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Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Rank 2 Reviews
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JackassCritics.com ("The Grim Ringler")
Our parents have one truth when we’re young that seems to stand above all others, a truth that we scoff at, yet which stands strong all the same - there can truly be too much of a good thing. Maybe it’s that pizza that you ate one too many slices of, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at JackassCritics.com ("The Grim Ringler")
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
The toughest thing about Die Hard sequels must be coming up with the new titles. Having eschewed the simplicity of just adding a numeral to the end of the title after Die Hard 2 (1990), which carried the it-has-to-be-a-joke subtitle Die Harder, the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
In “Live Free or Die Hard,” Bruce Willis is forced to do battle with cyber-terrorists, high-kicking kung-fu babes, helicopters, exploding gas lines, flying cars and fighter jets with nothing more than his fists, a few guns, the occasional flying car ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
FilmJudge (David Mercier)
When cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel (Olyphant) tries to shut down all the computer systems that run the United States, detective John McClane (Willis) is assigned to arrest and protect Matt Farrell (Long), a computer hacker who might be responsible part ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
The Movie Chicks
John McClane (Bruce Willis) is back in form as the reluctant hero – saving the world because nobody else is there to step up to the plate. This time around he takes a “routine call” to pick up a computer hacker, Matt (Justin Long), but times his ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Movie Chicks
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
“Live Free or Die Hard” is the kind of funny, exciting, entertaining action film that “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End” was supposed to be. This is the best Die Hard movie since the original film (which was recently named by ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
There's something enormously comforting about watching Willis' smoldering, forever put-upon NYPD Detective John McClane as he once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys. For many American moviegoers of a certain ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
Nineteen years after the first film turned Bruce Willis into a movie star, the time has come for the “Die Hard” series to play dead.
Don't get me wrong -- for a third sequel to a classic movie ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
Bullz-Eye.com
If there was any cause for hesitation going into “Live Free or Die Hard,” it was the last-minute announcement that the film had been rated PG-13. Surely there had been some sort of typo, since we all know John McClane deals with terrorists the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Empire Magazine [UK]
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Bruce Willis (Perfect Stranger, Grindhouse) returns to his most famous of roles again, playing John McClane, the NYPD cop (now a detective) who always seems to be smack dab in the middle of the action wherever terrorists make their play for power. Each ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Empire ()
in a cyber attack, taking out transportation, telecommunications, financial and power networks with systematic hacking. Luckily, New York cop John McClane (Willis) wanders into their orbit, an analogue hero for a digital dilemma.Verdict ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Empire ()
The Onion (A.V. Club) ()
attitude that Willis' character would abhor. Nothing remotely plausible happens, but that isn't an issue—really, plausibility was left behind at least two movies ago—and the film is a swifter thrill machine than most, with each setpiece working strenu ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) ()
The Phantom Tollbooth
Away with men and women who fly, have colorful costumes, muscles that ripple like ocean waves or secret identities, here comes the real hero. Bruce Willis reprising his role as NYPD Detective John McClane. The only thing he needs are his wits, a gun, a ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Time Out
John McClane is back: thicker around the waist and sporting that bullet-headed look Willis has had to accommodate for about a decade now, but still a welcome, sweaty presence. How strange, then, that his movie doesn’t rush up to greet him. You’d think on ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Time Out
Time Out
John McClane is back: thicker around the waist and sporting that bullet-headed look Willis has had to accommodate for about a decade now, but still a welcome, sweaty presence. How strange, then, that his movie doesn’t rush up to greet him. You’d ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Time Out
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Hoorah! John McClane is back! Yippee-kai-ay! Right?
Eh, not so much.
Could be action movies have been ruined in the 20 years between the original Die Hard -- which was so brilliant and clever and funny and surprising and pure -- and today by the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
dvdfuture.com (R. L. Shaffer)
There is a legendary moment in the first Die Hard that's impossible to forget. After killing off a few terrorists, Detective John McClane must escape by walking barefoot through thousands of shards of broken glass. Several hundred feet below, Sergeant Al ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at dvdfuture.com (R. L. Shaffer)
Parent Previews
Based on what was shown, parents will want to know that this film is extremely violent for a PG-13 rating (previous films in the Die Hard franchise were all rated R). Many shootings occur causing multiple deaths and destruction. Frequent scenes show ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Parent Previews
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
As it turns out, re-watching the first three Die Hard films in anticipation of this new one is absolutely the last thing one should do - as the movie has exceedingly little in common with its predecessors and instead comes off as a cinematic cousin to ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
It's been 12 years since "Die Hard With a Vengeance" exploded into theaters and I've missed my old pal John McClane like an absentee father. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Chicago Reader ()
the series's weakest villain so far) has crippled Washington, D.C., by breaching the nation's vital data banks. McClane enlists a Jersey hacker (Justin Long, the Mac guy from the Apple ads) to reverse the damage, but the bad guys' omnipotence at nearly ev ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Chicago Reader ()
eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
The original 'Die Hard' was a beautiful machine of mayhem, full of colorful characters and great, funny dialogue that had little to do with the action (“Hello, this is Agent Johnson...No, the other one”). Since it made big money, it has spawned ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
It’s been 12 years since “Die Hard With a Vengeance” exploded into theaters and I’ve missed my old pal John McClane like an absentee father. A working class quipster with a mean streak a mile wide, McClane represents the ideal antithesis to the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
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BBC Films
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the original Die Hard was one of the greatest action movies of the 80s, so it's no surprise that Len Wiseman's Die Hard 4.0 doesn't cut it as an heir to the throne. Or should that be sweaty vest? Anyhow, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at BBC Films
The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Remember the “Simpsons” episode where Bart watches 'Die Hard' jump out the window? Live Free or Die Hard--the title, incidentally, has nothing to do with the film's content--is the first one where I expected McClane's nickname to be 'Die Hard.' They come ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
Twelve years after "Die Hard: With a Vengeance," New York detective John McClane (Bruce Willis, looking drowsy) is at it again. This time he's protecting a hacker (Justin Long, obnoxious) and America from Internet-based terrorists (led by Timothy ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Still, as a Die Hard movie, it's about as good as a Die Hard movie featuring Bruce Willis versus a fighter jet is going to get. It's really well cast, which carries a lot of the film. Much like the third one, it follows the short codas of the first ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Fulvue Drive-in
It's doubtful that if Bruce Willis hadn't starred in so many flops in recent years that he'd be doing a fourth Die Hard at this point, a full 12 years since the last one played in theaters. But he's had a lot more misses than hits lately and he's back ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Fulvue Drive-in
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