Live Free or Die Hard (Full Screen Edition)

No, this movie does not compare to the original DIE HARD. Let's just get that out of the way right off the top, shall we? I frankly can't imagine any movie comparing. It was one of those rare movies that turns an entire genre on its head...or even invents a new genre. How many DIE HARD rip-offs have there been? Many of them awful...and many of them pretty good...but still, they are knock-offs. SPEED? DIE HARD on a bus. Still a great movie...but it didn't feel 100% original. DIE HARD did. Simple as that. I still watch that film and thrill to it...I may know everything that's coming...but it is so well-crafted and structured...so well edited and acted...you just see over and over why it is unmatched. LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD is still a damn fun movie!!! So what if it isn't DIE HARD...it's still one of the most exciting and outrageous films in a long time. A formula flick that delights, surprises and satisfies on a gut level. It promises a thrill-ride and it delivers. It does not promise intellectual insight (and delivers none), great political commentary (arguably there is a little bit snuck in) nor would it ever claim to be a Best Picture Oscar contender. And that's a GOOD thing. It is fun! And the kind of fun that only a movie can deliver. Willis is John McClain again...many years older. His wisecracks are a little dispirited (at least at the beginning), not because the movie is unoriginal...but because McClain is a little burnt out himself. We first see him spying on his teenage daughter to make sure the guy she's making out with is okay. It's a funny situation, but it's a little sad too. Here's this guy who has basically saved thousands of people from obliteration...and he still can't get his personal life together. He is quickly thrust into saving the life of a computer nerd (Justin Long), and wouldn't you know it...this is no ordinary case. This is another world-shaking, cataclysmic terrorist event in the making...and only McClain can save the day! Yep, you just want to roll your eyes...but 99% of you just smiles, kicks back and relaxes. You know you're in good hands. Willis really delivers. He knows how to play this part with his eyes closed...but the great thing is, he doesn't coast. (He has coasted in the past...but to his credit, Willis is one of the most physically committed actors around...he seldom just phones in his work.) And he is well-matched with Justin Long. Talk about an odd-couple! Naturally, as the movie progresses, and Willis saves Long's life for about the 100th time, Long grows to respect this artifact of a by-gone era. And Willis grows fond of this nerdy kid. Nothing earth-shattering there...but their by-play is so well-done that it feels, if not fresh, at least well-thought out. Maggie Q is in the Alexander Gudonov role...you know, the henchman to the main bad guy...the one who almost never talks but can sure kick some serious butt. She is extremely physically in her role, and she and Willis have a brutal and brilliantly stage (and super exciting) fight scene. This alone almost makes the entire movie worth seeing. It's one of the best fight scenes in a long time. Outrageously unlikely...but only made more enjoyable for that fact. Speaking of bad guys...Timothy Olyphant plays the master criminal, and it's an odd casting choice. He's supposed to be one of these mild-mannered, soft-spoken but oh-so-dangerous psychos. Sadly, he mostly comes across as mild-mannered and maybe a little peeved. The plan he's executing is a lot of fun (I won't spoil it...but suffice it to say that he wants the world to go REALLY low-tech), and the details of it are enjoyable to follow...but Olyphant is only really weak link in the acting chain here. The stunts in this movie are among the most jaw-dropping I've ever seen. Apparently, the more ridiculous the better...and again, it's that sense of glee, that sense that the filmmakers know perfectly well that what they've constructed is entirely without credibility...that makes it WORK! I've never laughed more at stunt work...but in a good way. I was almost like a little kid, ready to just clap my hands and stamp my feet in delight. LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD is a totally "big-studio, money-grabbing, escapist summer movie." But it shows that sometimes, that kind of film, well-done, is exactly what the doctor ordered. If you enjoyed DIE HARD...you should love this film too. It doesn't reinvent the wheel...but it sure makes the biggest, loudest, most awesome wheel you've seen in a long time!!

The original of course, and this movie. Sure, it's a bit over-the-top, but so was the original. Probably the only Samuel Jackson movie that he does a great job in. He's much better as a serious actor than in movies where he's supposed to be humorous. There are lots of great lines in this movie, although the casual watcher is probably not going to catch them. This movie has no forced humor unlike every other movie you see these days. Looking at you Star Wars and Avengers. There is one scene that is a bit too gory, and I always skip over it, but it only lasts about 10 seconds. Otherwise it's normal Die Hard style violence, that is to say, there is a lot of graphic violence. I highly doubt Hollywood could make a movie this good these days. They wouldn't even be able to figure out the Harlem scene without watering it down. Instead they would show tons of male nudity, nothing offensive, and jokes thrown in every minute. This is a more realistic view of what humans are really like. John is practically an alcoholic that has a hard time making his boss and his wife happy. But he comes through when needed even though he didn't have to. Zeus is a hard working guy with deeply seated issues that he puts aside to save the city. The action sequences are mostly very well done. I imagine it was a ton of work to coordinate with all the different filming locations to complete the scenes. It was also probably very hard to cast so many tall Germans or Eastern Europeans. The aqueduct filming, the trucks, the subway, the sets built, the helicopters, the bridge, the ship, etc. Just tons and tons of coordination and hard work. The kind of effort put into this movie would be too much for a modern film studio. They would just put their budget into CGI instead. This movie is 27 years old and holds up better than any modern movie. Even the original holds up better and that's even older.

ENJOY WATCHING BRUCE WILLIS MOVIES LOTS OF ACTION

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This is THE BEST of the Die Hard series! Seriously! The first Die Hard that came out was good, no, GREAT enough to keep Bruce Willis busy for the next twenty five years. Remember the first one? Yippy Kye Yay, mother (explicit)!! Each time that a new Die Hard came out, John McClane was a bit older, a bit harder, a bit more cynical, and he is SO mean, that his hair ran away! Well, this last one is a cut above the others. We see that John has reached the point in his life where he's been forced to step aside and let the next generation take over. The newbies have their gadgets, their smartphones and laptops. Everything from National security to global finance is controlled by a keyboard somewhere in a bunker. But one thing hasn't changed: but the McClane luck of being in the wrong place at the wrong time is still going strong as ever. This one starts off with McClane trying to reconnect with his daughter. His sweet little girl has turned into this beautiful young woman that all but despises her father; blaming John for the broken marriage that her daddy let slip through his fingers. While the war of the McClain's is raging, a high-tech security attack hits the capital. The ingenious plan that has been initiated will literally brake America's economic back. The massive assets of our entire country will be wiped out in a single blow and the greatest nation in the world will be absolutely powerless! And even worse, penniless. How did this happen? Who was responsible for the countries cyber security? Even the countries economic "back up protocol" that is supposed to stop this exact scenario from happening, is crashing. Now I'm going to stop right there. I don't want to spoil the plot, because finding out whom is responsible is one of the major "wow!" factors of the movie. John McClaine has to join the fray once again. But this time, John will not be facing Franz Groober, or some other thief or terrorist...no, this time he has to find the enemy that is right in there midst. Thieves, terrorist, assassins...it makes no difference. Because this time they have gone too far. When they find Johns daughter and take her hostage and threaten to harm her, they just don't know that they have made a serious mistake...

I really liked this movie. I have seen numbers 1, 2 & 3 many, many times and I am very happy that this movie lived up to the hype that it was more like the first movie. Although I did not feel like the villains, especially the man, looked or acted evil enough, as my husband said, you cannot tell how evil someone is by just looking -- it is within them - that is how they get away with it. I thought the woman "bad guy" was more evil looking than Timothy Olyphant's character. VERY GOOD ACTION, lots of fun -- be on the lookout for the vehicle coming out of the tunnel. What an amazing feat. I have this 2 disk set but it was late when we watched the movie and I have not had a chance to check the extras. Sometimes it is better to watch a movie two or three times before you watch the "how to" features or it really spoils the movie for you. This happened with Cast Away with Tom Hanks. I watched everything in one sitting and all I can remember is the blue screens used for the many scenes. I haven't even seen the whole movie in full since then. I would like to forget the "how to" features. 3/6/09 I finally did watch Cast Away recently and had almost forgotten how they made the movie and enjoyed it much more. I recommend Live Free or Die Hard - I do not know what the theatrical version looks like, I believe it is included in this set, however. I am sure that it maybe doesn't have as much language and maybe graphic violence? Not really sure since the movie seemed "normal" for this genre. ;-) 3/6/09 I do NOT like that in every Die Hard movie the wife (and in this one - the daughter) hates the main character John McClane, and then he saves their lives and it is OK again until the next movie. Now why would the daughter hate her father? Because he doesn't live with them? Not his fault - the mother divorced him not the other way around.

Action, Action, Action. The Die Hard's are always great fun and this one is no different. The plot is interesting but does not slow the action down. Bruce Willis delivers. He's tough, sexy, and cute. Oh yeah, he can be all that and more. Timothy Olyphant is a GREAT bad guy. If you've never seen the Die Hards you're missing out. If you are house bound for a weekend or just ready to stay in with your sweetie or friends, rent them all. A Die Hard marathon is a good way to have a boatload of fun. The only thing you have to do is make sure your tongue is planted snugly in your cheek, jot down your favorite lines, keep count of the crashes (if you can), and, of course, you have to keep track of the body count. At the end of the movie compare notes. If you've seen 'em all, you'll have just as much fun the first, second, third, fourth... however many times. If you've seen 'em a few dozen times, create a questionnaire for each movie that everyone has to answer before you watch it. Then go over the questionnaire after and award funny, cheap prizes. It's so fun to see how many you can get right, how many things you add that actually happened in a different Die Hard movie or even a completely different action movie like an Arnold or Rambo. You will have a blast! And, yes, you can include trick questions if you want, for example, In which Die Hard move did the character, John McClane, say, "You shouldn't drink and bake." Answer: None. That's a line from an Arnold movie. Give extra points to the first person who says which Arnold movie, the year, and the actor to whom he delivered the line.

"Live Free or Die Hard - Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)" is the BEST edition of the latest "Die Hard" installment, and certainly THE one to buy. Closest in spirit to the previous three films, the unrated version is more cohesive, funnier, and less PC than the 'cleaned-up' theatrical edition...but if you prefer PC, this edition offers the option of BOTH versions to choose from! Willis' 'John McClane' is the most likable of the action heroes introduced during the testosterone-driven 1980s, an honest cop unwillingly caught in the middle of brilliantly-conceived schemes of criminal masterminds, defeating them by outlasting them, physically, while tossing off some of the funniest one-liners you'll ever hear on screen. It's a formula ideally suited to Willis, and the latest installment, created by filmmakers who grew up on the original trilogy, succeeds in keeping things 'fresh' by raising the stakes, and playing up McClane as a 'dinosaur' in a high-tech world. The plot involves the shutting down of not a building, airport, or city, but the entire country (to steal billions of dollars...as McClane quips, "It's always about money"), and, aided by a pacifist computer geek (Justin Long), and his uber-hacker buddy (a very funny Kevin Smith, in a welcome cameo), Willis is ready to abuse his body again, to save the day! While the film's villain (Timothy Olyphant) lacks the urbane villainy of Alan Rickman or sophisticated panache of Jeremy Irons, his second-in-command (Maggie Q), is the sexiest opponent Willis has faced, yet, and the action sequences (done mostly 'live' rather than by CGI), are truly astonishing (particularly Willis 'taking on' a fighter jet in an 18-wheeler...you have to see it to believe it!) The 'Special Features' ARE special, as well; my favorite is an interview between Willis and unabashed "Die Hard" fan Kevin Smith, which manages to be both insightful and funny. Yippee-ki-ay INDEED!

Sie waren die großen Action-Stars der 80er Jahre: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Silvester Stallone und Bruce Willis! Einige würden jetzt wahrscheinlich noch Jean-Claude van Damme und Dolph Lundgren mit aufführen, aber sie wurden nie so polulär und in einen Kultstatus gehoben wie die ersten drei. Während Schwarzenegger mittlerweile Hollywood fast komplett den Rücken zugedreht hat und in der Politik Karriere macht, dümpelte Stallone lange in einem filmischen Tief, bis auch er mit "Rocky Balboa" sein langersehntes Comeback erzielte. Und auch er wird nächstes Jahr mit seiner zweiten großen Rolle als John "Rambo" zurück auf die Leinwand kommen. Ob's funktioniert? Ich drücke ihm die Daumen! Und dann gibt es noch Bruce Willis, der nicht wirklich ein großes Tief zu überwinden hatte, sich mit Charakterrollen durchaus einen großen Namen machte und mittlerweile nicht nur alles angeboten bekommt, er kann auch mittlerweile alles spielen! So war es eigentlich nur eine logische Konsequenz, trotz aller Verneinungen seinerseits, irgendwann einmal doch wieder in seiner berühmtesten Rolle als John McLane wieder ganz groß aufzudrehen. Auch Willis ist in die Jahre gekommen, und das merkt man ihm schon an. Trotzdem hat er absolut nichts von seiner Coolness eingebüßt. Immer mit einem trockenen Spruch auf den Lippen dezimiert er einen Bösewicht nach dem anderen. Verletzlicher ist er geworden, seit seinem letzten Auftritt. Seine Haare hat er eingebüßt und mit einer pupertären (Film-)Tochter hat er zu kämpfen, die ihn nicht wirklich akzeptiert. Und doch kämpft er sich durch, zwar ohne sein Feinrippunterhemd, und nicht mehr ganz so blutig wie in seinen ersten Auftritten, aber immer noch kompromisslos. Diesmal hat es eine Gruppe von Internetterroristen auf Amerika abgesehen. Mit einem Computervirus wird mal eben schnell die ganze Infrastruktur lahm gelegt. Jetzt ist Chaos angesagt, und McLane gerät mal wieder durch Zufall mitten zwischen die Fronten. Das ihm ein junger, naiver Computerhacker zur Seite gestellt wird mag einige Fans nerven. Es fehlt die Coolness von Samuel L.Jackson als Zeus aus dem dritten Teil, der ein wirklich ebenbürtiger, auch unfreiwilliger Partner wurde. Doch muß man McLanes neuem Partner auch einiges eingestehen. Er hat seine witzigen und auch wichtigen Momente. Viel moderner Schnick-Schnack hat Einzug in die Reihe gehalten. Ob es nun CGI-Effekte sind, um alles noch spektakulärer zu machen, ob es neumodische Sportarten sind, wo es mal eben ein Bösewicht aus über 10 Metern in atemberaubender Weise schafft, eine Hauswand herunter zu klettern... Hier wird an Action alles geboten, der Realismus wird dabei allerdings total ausser Kraft gesetzt. Und nebenbei fließt zwar immer noch Blut, aber nicht mehr ganz so hart und konsequent wie noch in den ersten Beiden Teilen. Außerdem wurde McLane schon fast ein Fluch-Verbot auferlegt. Nur in der deutschen Synchronisation wurde dieses Verbot wieder etwas entschärft. Dies ist allerdings auch einer der Schwachpunkte des vierten Teils. Es fehlt einfach die Brutalität der ersten Teile. Man merkt schon deutlich, das die Studios mehr darauf bedacht waren, den Film einem noch größeren Publikum zeigen zu können. Dementsprechend ist der vierte Teil zwar höchst unterhaltsam, aber es fehlt einfach der Flair der ersten Filme. Und trotzdem gebe ich dem Film die volle Punktzahl. McLane is back... und wie! Ich ziehe meinen Hut, das sich Bruce Willis trotz seines gesetzten Alters noch einmal auf diese Strapazen eingelassen hat, das die Drehbuchautoren und der Regisseur trotzdem eine alte Erinnerung an die guten Actionfilme der 80er Jahre haben aufkommen lassen! Ich habe es genossen, diesen Film im Kino zu sehen!

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Vielen Dank der Film ist echt Hammer geil den würde ich jederzeit wieder bestellen bei euch kann man sehr gut weiter empfehlen

Und erneut erblickt eine Kinolegende, ja eigentlich die Kultfigur des Actiongenres, ein Revival in diesem Jahr der unzähligen Fortsetzungen. John McClane ist zurück und schon bebt das Kino und die Leinwand wird zum Schauplatz explosiver Spannung bis zur letzten Sekunde. Die USA werden von Terroristen bedroht, die einfach übermächtig zu sein scheinen. So stürzen sie jegliche Infrastruktur im Lande in den Untergang, so dass Chaos über die USA einbricht. Und wer soll nun für Amerika in den Krieg gegen den Terror ziehen ? Nein, nicht John Ramboo, sondern sein Freund... Bruce Willis. Ok, dass Bruce Willis nicht mehr der Jüngste in Hollywood ist und dass er seit dem ersten Teil der "Stirb Langsam"-Reihe auch immerhin 20 Jahre gealtert ist, das ist bekannt. Aber trotzdem kann niemand abstreiten, dass Willis immer noch zu den coolsten Typen Hollywoods zählt. Wie er seine Oneliner abfeuert und das mit einer fast kaum vorhandenen Mimik ist einfach markant für John McClane und hat diese Figur tief im Actiongenre verankert. Die Handlung erinnert in Zügen an "24" und "16 Blocks" (ebenfalls mit Bruce Willis). So steht in diesem Film der Aspekt ZEIT eine große Rolle, auch wenn ein Film in reiner Echtzeit bei der Handlungsdichte unmöglich war. McClane soll einen Computerhacker zum Revier eskortieren, jedoch versuchen die Terroristen mit allen Mitteln, dies zu verhindern. Warum ? Die Antwort für sich ist super... da dieser jämmerliche Geek sie aufhalten könnte. Und so wird ein totaler Antiheld zum Helden. Dieser Schachzug ist einfach brilliant, da McClane nicht als alleiniger Kämpfer gegen den Terror antritt. Nein, ohne diesen Jungen hätte er keinerlei Chance zu gewinnen und somit wirkt McClane nicht als ein Superheld !! Die Action des Filmes ist sehr solide. Wichtig war hierbei eine realistische Inszenierung, so dass nur wenig mit dem Computer animiert wurde. Dieser Hang zur realistischen Action wurde bereits durch die Bourne-Filme sowie "Casino Royale" etabliert und auch "Stirb Langsam 4.0" kann damit beim Publikum punkten. Zwar kommt der Film nicht gänzlich ohne CGI-Effekte aus, jedoch halten sich diese in einer sehr übersichtlichen Minderheit. Das große Manko an diesem Film ist aber, dass die Handlung zu geradlinig verläuft. So sind die Konturen von gut und böse zu schnell geklärt, wodurch die großen Turns in der Handlung, welche "Stirb langsam2" und "Stirb langsam - Jetzt erst recht" ausgemacht haben, leider verloren gegangen sind. Der Schurcke des Filmes wirkt eher schwächlich, da er ohne seine Computer keine Chance gegen John McClane hätte und auch darstellerisch kommt Timothy Olyphant nicht an die Brillianz eines Alan Rickmans oder Jeremy Irons ran. Alles in allem war "Stirb Langsam 4.0" wohl eines der cineastischen Highlights des Jahres und die DVD gehört in die Sammlung eines jeden Actionliebhabers. Also :"Yippieaje, Schweinebacke !"

Film molto bello!!! Venditore corretto e disponibilissimo per Info!!! 5 stelle sono meritate!!! 👍