Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Len Wiseman

Writers (WGA):

Mark Bomback (screenplay)
Mark Bomback (story) ...

Release Date:

27 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27

Plot:

John McClane takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States.

Plot Keywords:

Hacker | FBI | Police | Agent | Police Detective

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	John McClane
Timothy Olyphant	...	Thomas Gabriel
Justin Long	...	Matt Farrell
Maggie Q	...	Mai
Cliff Curtis	...	Bowman
Jonathan Sadowski	...	Trey
Andrew Friedman	...	Casper
Kevin Smith	...	Warlock
Yorgo Constantine	...	Russo
Cyril Raffaelli	...	Rand
Chris Palermo	...	Del (as Christopher Palermo)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Lucy
Sung Kang	...	Raj
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Molina
Christina Chang	...	Taylor

Also Known As:

Die Hard 4.0 (Australia) (South Africa: English title) (UK) (USA) (working title)
Die Hard 4 (USA) (working title)
Die Hard 4: Die Hardest (USA) (working title)
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (South Africa: English title) (TV title)
Die Hard: Reset (USA) (working title)
Die Hard: Tears of the Sun (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation.

Runtime:

129 min (theatrical version)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Italian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Denmark:11 | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43515) | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:18SG | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Malta:16 | Chile:14 | France:U | Argentina:13 | Philippines:PG-13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Italy:T | Spain:13 | Peru:14 | India:UA | South Africa:13V | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

105 Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Kal Penn and Brad Renfro both auditioned for the role of Matt before it went to Justin Long.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In the final scenes, which are supposed to be near Baltimore, a metro DC police car and District of Columbia ambulance are visible.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mai Lihn: Well?
Clay: I'm sending you the code.
Mai Lihn: Yes, I see that. Thank you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Live Free or Die Hard: Inside the Action (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

40 Days

Entertaining Non-Stop Action Movie

When the FBI computer system is invaded in the weekend of July 4th, the Director of the Cybercrime Division Bowman (Cliff Curtis) requests that all the available agent and policeman bring the known hackers for a conversation about the breech in the system. NYPD Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is assigned to bring a New Jersey's hacker named Matt Farrell (Justin Long). While with Matt in his apartment, they are attacked by hit-men of a terrorist organization and sooner they find that seven other hackers have been killed. Matt identifies the beginning of the chaotic "fire sale" when all the computer systems are shutdown by a terrorist organization leaded by the former government analyst Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) bringing a digital Armageddon to United States of America. McClane chases Thomas with Matt, but when his daughter Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is kidnapped by the criminal, his pursuit becomes a personal issue.

"Die Hard 4.0" is an entertaining non-stop action movie. The story is absurd, but works in this type of film. Bruce Willis is tailored to perform John McClane, a man that survives to the toughest and most incredible situations. If the viewer likes action movies, he or she will certainly like this one very much. Otherwise, why spending time watching a "Die Hard" franchise film? Just to say or write that have hated the film etc.? I saw exactly what I expected to see and I liked it. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Duro de Matar 4.0" ("Die Hard 4.0")