Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Directed by

Len Wiseman

Genre

action film, buddy film, action thriller, buddy cop film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 6,397 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An NYPD detective must stop a cyber-terrorist from crippling the nation's computer infrastructure. He teams up with a young hacker to fight the attacks and save the country.

fast-pacedexplosivetensegrittyaction-heavysmart-aleckyhigh-octanesuspenseful

What happens

Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America) is a 2007 American action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman. It is the sequel to Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and the fourth installment in the Die Hard film series. It is based on the 1997 article "A Farewell to Arms" written for Wired magazine by John Carlin. The film's name references New Hampshire's state motto, "Live Free or Die". In the film, NYPD Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) attempts to stop a cyber-terrorist, Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) who hacks into government and commercial computers across the United States with the goal of starting a "fire sale" cyber attack that would disable key elements of the nation's infrastructure. Justin Long, Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kevin Smith also star. Live Free or Die Hard was released in the United States on June 27, 2007 by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $383 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing installment in the Die Hard series. It received positive reviews from critics. It is the only Die Hard film to be theatrically released with a PG-13 rating from the MPAA, although an unrated edition would later be made available on home media. A fifth film, A Good Day to Die Hard, was released in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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