Very rarely does a sequel out do the original. In the case of the Die Hard movies, the movies get bigger and better everytime. I was sitting in Canton, OH this weekend and going through my movie collection on the truck. I picked out this movie, and was blown away!
THE GOOD: Even though this movie is all about explosions and fighting, you have to hand it to the writers of this movie. Bruce Willis can throw out one-liners in this one and the laughter doesn't feel forced. The one thing that the Die Hard franchise has always done is made the villians cool. Plus, I liked how they incorporated computer hackers and the dangers of the internet as a form of terrorism.
THE BAD: Not that this was bad but I thought Justin Long's character ran his course with me after the first hour. I know that McClane had to carry him around for the whole movie, but I was ready for a terrorist to kill him off. Other than that, it's hard to find a bad thing about this movie.
THE VERDICT: In the last five years, we have seen Hollywood heavyweights from the 80's bring back their signature characters. We saw Stallone brought Rocky out of retirement and Rambo back into a war. We saw Harrison Ford, unsuccessfully in my opinion, bring back Indiana Jones. We even saw Arnold Schwarzenegger bring back the Terminator in an underrated sequel to the Terminator series. I think Live Free or Die Hard puts everyone to shame.
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