Die Hard 4.0 - Limited Edition With Emergency Phone Charger (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) [2007]

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Starring: ~ Bruce Willis, Justin Long Maggie Q Timothy Olyphant Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Region: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Format: PAL,

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Sales Rank: 17580

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Certificate 15. Another age advisory. (19 March 2008)
Another in a spate of American movies where the age certification label signals the opposite of what was intended, Die Hard 4.0 is definitely for audiences of a physical age no greater than 15, and with a mental age of probably not much more than five.

A dreary, witless, shambolic affair lacking any resonance with the original high-concept movie, it's a stringing together of the most improbable bangs-and-crashes that Computer Generated Imagery can provide with interlinking scenes of dialog that are almost as leaden as the CGI itself.

McClane in original guise was a cinematic hero: as resourceful and quick-witted as they come. Here he's reduced to being nothing more than a foil for stunts so evidently, and so mind-numbingly, implausible that their sheer fakery robs the movie of any interest or entertainment value at all.

A waste of time, even if turned off after the first interminable hour.

"Die Hard 4.0" or "Live Free or Die Hard" depending on where you live (07 January 2008)
This, as you have guessed, is the 4th Die Hard movie, coming about a decade after number 3.

Since we last saw John McClane the world has technologically grown up without him. He's an old school cop in a high tech world. The general plot is he is sent to pick up a 'hacker' who is wanted by some terrorists who also want to take over the US using solely technology as their weapon.

The film is 2 hours of action, almost non-stop. Yes you'll need to suspend belief, but it's a Die Hard movie, goes without saying. Personally I really enjoyed this movie and it's great to see Bruce Willis reprise John McClane. Best action movie I've seen this year, so far.

An action movie lost in action (20 November 2007)
This movie is constant action but fails to deliver anything new, you have seen most things done better in other movies like James Bond Casino Royale. Computer-generated imagery just doesn't make up for a poor script. Not a bad time but lacks that special something that made Die Hard and Die Hard with a Vengance good movies.

Ridiculous but excellent fun !!! (15 November 2007)
You could easily spend the whole film analyzing it & pulling it apart, but who cares if it is a bit unbelievable it's agreat action film & Bruce is still believable as an action hero.
Worth watching for the action sequences alone. Great fun just sit back & be entertained

Fun but not a keeper (11 November 2007)
This movie sits comfortably alongside Die Hard 2 as an above average action movie with plenty of spectacle and wit but not much that will stay with you after the end credits roll.
The film represents an interesting (but slightly irritating) departure from the Hollywood action block buster formula where the generic action hero survives on his wits: He/she finds solutions to problems in the blink of any eye and out wit baddies with a mix lightening reflexes and smarts. (e.g.Die Hard hero John McClane used to tape guns to his back, fire blanks at police chiefs, etc).
But in Die Hard 4.0 John McClane is almost totally witless and only manages to win the day through a mix of stubborn courage and dumb luck. Maybe this is a subtle metaphor for American foreign policy? Probably not...
The last `money shot' involves McClane surviving a shown down between a jet fighter and a truck which destroys an entire section of freeway. How does he do it? Dumb luck. A formula that had really started to grate on me by this point in the film.
One last comment: Justin "Hi, I'm a mac" Long gives a really enjoyable performance. I hope we get to see him in some more prominent roles in the future. Kevin Smith is as useless as ever. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a great feisty heroine.