How did Matt Farrell know John McClane was about to disable a car when McClane was trying to hot-wire it?

Is 'Live Free or Die Hard' based on a book?

A different kind of Die Hard, but in great ways!

Good Old-Fashioned Shattered Glass Action Flick

Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Mary-Louise Parker in RED (2010)

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, and Chris Rock in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994)

Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)

Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, and Ving Rhames in Con Air (1997)

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon (1987)

Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Timothy Olyphant and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Justin Long and Maggie Q in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Len Wiseman in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Bruce Willis and Len Wiseman in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Bruce Willis and Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Bruce Willis

Justin Long

Timothy Olyphant

John Carlin

Roderick Thorp

Mark Bomback

John McClane is forced to team up with a young computer hacker, Matt Farrell, to stop a master cyber-terrorist called Thomas Gabriel, who wants to shut down the entire nations computer infrastructure in a mass cyber attack.

Len Wiseman

Live Free or Die Hard

&quot;Live Free or Die Hard&quot; 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&apos;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&apos;s and early 1990&apos;s when movies like the original &quot;Die Hard&quot; 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&apos;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&apos;s little blood and guts to be found. Still, die hard &quot;Die Hard&quot; 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 &quot;Underworld&quot; films were. The hand-to-hand human match-ups still bear some of his annoying hallmarks, but he&apos;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&apos;s a whole lot of computer hacking related mumbo-jumbo involved in the story, and there&apos;s a lot of downtime for male bonding and &quot;explanation&quot; 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, &quot;Live Free or Die Hard&quot; is a pleasant surprise considering how unnecessary this sequel seemed from conception.

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"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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