After the disappointment of the third film Die Hard with a Vengeance, I was looking forward to this return to form. I should take a slight detour here and explain that I hated Vengeance. Too many improbably stunts that should have killed him, weak premise for the bad guy and far too much use of the shakicam. In fact, I can count on one hand the number of films that used the shakicam to good effect. The problem with Vengeance was that I kept thinking "They must have spent a fortune on this special effect, setting up the stunt, choreographing it and set dressing and I can't see a bloody thing!"
I really did like both the first two movies, the action and humour seemed to be a perfect match for each other. So I was waiting with anticipation for this film. And its good!
How good is it? Well put it this way, normally I hate movies about hackers because I know the technology is totally guff. And it is here too, but the film is so much fun to watch that I didn't care. And that's saying something pretty special about the film.
The humour is back, and boy did I miss it. Kinda like returning home after a long spell away, you don't realise how much you missed the place until you're back there.
The action is fantastic. Totally over the top, action packed, impossible stunts which totally engross. Put it this way: Transformers has a lot to live up to now.
The dialogue is back to form. Witty one liners, but nothing that feels forced. It was a refreshing change given the current film climate.
Now we do have an annoying sidekick again, but he's nowhere near as whiny as
I think the word that describes Die Hard 4.0 best is "stonking" as in "a stonking good ride from start to finish", which is a good phrase if someone is describing a film, but never a good phrase if someone is describing your sister.
Score: B+++
OQ: It's something we invented in the sixties, it's called jogging. Come on, you're going to love it...
There were even some bonus points for trailers for
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