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Product Description Time to pull on the vest one more time as Bruce Willis reprises his role of John McClane, everyday NY cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Set in Washington DC, this fourth instalment of the franchise, finds McClane routinely asked to bring in a computer hacker, Matt Farrell (Justin Long) for questioning. In transit, events overtake them as they witness a full-scale cyber attack on the country's infrastructure led by mystery attacker Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Oliphant), who plans to systematically shut down or destroy the nation's major networks over three days. With time running out, McClane and his hacker friend have to stop the mastermind before it's too late. Yippee Ki Yay. .co.uk Review Twelve years after Die Hard with a Vengeance, the third and previous film in the Die Hard franchise, Die Hard 4.0 finds John McClane (Bruce Willis) a few years older, not any happier, and just as kick-ass as ever. Right after he has a fight with his college-age daughter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a call comes in to pick up a hacker (Justin Long, Dodgeball) who might help the FBI learn something about a brief security blip in their systems. Now any Die Hard fan knows that this is when the assassins with foreign accents and high-powered weaponry show up, telling McClane that once again he's stumbled into an assignment that's anything but routine. Once that wreckage has cleared, it is revealed that the hacker is only one of many hackers who are being targeted for extermination after they helped set up a "fire sale," a three-pronged cyberattack designed to bring down the entire country by crippling its transportation, finances, and utilities. That plan is now being put into action by a mysterious team (Timothy Olyphant, Deadwood, and Maggie Q, Mission: Impossible 3) that seems to be operating under the government's noses. Die Hard 4.0 uses some of the cat-and-mouse elements of Die Hard with a Vengeance along with some of the pick-'em-off-one-by-one elements of the now-classic original movie. And it's the most consistently enjoyable installment of the franchise since the original, with eye-popping stunts (directed by Len Wiseman of the Underworld franchise), good humour, and Willis's ability to toss off a quip while barely alive. Yippee-ki-ay! --David Horiuchi
A**C
Brilliant fun and possibly factual
* SummaryMany college-level coder are, without their knowledge, individually contributing to a rogue ex-senior military coder bent on revenge for being unfairly sacked. Once paid, the coders who contribute are killed. One such coder is in line to be killed, but lucky for him, is being arrested by John McClane and the two begin to try and sort out the three-level attack on the countries infrastructure with many physical attacks and loss of lives. Its a race against time as who wins?* CommentaryIt's written in the late 1990s so if it turned accurate in the decades following is good design information. The three leads work well, Bruce Willis, Justin Long and Timothy Olyphant. The technical integration of computers and services and the intense level of complexity with low security between these systems is possibly true. It's a good movie that stands up to repeated viewing.Update:I have researched online about 'I.O.T' (Internet of Things) and this film plot is possible in parts. If you want to see just use Youtube and the broader information of the web and google I.O.T. The stories I have come up with are thought-provoking. For example, you can buy a web-enabled kettle. This has poor design security. A hacker can use WiFi to get around this poor security to find the password to your router and get into your computer network. Another, a web-enabled car can be hacked to block your key and lock you out of it and be held to ransom.It's very sad the actor is succumbing to a form of Dementia. My dad passed away with this and other complications. It's a terrible way to go.
B**P
good film
He never fails to please. Action and excitement all the way. I am glad to own it as there will be no more to follow; The good always die to early in life.
P**M
Still good fun
For me, none of the sequels live up to the original but this is still a good romp even if it is 90% special effects and 10% plot. Great for those Yippie-kai-ai moments!!
A**L
Thrilling movie about cyber terrorism.
Another master movie casting Bruce wills and Timothy Olyphant. Set in modern day world about a real threat which is cyber terrorism and the huge impact it can have on a country where things are mostly online and controlled on a network.
C**S
Good Film
This was a good film to watch on a weekend night.
A**E
Die Hard 4 is great - Watch it!...
Yes Its as good as the others, It starts off slow burning with the expected faces, then wham, Action everywhere, quick one liners like ^whys this aways happen to me!^, and ^you just killed a hellicoptor with a car, Does this happen to you often?^, about half-way I guessed id seen it all, then he play chicken in a truck against a F17 fighter aeroplain and wins, only to end up on top of the plain and then of course escape distruction and save the day, By shooting him-self to kill the enermy?. Yes this is an insane action packed movie, and bruce willis pulls off believable acting and action to revite you to your seat. Totally enjoyable and worth the wait. Buy this you will love it!.
M**S
Plenty of action
I got this on DVD rather than watching it at the cinema and have to agree with some other reviews that watching some of the actions shots in this movie would have been fantastic on the big screen.I was a bit disappointed that the script was comprised in favour of the big action shots, but this seems to be par for the course with a lot of action movies these days. It has been a long time since I saw Die Hard 3 and I am sure that it was a far better written movie than No.4, but perhaps that is just my memory playing tricks!The storyline as per the usual Die Hard stories, in this case a bunch of terrorists are taking over the states and disabling all the transportation and utilities services etc, creating havoc and panic in the country. It is down to John McClane to single handidly save the country, which he does in his usual tough guy manner. It is certainly fast paced, but the way McClane manages to do away with some of the terrorists are questionable (a terrorist hanging out of a helicopter gets taken out by a water hydrant? Come on!) a lot of the actors seem to survive practically uninjured after falling from great heights or being slammed heavily against walls etc, reminiscent of the A Team TV movies unfortunately, I think that you have to suspend your belief just that little bit too much to enjoy it to it's fullest.Saying that I would still recommend this as a buy, but for me personally I would have preferred some of the more ridiculous action stunts being taken out in favour of spending a bit more time on a better written script.
J**O
One of my all time best films
Die Hard 4.0 for me is his best film, his role as the cop that never gives up is just great in this particular movie, out of the many die hard films, for me this is the best one. I'm waiting for the price to come down on Prime Video so I can get it there too.
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