Yippie ki yay ... we all know the rest of that famous line! Yes, folks. John McClane is back in the fourth installment of the Die Hard series, Live Free or Die Hard. The last time we saw Bruce Willis take on this role was well over ten years ago in 1995. The movie hit the big screen back in June, and it is now available in two versions on DVD. Both selections contain unrated versions of the film, but if you're a true fan you will want to pick up the two-disc edition of this film for a complete behind the scenes look at the movies that came before in the series and how this fourth installment was made.
Len Wiseman took on this project, being one of those young boys that made his own Die Hard movies in his backyard. This is something he even shared with Bruce Willis during the making of the film. Wiseman is probably best known for the Underworld series of films. Live Free or Die Hard stays true to the classic formula created by the first three films, but it still manages to bring the film and McClane into the 21st century. The man who wouldn't even know much about faxing in the last film is now dealing with a man who has taken over the nation's computers using the hackers who know their way around any computer system.
Once their job is done, those very hackers are then eliminated — all except for one played by Justin Long in this film, the one that Det. John McClane is asked to bring to D.C. for questioning. Just another small assignment that ends up throwing McClane right into the thick of the action as Thomas Gabriel, played by Timothy Olyphant, wreaks havoc on the computer world to show the country just what might happen if terrorists took them over. He had warned them of the possibility of such a plot, but they hadn't listened. Now he is showing them just what can happen in an event called a fire sale, where, yes, everything must go. Access to everything shut down in a matter of moments. Electricity, transportation, phones, financial, and television signals captured by a simple press of a few buttons.
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