Live Free or Die Hard
European title: Die Hard 4.0
(USA, 2007, 129 minutes)
A mysterious hacker has launched an all-out assault on the American computer infrastructure and the only hope to undo him seems to be police officer John McClane, caught in the middle of it while taking in a hacker for interrogation in Washington. Clever, fast-moving addition to the Die Hard series, hiding a turbo-charged B-movie under a techno-thriller surface sheen; it all goes a bit too silly at the end, but it’s solid, no-nonsense entertainment with some intriguing topical elements.
A Twentieth Century-Fox presentation/production, produced in association with Dune Entertainment and Ingenious Film Partners. Starring Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kevin Smith. Directed by Len Wiseman; produced by Michael Fottrell; screenplay by Mark Bomback, based on a story by Mark Bomback and David Marconi, on the article "A Farewell to Arms" by John Carlin and on characters created by Roderick Thorp; music by Marco Beltrami; director of photography (DeLuxe prints, widescreen), Simon Duggan; production designer, Patrick Tatopoulos; costume designer, Denise Wingate; film editor, Nicolas de Toth; visual effects supervisor, Patrick McClurg.
(USA, 2007, 129 minutes)
A mysterious hacker has launched an all-out assault on the American computer infrastructure and the only hope to undo him seems to be police officer John McClane, caught in the middle of it while taking in a hacker for interrogation in Washington. Clever, fast-moving addition to the Die Hard series, hiding a turbo-charged B-movie under a techno-thriller surface sheen; it all goes a bit too silly at the end, but it’s solid, no-nonsense entertainment with some intriguing topical elements.
A Twentieth Century-Fox presentation/production, produced in association with Dune Entertainment and Ingenious Film Partners. Starring Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kevin Smith. Directed by Len Wiseman; produced by Michael Fottrell; screenplay by Mark Bomback, based on a story by Mark Bomback and David Marconi, on the article "A Farewell to Arms" by John Carlin and on characters created by Roderick Thorp; music by Marco Beltrami; director of photography (DeLuxe prints, widescreen), Simon Duggan; production designer, Patrick Tatopoulos; costume designer, Denise Wingate; film editor, Nicolas de Toth; visual effects supervisor, Patrick McClurg.
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