Die Hard 4.0

Live Free or Die Hard

Remember inspector John McClane?

If you are a die hard fans of Die Hard (pun intended), you wouldn’t need to google the name. Yep, the coolest NYPD detective is back!

Like the rest of die hard films which received rave reviews from critics, this one is no exception. It is an action pack movie from start to end with light humor here and there. The essence of the previous three diehard films that had captured the heart of everyday people who needed a hero in their life still exists in this film.

John (Bruce Willis) was assigned to pick up a kid named Matthew Farrell (Justin Long) from his apartment after the government system was hacked earlier on by the bad guy named Gabriel. The US government, stupid as they are, wants all the hackers to be rounded up and questioned. When John arrived at Matt’s apartment, Gabriel’s henchmen were already there to assassinate the kid (who without his knowledge he had helped the bad guy with some sort of algorithm that allowed the bad guy to launched the fire sale attack) to erase and cover up his bad plan. Hence the adventure begins. Halfway through the movie, John killed the Gabriel’s whore so in return he kidnapped Lucy, John’s daughter. John will of course save his daughter with the help of Matt who finally founds out how his algorithm was being used. As usual the hero will save the day and the police/FBI only arrived at the crime scene after the hero finishes their work for them.

But don’t let my boring review deceived you. It is a great movie (although not as awesome as the Transformers) and it is up to the 'diehard standards. The fighting scenes, the car chasing, the blow up scenes were all extravaganza, bigger and better.

There is one thing that I noticed though. Gabriel is a hacker boy who was once hired by the government to monitor the system of the entire country. On his first day working for them, he already told them that the system lack security and can be hacked easily. He was sacked for that but not before he had create a back up security system for the government in case things go haywire. Sounds familiar isn’t it? It sounds just like Bush’s stupid administration. Before 9/11, they were warned of the terrorist’s attack that might happen but what did Bush’s administration do? Nothing. Nada. They were so full of themselves they never thought it could happened. When it does happened, they took the easy way out: they just point their dirty finger on Muslim.

Fuck them.

But honestly the fire sale attack is quite appealing if you think about it. I’m sure if it happens in real life, America will be the first to go down. Sadly I think the government of the United States is not as stupid as the government that was being portrayed in Live Free or Die Hard.

Back to the movie, I have several favorite scenes:

1. When Matt and John were trying to hijacked a BMW car. John was going to hot-wire the beemer but thanks to Matt genius head, they don’t have to. But how did Matt do it? Hehe you just have to see the movie yourself. It just one of my many reasons why I am so in love with BMW cars.

2. When John and Matt went in to the tunnel to run away from Gabriel’s henchmen (the bad guys were on a helicopter), the traffic was directed inside the tunnel from both sides. Then Gabriel switched off all the lights in the tunnel. Also during the chasing scene between the F35 and John’s truck. The stunt work is in full glory. Grade-A Hollywood mayhem and destruction and very little apparent CGI.

3. Matt trying to hit on John’s daughter. Apparently he wasn’t the only one who feels the connection because Lucy was interested too. The dialog was kind of funny. And sweet. O well I just like the nerdy Justin Long…

Memorable quotes from the movie:

Matt Farrel: [large explosion] Did you see that?
John McClane: Yeah I saw it, I did it!

Matt Farrel: [to Lucy] I know that tone. I'm just not used to hearing it from someone with... hair.

Thomas Gabriel: [talking to McClane on walkie-talkie] Mr. McClane, I need you to behave. Can you get him to behave?
[hands walkie-talkie over to Lucy]
Lucy McClane: Daddy? There are only five left.

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