Live Free or Die Hard [Blu-ray]

The original of course, and this movie.Sure, it's a bit over-the-top, but so was the original.Probably the only Samuel Jackson movie that he does a great job in. He's much better as a serious actor than in movies where he's supposed to be humorous.There are lots of great lines in this movie, although the casual watcher is probably not going to catch them. This movie has no forced humor unlike every other movie you see these days. Looking at you Star Wars and Avengers.There is one scene that is a bit too gory, and I always skip over it, but it only lasts about 10 seconds. Otherwise it's normal Die Hard style violence, that is to say, there is a lot of graphic violence.I highly doubt Hollywood could make a movie this good these days. They wouldn't even be able to figure out the Harlem scene without watering it down. Instead they would show tons of male nudity, nothing offensive, and jokes thrown in every minute.This is a more realistic view of what humans are really like. John is practically an alcoholic that has a hard time making his boss and his wife happy. But he comes through when needed even though he didn't have to. Zeus is a hard working guy with deeply seated issues that he puts aside to save the city.The action sequences are mostly very well done. I imagine it was a ton of work to coordinate with all the different filming locations to complete the scenes. It was also probably very hard to cast so many tall Germans or Eastern Europeans. The aqueduct filming, the trucks, the subway, the sets built, the helicopters, the bridge, the ship, etc. Just tons and tons of coordination and hard work.The kind of effort put into this movie would be too much for a modern film studio. They would just put their budget into CGI instead. This movie is 27 years old and holds up better than any modern movie. Even the original holds up better and that's even older.

This is THE BEST of the Die Hard series! Seriously! The first Die Hard that came out was good, no, GREAT enough to keep Bruce Willis busy for the next twenty five years. Remember the first one? Yippy Kye Yay, mother (explicit)!! Each time that a new Die Hard came out, John McClane was a bit older, a bit harder, a bit more cynical, and he is SO mean, that his hair ran away! Well, this last one is a cut above the others. We see that John has reached the point in his life where he's been forced to step aside and let the next generation take over. The newbies have their gadgets, their smartphones and laptops. Everything from National security to global finance is controlled by a keyboard somewhere in a bunker. But one thing hasn't changed: but the McClane luck of being in the wrong place at the wrong time is still going strong as ever. This one starts off with McClane trying to reconnect with his daughter. His sweet little girl has turned into this beautiful young woman that all but despises her father; blaming John for the broken marriage that her daddy let slip through his fingers. While the war of the McClain's is raging, a high-tech security attack hits the capital. The ingenious plan that has been initiated will literally brake America's economic back. The massive assets of our entire country will be wiped out in a single blow and the greatest nation in the world will be absolutely powerless! And even worse, penniless. How did this happen? Who was responsible for the countries cyber security? Even the countries economic "back up protocol" that is supposed to stop this exact scenario from happening, is crashing.Now I'm going to stop right there. I don't want to spoil the plot, because finding out whom is responsible is one of the major "wow!" factors of the movie. John McClaine has to join the fray once again. But this time, John will not be facing Franz Groober, or some other thief or terrorist...no, this time he has to find the enemy that is right in there midst. Thieves, terrorist, assassins...it makes no difference. Because this time they have gone too far. When they find Johns daughter and take her hostage and threaten to harm her, they just don't know that they have made a serious mistake...

Action, Action, Action. The Die Hard's are always great fun and this one is no different. The plot is interesting but does not slow the action down. Bruce Willis delivers. He's tough, sexy, and cute. Oh yeah, he can be all that and more. Timothy Olyphant is a GREAT bad guy. If you've never seen the Die Hards you're missing out. If you are house bound for a weekend or just ready to stay in with your sweetie or friends, rent them all. A Die Hard marathon is a good way to have a boatload of fun. The only thing you have to do is make sure your tongue is planted snugly in your cheek, jot down your favorite lines, keep count of the crashes (if you can), and, of course, you have to keep track of the body count. At the end of the movie compare notes. If you've seen 'em all, you'll have just as much fun the first, second, third, fourth... however many times. If you've seen 'em a few dozen times, create a questionnaire for each movie that everyone has to answer before you watch it. Then go over the questionnaire after and award funny, cheap prizes. It's so fun to see how many you can get right, how many things you add that actually happened in a different Die Hard movie or even a completely different action movie like an Arnold or Rambo. You will have a blast!And, yes, you can include trick questions if you want, for example, In which Die Hard move did the character, John McClane, say, "You shouldn't drink and bake." Answer: None. That's a line from an Arnold movie. Give extra points to the first person who says which Arnold movie, the year, and the actor to whom he delivered the line.