, solid action, minimal digital FX, funny quips
Cons: Shoddy editing, a few way-over-the-top bits of action

It's been 12 agonizing years since the world last saw New York's finest: Detective John McClane. But over a decade later, Bruce Willis is back to reprise his most iconic role & prove once more that he's still cut out for beating the crap out of ...

Pros: Gritty, witty and not too pretty
Cons: Some poor editing; obviously doesn't stand up to original; The way I wrote the pros

I haven't quite been quaking in my boots with anticipation since whenever the fourth installment of the Die Hard series was announced, but when the TV spots became regular, I got quite amped and ready to let some improbable action flick entertain me ...

Pros: Willis, Long, Great Stunts.
Cons: None

Computers have become such a mainstay of modern life that few of us even stop to imagine just how much of our lives are affected by them. In the course of a standard day, everything from the lights at the corner, offices, banks, and even the cars we ...

Pros: John McLane's daughter Lucy and her fight and attitude.
Cons: The thought of virtual terrorism.

One night, while sitting in my room crocheting, the next television show that was said to be playing was Die Hard II. I never had gotten the chance to see it, so I decided to sit up and watch it. It was late and I was up so why not. As I ...

Pros: Explodey things. Freerunning. Bruce Willis is still awesome.
Cons: It's a silly summer blockbuster and it's only rated PG-13.

The days are long, the temperatures are high, and the explosions are big. That’s right, it’s once again summer and the season of the blockbuster. It’s that fabulous time of the year where the cinema invites us to leave our brains at home ...

Pros: Willis is still Willis and John McClane is still cool.
Cons: The action sequence with the jet

Let me tell you why the newest Die Hard works. Yes, the action has been dialed up to a whole new level. Yes, this is a PG-13 Die Hard and the language has been a tad sanitized. But.... Len Wiseman did one thing right. John McClane is still John ...

Pros: Kevin Smith, action scenes, dialouge between the characters
Cons: Villain not as good as previous movies

This was one of three movies I was looking forward to seeing this summer (The other two being Transformers and the Bourne Ultimatum). When the release day finally came upon me, I was excited. I've always been a big fan of the Die Hard Franchise. In my ...

Pros: mostly entertaining, Bruce Willis and Justin Long are fun to watch
Cons: Campy and ridiculous action sequences, Timothy Olyphant is a miscast as a villain

Like an old rock band getting together for a reunion tour, Bruce Willis returns as John McClane in “Live Free or Die Hard;” only no one else from the previous three films are anywhere to be found. The first “Die Hard” took place in Los Angeles, the ...