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July 08, 2007
Yes, I did it ...
... just got back from Live Free and Die Hard.
It was great fun and a perfect adrenaline rush, brain candy way to spend a hot Sunday afternoon. While this is the fourth Die Hard, it's the only sequel of the series that actually is almost as fun as the first one. Plotting is fast-paced, the bad guys (and gal) are slick, professional and one spends the first part of the movie trying to figure out just what are they after?
Willis' reprise as McClane is pitch perfect as the 'get the job done' reluctant hero, older, lots of milege, both wisecracking and grumbling outloud at the injustice of getting caught in the middle of things he'd rather not have the [mis]fortune to experience. Willis' comfort in his own skin is evident in that McClane shows his age... wrinkles, balding head shaved, and slow to recover from the abuse and outrages he receives while shepherding computer geek, Matt Farrell (played by Justin Long, Apple's "Mac" from tv ad-dom)to the DHS. Farrell is alternately arrogant, whiney and scared sh*tless after realizing he's been had as a contracted low-level hacker, now on the shortlist for assassination.
Bare bones is that someone[s] have hacked into much of America's major business, government, transportation, financial and telecommunications computer infrastructure and is systematically bringing it down. One of the early scenes deals with the bad guys first implementation ... turning all the traffic signals in Washington DC to "green" causing all manner of immediate intersection crashes and gridlocking the city.
The movie does get a little long, but one gets their money's worth with good, old-fashioned stunts and pyrotechnics. Hardly one bit of cgi to be seen.
No spoiler alerts here ... grab a friend and go see it for yourself. The only thing to disappoint is what you're going to be charged for that large tub of popcorn and a couple of softdrinks.
Ouch.
Technorati: Live Free and Die Hard, Movies, Die Hard, Bruce Willis
Posted by Darleen at July 8, 2007 04:43 PM