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The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
The biggest surprise to come with the fourth Die Hard flick is in the MPAA rating. Yep, you read it right. It's amazing what can happen when a film cleans up its language just a little. That doesn't mean the trademark "yippee kay yay" line isn't in the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
One key to the success of the "Die Hard" franchise, Bruce Willis has said many times, is that his character, New York cop John McClane, is not a superhero but a "regular guy."
Yeah, right, a ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
Len Wisemans Live Free or Die Hard, from a screenplay by Mark Bomback and based on a story by Mr. Bomback and David Marconi, turned out to be too close to real life when I tried to see it for the first time at my neighborhood theater, the AMC Loews ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
World Socialist Web Site
Live Free or Die Hard is the fourth installment in the popular Die Hard film franchise which began in 1988. It is the first new addition to the series since 1995s Die Hard: With A Vengeance. Live Free, boasting more action and special effects than the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
In 1988, the cosmic forces of karma aligned and a modestly successful television actor and notorious Hollywood bad boy suddenly found himself catapulted into the ranks of superstardom. After a surprising impromptu marriage to Hollywood's ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
Chart Magazine
John McClane may be a Timex watch in a digital age, according to his latest foe in this fourth installment of the Die Hard series, but the hardened hero cop shows all those kids out there with their PDAs that the only way to beat the bad guys is with a ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Chart Magazine
Moviepie.com
Hereâs all you really need to know about LFODH: lots of stuff gets blown up real good, lots of bad guys (and girls) get their asses soundly kicked in rather creative ways and Bruce Willis tries repeatedly to coin new catchphrases, but none quite live ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Moviepie.com
Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
If itâs action you want, thereâs plenty piled on in âLive Free or Die Hard,â the latest vehicle for Bruce Willis in the slam-bang series. This one, slickly directed by Len Wiseman, is ultra high tech. Iâm happy if I can get my e-mail, post my ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Cinema Blend
I walked into the theater expecting the worst from Live Free or Die Hard. Itâs the first in the franchise to be rated a wimpy PG-13 instead of a very Hard R, and it didnât help that when I walked up to the cinema where it was to be shown that the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Cinema Blend
Comingsoon.net
It's been 12 years since "Die Hard with a Vengeance" and after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, one would have thought that they'd seen the last of Bruce Willis as Detective John McClane. After all, who wants to see a movie about terrorists when we're ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Comingsoon.net
Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Twenty years ago, Bruce Willis, an actor known mostly for his ongoing role on Moonlighting, a comedic/detective series on network television that co-starred Cybil Shepherd, was offered the lead role in an action film, Die Hard. Willis was the fifth ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Variety
It's the Luddite versus the techies in "Live Free or Die Hard," and guess who wins. Back for a fourth round after a decade on the sequel sidelines, Bruce Willis enthusiastically resurrects resourceful working-class cop John McClane as the unlikely ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Variety
The Sydney Morning Herald
Bruce Willis was 31 when he made Die Hard. He's 52 now, but that's not a drawback for the role of John McClane. He's meant to remind us of the ageing gunfighters and cavalrymen of the late John Wayne pictures.
That's indirectly ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
In Film Australia
Yippee Ki Yay! Bruce Willis is back in his career defining role as Detective John McClane. Grizzled, grumpy, borderline masochistic and now moving through the meaty phase of middle age, McClane is a hard-edged, hard-love, hard-nosed, hard-boiled screen ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at In Film Australia
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
No one winces like Bruce Willis. A man with a million-dollar grimace, the actor gets lots of opportunity to play to his strength in "Live Free or Die Hard," the latest adventure of ultra-violent Energizer Bunny John McClane: He's not exactly cuddly but ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
We know the drill. Neither blasphemous nor especially worthy of its legacy, this summerâs 'Live Free or Die Hard' joins the ranks of similarly overdue and underdesired sequels such as 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,' 'Jurassic Park III,' and 'Alien ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Hugely enjoyable action flick that delivers likeable characters, a decent plot, plenty of wisecracks and more breathtakingly ridiculous stunts than you'll know what to do with. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
The Latest thing in Hollywood is to bring back series that was very poplar decades ago and see if they still have a spark to them. Last year was Rocky this year we have some the upcoming Halloween and This film I am review called Live Free or Die Hard ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
Movies for Guys
John McLane (Willis) is up to his neck in terrorists all over again and the only difference is this time some of them are French??? French terrorists are a hard thing to believe because as sneaky as terrorists are, they are bold and we know that really ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Movies for Guys
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Live Free or Die Hard marks the much anticipated return to the big screen of Detective John McClane - probably the most anticipated return this side of Indiana Jones. In this chapter of the life and times of John McClane, we find our favourite New York ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
A PG-13 Rated Die Hard film. Several years ago, if someone had told me such a thing could exist I would've told them they were insane. I can't say that now. It's really something I never expected and yet here it is staring myself and the rest of the film ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
So it turns out John McClane finally quit smoking. Heâs cut back on the profanity, maybe due to losing too much change to the swear jar. Heâs a lieutenant detective now, which is a nice pay bump, in good shape for his age. But heâs also divorced ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon)
No one does sarcastic action hero better than Bruce Willis. There, I said it. And no matter how many people try to top him at it, it just doesn't play as well as if it were Bruce Willis. Why is this so important to state, though? Because there are many ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
The first âDie Hard,â released in 1988, was a welcome change in a decade bloated with action movies in which impossibly chiseled heroes slew platoons of bad guys without breaking a sweat. John Rambo, John Matrix, and the like were cartoon characters, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
MovieWeb (Kaya Savas)
Die Hard is considered by many film buffs as the greatest action movie ever made. There is just something about the character of John McClane that attracts movie goers. Is it his spunky attitude or is it the fact that he is known for having really bad ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at MovieWeb (Kaya Savas)
The Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
Nineteen years havenât slowed Bruce Willis, who first wowed movie audiences as daredevil cop John McClane in 1988âs Die Hard, in which he outwitted a gang of criminals in a high rise, and in two sequels, in 1990 and ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
When you go see Bruce Willis in a Die Hard movie, you know what youâre going to get, an indestructible hero, John McClane (Willis), who is going to get the bejesus kicked out of him, will escape from innumerable impossible situations, will always have ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at
eFilmCritic.com (Matt Seaver)
Iâm all for stuff blowing up. I enjoy it. But the promise of another Die Hard flick had me hoping that the studio was willing to let them go back to the gradual tension build-up that make the original awesome. They werenât. Nonetheless, itâs still J ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Matt Seaver)
Kaboom Review ("Mike Blitz")
Live Free or Die Hard succeeds as an nicely paced action film. Bruce Willis and Justin Long give the film a humorous and charismatic energy. For the most part weâve got semi-intelligent enemies. The action is visually engaging and entertaining. However, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Kaboom Review ("Mike Blitz")
Plugged In
It's been 12 years since Bruce Willis last stepped into the tattered and battered but iconic shoes of New York City cop and reluctant hero John McClane. When duty calls, McClane may complain, but he's always up to the job of dealing with the baddies no ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Plugged In
The Dallas Morning News
You go in expecting the worst and figure you'll at least get some laughs out of seeing an aging protagonist embarrassingly try to reclaim old glory.
Luckily for Bruce Willis and the audience, his die-hard cop still has a lot of yippee-ki-yay in him, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Dallas Morning News
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
They say that the average New York City cop has never fired his or her gun during an entire forty-year
career. Not once. That figure has now changed. If you total up all the villains shot by NYPD Detective
John McClane (Bruce Willis) while hunting ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Live Free or Die Hard is a return to old school action movies. It is a rebirth of an old character. It is loud and fast. It is, most importantly, a return to what summer movies all about. This is one action packed, good time at the movies. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
L.A. Daily News
During the first big shootout in "Live Free or Die Hard," Bruce Willis' hard-bitten, now completely bald John McClane repeatedly reloads magazines into his gun, as all the bad guys do with theirs. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at L.A. Daily News
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
This year's honorary It Could Have Been Worse Award goes to Bruce Willis, who proves nearly as durable as his signature hero, John McClane. Dragging the Die Hard franchise out of mothballs after 12 long years at first seems like an act of stunning ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Preview Family Movie Review
Nobody does tongue-in-cheek action drama better than Bruce Willis. Furthermore, his original Die Hard was a redefining of the actioneer. The wisecracking actor freshened the face of that genre. Now, after all these years, Willis still proves to be the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Preview Family Movie Review
Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
I'm not sure how many people had been clamoring for a fourth Die Hard movie, but from the reaction of the audience, Live Free or Die Hard will continue the box office business of the other three. With every action sequence, the crowd roared with approval. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Oh, John McClane. How we have missed you! America has changed since 1995, when we last saw you. We have been attacked by terrorists. We have turned Internet geekery into a viable career option. And most of all, we have become overly concerned about ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
âYou just killed a helicopter with a car!â
âI was out of bullets.â
Thatâs Bruce Willis, back in form in the fourth installment of his career defining âDie Hardâ series. Willis reprises his role as blue-collar NYPD ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Haro Online
As technology has advanced and computer animation has taken over action movies, actual stunts, explosions, and general mayhem have given way to artificial ones. This is not the case with Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth installment in the Die Hard ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Haro Online
Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
The story, too, is just as out-there as only a good Die Hard installment can be. Seems the enemy this time is a slick computer hacker, Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant), who holds the U.S. hostage by systematically breaking down its digital ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
The Baltimore Sun
Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth film in the Die Hard franchise, comes after a 12-year hiatus but easily returns to all the requisite high-octane traditions. Lots of stuff gets blown up; lots of bad guys do bad things; lots of chances come for our hero, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Baltimore Sun
For the last two months, the story around Live Free Or Die Hard (aka Die Hard IV) has been Fox's decision to rework the film for the sake of getting a PG-13 rating. Of course, the original three Die Hard films were hard-R, with graphic violence, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at
Orlando Weekly (Bret McCabe)
For the record, Live Free or Die Hard is positively entertaining. Director Len Wiseman (the Underworld series) enthusiastically adheres to the series formula while updating the constant mayhem of action. As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, a ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Orlando Weekly (Bret McCabe)
WFAA-TV (Gary Cogill)
After 12 years and now in his 50s, Bruce Willis is back in great shape, playing policeman John McClain in the fourth installment of the Die Hard films - this one called, Live Free Or Die Hard. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at WFAA-TV (Gary Cogill)
For the last two months, the story around Live Free Or Die Hard (aka
Die Hard IV) has been Fox's decision to rework the film for the sake
of getting a PG-13 rating. Of course, the original three Die Hard
films were hard-R, with graphic violence, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at
New York Daily News
If you think a 52-year-old Bruce Willis is too old to be falling out of planes, hanging from an SUV driven into an industrial elevator or bracing himself in the back of a van about to be blown up, no worries. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at New York Daily News
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
If the "Die Hard" movie franchise continues after this fourth effort, the only way to top it will be to blow up the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
John McClane saves the day once again in Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth entry in a series that started in 1988. Vastly superior to the gimmicky Die Hard with a Vengeance, the film rescues the franchise from irrelevance by returning to what made the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
It's been 12 years since the last Die Hard movie, but some things never change: In Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth installment in the Bruce Willis franchise, spectacular explosions still seem to follow police officer John McClane like a lost puppy. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Chicago Tribune (Jessica Reaves)
Detective John McClane is back. This time, he's not fighting a bunch of bad guys who've taken over an airport or a high-rise during an office Christmas party. This time, he's fighting a bunch of bad guys who've hacked into a whole lot of really important ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Chicago Tribune (Jessica Reaves)
KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Diehard Die Hard fans, you can rejoice, relax, return, and respond. Your popular and influential action franchise is alive and well.
When Die Hard -- recently dubbed the greatest action flick of all time by Entertainment Weekly -- ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
1988âs âDie Hardâ was a study in simplicity, a veritable exercise in Aristotleâs Unities of time, place and action (a cop is trapped for one night in a building besieged by terrorists). It was also a movie that spawned an entire subgenre of "Die ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Sylvester Stalloneâs revival of Rocky, Bruce Willisâ wisecracking, buttkicking Detective John McClane returns to chase terrorists, after a 12-year absence, with the solidly crowdpleasing âLive Free or Die ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Shaky, choppy director Len Wiseman, of the two Underworld films, exceeds all expectations with this clean, exciting fourth Die Hard. It's about computer terrorism, but it feels like a throwback to the days of movies before computers, with actual cars ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ()
the film crisply, and he effectively escalates the action from the sinister threat of keyboards clicking and data flashing on video screens to guns blazing and buildings blowing up. The scale of explosions and property damage only increases from there as ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer ()
The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
The gasping, grunting and oozing hard-body slab that muscles, and sometimes crawls, through "Live Free or Die Hard" sure looks like John McClane. Older if apparently no wiser, the blue-collar super-cop from the "Die Hard" franchise has lost his hair, his ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1636520,00.html ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Palo Alto Online (Tyler Hanley)
Forget Evan and his animal-packed ark -- this summer belongs to Bruce almighty. Willis, that is.
The charismatic leading man is back in action to remind moviegoers that spandex-clad superheroes and swashbuckling pirates are no more heroic than a ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Palo Alto Online (Tyler Hanley)
Future Movies
A stupidly-titled fourth Die Hard film? Starring a 50-something Bruce Willis? From the director of Underworld? You know from the get-go that this one cant possibly be any ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Future Movies
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
This was a good action movie. It wasnât a great action film because its storyline was preposterous (even for an âaction movieâ) and its bad guys were pretty lame, but overall the scenes featuring action were aâplenty, the filmâs pace and ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
I'm not sure we need this burgeoning trend of '80s movie franchise revivals. Live Free or Die Hard is, of course, the fourth Die Hard, 19 years after the first movie, and 12 years after the last one. It isn't the first of its kind -- that honor may go to ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
The New York Times ()
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Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
In "Live Free or Die Hard," Bruce Willis uses a car to crush a bad guy against a dumpster and send another flying through the air to splat against a wall. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
CinemaZone.dk
Med bare fødder og den muskuløse overkrop kun dækket af en beskidt undertrøje. Sådan lærte vi arbejderklassehelten, politicowboyen og den sejlivede satan John McClane at kende. Ene mand rensede han et højhus for tyske terrorister, generobrede ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Empire Magazine [UK]
Its reassuring to see that The Bruce is still fighting fit when civilisation as we know it is under threat. Eighteen years after Die Hard set a new benchmark for action movies, twelve years since Die Hard: With A Vengeance and a long spell since Willis ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Time Out Chicago (Hank Sartin)
Somewhere around the halfway mark of Live Free, the villain taunts the ultimate bad-luck cop John McClane (Willis): âYouâre a Timex in a digital-watch world.â McClane certainly takes a licking and keeps on ticking. He gets a car hurled at him, faces ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Time Out Chicago (Hank Sartin)
The Age
When it comes to the prospect of sitting through a fourth Die Hard film after a recess of 12 years since Episode III, the question uppermost in the minds of most normal people is not "what do I expect to see from another Die Hard film?". It is: "who on ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Age
Film School Rejects (Nate Deen)
Like an old rock band getting together for a reunion tour, Bruce Willis returns as John McClane in âLive Free or Die Hard;â only no one else from the previous three films are anywhere to be found. The first âDie Hardâ took place in Los Angeles, ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Film School Rejects (Nate Deen)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
It is what it is, a slick thriller loaded with over-the-top superhero action. It should do the money-making Die Hard franchise proud, as it did in the 1990s when the series, which began in 1988, was at its peak. The 52-year-old Bruce Willis is still the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
It takes John McClane (Bruce Willis) about 10 seconds to infuriate his daughter in Live Free or Die Hard. He appears unexpectedly outside Lucyâs (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) dorm room at Rutgers, just in time to pull the boy sheâs been kissing from his ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Cutting Edge
John McClane, de cynische held die zo vlot in de naden van de jaren â90 (weg)viel, is terug. Dat bekt ook zo lekker weg: 'McClaaaaane!!!!'. Net als 'Maaaatrix!!!' (ook een John, uit âCommandoâ); of 'McGyyyyver!!'. De held tegen wil en dank is altijd ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Cutting Edge
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Twelve years after the last spurt of action, Willis is back for another rock 'em, sock 'em thriller. It's efficient and entertaining, but even more preposterous than the first three films.
John McClane (Willis) is a New York cop quietly going about ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Tiscali UK
It's been twelve years since Bruce Willis last donned a white vest and yelled Yippee-Kay-Ay before dispatching Jeremy Irons in Die Hard With a Vengeance. Like Sylvester Stallone earlier this year with Rocky 6, Willis has taken the risky decision to bring ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Tiscali UK
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Austin American-Statesman
"Even after a 12-year hiatus, Bruce Willis is still supremely comfortable in his most famous ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
John Wayne was an actor who knew to stick with âJohn Wayne moviesâ. He followed his formula starting in the 1930s (with just a few embarrassing mis-steps outside his stock character), and when he was ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Detective John McClane is older, significantly shorter on hair, but equally keen to fight nasty crooks and terrorists in this fourth instalment in the Die ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Oh no, not another cyber-thriller: the urgent clickety-clack of computer keyboards, frantic geeks thumbing their PDAs, evil Web wizards deploying viral downloads, server farms put out of service by a dastardly ring ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
It's easy to joke about Bruce Willis, now past fifty, returning for a fourth chapter in the Die Hard series. It's been a dozen years since the last one. Shouldn't Willis be winded by now or prepping for AARP meetings? Even his former wife Demi Moore ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The Globe and Mail
What better name for every movie suffering from a severe case of sequel-itis? They should call the whole damn lot of them Die Hard. Hell, they should call the entire industry Die Hard. Oops, excuse my mini-rant, and on to the serious business at hand. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Globe and Mail
Boston Globe ()
evil masterminds. Willis knows the game, and the film's faults aren't his, but the insistence on pairing him with a kiddie hacker is a sign of the studio's desperation. So is the PG-13 rating, which effectively means only one "Yippee-ki-yay [expletive]"in ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Boston Globe ()
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
After twelve years haunting the shelves of video stores, John McClane (Bruce Willis) has been exhumed. The indefatigable hero of three Die Hard films during the 1980s and 1990s appeared to have reached his "sell by" expiration date with the lackluster ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
hoopla.nu
Whaddayaknow? Len Wiseman makes a pretty entertaining film when he's not ruining the vampire and werewolf movie genres simultaneously in Underworld. This fourth Die Hard still feels irrelevant - somehow the straight action movie genre seems dead - but ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at hoopla.nu
Boston Globe
I have this theory that Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage, and Kevin Spacey have one hairpiece between them and simply rotate it amongst themselves as needed. Call it rug-share. Since Cage obviously had dibs on the toupee for "Ghost Rider " (in which it sat ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Boston Globe
The Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
The filmâs biggest letdown is in the âbuddyâ element. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"Live Free or Die Hard" delivers everything fans of the franchise expect from urban cowboy cop John McClane, complete with the astronomical body count and over-the-top stunts that are the bricks and mortar of a summer blockbuster. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
The Onion A.V. Club
The original Die Hard set the template for nearly every action movie that followed, but it also presented some problems, especially for the three sequels: Filmmakers trying to make something bigger and more exciting immediately had to abandon the ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Bruce Willis is bald again and wisecracky again in "Live Free or Die Hard," but he does something with a gun I don't think I've ever seen. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Beyond Hollywood
The original âDie Hardâ was a blast of superheated fresh air when it descended upon unprepared moviegoers in the summer of 1988. That film introduced us to wisecracking, gun-toting southpaw NYPD Detective John McClane, who has become an American ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Beyond Hollywood
Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth installment of the Die Hard series, is very much a product of post-9/11 concerns. The previous entry Die Hard with a Vengeance 12 years ago focused on a mad-bomber destroying parts of New York City, and it's hard to ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
The fourth entry in the "Die Hard" franchise and the first one in twelve years, the specifically post-9/11 "Live Free or Die Hard" is almost a breath of fresh air when stacked up against some of the other recent summer blockbusters. Sure, the story ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
kids-in-mind
In the fourth installment of the series, John McClane (Bruce Willis) returns as the hard-nosed NYPD detective. Assigned to transport a computer hacker (Justin Long) from New Jersey to Washington, DC, he has to save the day when during the July 4th ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at kids-in-mind
The Times of London
Every film this week hinges on a classic male crisis about sex and power. In Die Hard 4.0, Bruce Williss teenage daughter becomes an unwilling bargaining chip. Her captors are state-of-the-art terrorists. They have the computer codes to bring America to ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at The Times of London
Toronto Star (Rob Salem)
Yippee-ki-yay ... need we go on? (not that we could, even if we wanted to).
The point ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Toronto Star (Rob Salem)
Slant Magazine
for all its reliable, over-the-top action, the Die Hard franchise's success has always been predicated on its jokey self-deprecation. The ace up the sleeve of these films has always been their wry, sarcastic attitude, one defined by star ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Slant Magazine
Film Ireland
When the news emerged that Len Wiseman, director of the utterly forgettable Underworld and its sequel, Underworld Evolution, was taking the directors chair for the fourth Die Hard, fans of John McClane everywhere let out a collective sigh here was ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Film Ireland
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
The original âDie Hardâ came out in 1988, and was a rip-roaring, if totally implausible cartoon action flick about rogue cop John McClane (Bruce Willis), who foiled a villainous plot that involved a criminal takeover of an office tower. It was ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Oh no, not another cyber-thriller: the urgent clickety-clack of computer keyboards, frantic geeks thumbing their PDAs, evil Web wizards deploying viral downloads, server farms put out of service by a dastardly ring of digital terrorists.
And who's ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Unlike its R-rated predecessors, "Live Free or Die Hard" is PG-13, but it's still as violent as the 1988 movie that introduced John McClane (Bruce Willis) as a cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Comingsoon.net
It's been two decades since the heyday of the blockbuster Hollywood action films when life was cheap and bullets were plentiful, but that hasn't stopped Fox from trying to tap into them one more time, albeit with limited success. So now, it's "Die ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Comingsoon.net
Entertainment Insiders (Scott Mantz)
Nineteen years after the first film turned Bruce Willis into a movie star, the time has come for the âDie Hardâ series to play dead.
Don't get me wrong -- for a third sequel to a classic movie that came out back when Ronald Reagan was still ...read the complete Live Free or Die Hard movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Scott Mantz)
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