Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #331 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-29
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, PAL, Subtitled
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 123 minutes

Amazon.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

Synopsis
After a twelve-year hiatus, Bruce Willis is back as New York City detective John McClane, who still plays by his own set of rules. Following DIE HARD (1988), DIE HARD 2 (1990), and DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995), the fourth instalment in the popular action series stars DEADWOOD's Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel, an evil mastermind who is determined to bring down the entire infrastructure of the United States on Independence Day, sending the country into anarchy and chaos. Joining him on his mission of destruction is the elegant Mai, played by Maggie Q from MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III. McClane becomes involved when he gets caught in the crossfire while transporting prisoner Matt Farrell (Justin Long, IDIOCRACY), a hacker extraordinaire who is the perfect complement to the old-school McClane, who eschews mobile phones, computers, and doing anything the easy way. But when Gabriel kidnaps McClane's daughter, Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, DEATH PROOF), it gets personal. Full of the sarcastic humour, exciting action sequences--including a car flying into a helicopter--and fun characters that have defined the series, DIE HARD 4.0 is an excellent addition, directed by Len Wiseman (UNDERWORLD). The movie also features Kevin Smith as a computer geek known as Warlock, who still lives in his mother's basement.

Customer Reviews

Embarrassing
Really wish there was a no star category available. Can't believe that Bruce Willis let himself be associated with this garbage. I thoroughly enjoyed the first three Die Hard films, but this really was embarrassingly bad.

its not bad its just not any good
disposable entry to the die hard series, this is the weakist of the bunch but if your in a undermanding mood this is passable entertainment

21ST CENTURY ACTION - MORE OTT, MORE CG BUT STILL A GOOD RIDE.....
Better than I expected, certainly as good as Die Hard 3 (of which I found the action setpieces a slight dissapointment) but not as good as Die Hard or Die Hard 2.
The film is very well made and the Special FX & stunts are excellent.
However it's just a bit too over the top in places & too reliant on CGI - specifically the scene with Bruce Willis hanging off the jet fighter (very like True Lies). Hmmm, a 52 year old should know his limitations!
When it comes to action I prefer the gunplay (as in Die Hard 2's shootout with the terrorists & SWAT)& the hand to hand combat (McClane v Karl from Die Hard). I think a more realistic approach would work better especially as John McClane is now a middle-aged man - instead of crossing into James Bond territory. The action is spectacular; car chases, shootouts, lots of BIG explosions but, although hard edged, it isn't quite as violent as the previous installments. (I've only seen the 2 DISC CUT which does contain slightly more violence/swearing than this single disc (theatrical) edition.
I'm not overly keen on the villains here, Tim Olyphant is fairly good as the main protagonist but the whole concept of bringing down the Internet feels a little sterile & lacks any real sense of threat. Its hardly the same as deliberateley crashing 747's or exploding the roof of a skyscraper!
There's little in the way of impending loss of life - after all America once functioned perfectly well without being Online!
Not very keen on the computer nerds either! The only sidekick I've ever liked in this series was Zeus (Samuel L Jackson in DH3). McClane works better when being up against it by himself.
Fairplay to Willis, he's in pretty good shape & his acting is good, if anything there's less of the smugness that was present early in his career. An Ex of mine couldn't even look at him on screen, she hated him that much! The one liners are still here but a bit more self deprecating now.
Absoluteley loved the stunt where he used the police car to take down a
pursuing chopper. REALLY spectacular & any CG used was done so sparingly.
Direction is good, in fact everything is good really. It's just difficult for the film to measure up to its predecessors!
(The latest Indiana Jones is good BUT faces a similiar dilemma).
If you don't expect the intensity of parts 1 and 2, then I think you might enjoy it. I'd like to see another one but perhaps with an edgier plot/director.
Not as good a sequel as say, Rocky Balboa is, but easily as good as something like Terminator 3. Somewhere between 3 & 4 stars, I'll go to 4 as it was never boring and 3 stars would be too harsh!
I'd go for the 2 disc edition mind......