Die Hard 4.0 (2-Disc Bonus Edition) [Blu-ray] [2007]

* SummaryMany college-level coder are, without their knowledge, individually contributing to a rogue ex-senior military coder bent on revenge for being unfairly sacked. Once paid, the coders who contribute are killed. One such coder is in line to be killed, but lucky for him, is being arrested by John McClane and the two begin to try and sort out the three-level attack on the countries infrastructure with many physical attacks and loss of lives. Its a race against time as who wins?* CommentaryIt's written in the late 1990s so if it turned accurate in the decades following is good design information. The three leads work well, Bruce Willis, Justin Long and Timothy Olyphant. The technical integration of computers and services and the intense level of complexity with low security between these systems is possibly true. It's a good movie that stands up to repeated viewing.Update:I have researched online about 'I.O.T' (Internet of Things) and this film plot is possible in parts. If you want to see just use Youtube and the broader information of the web and google I.O.T. The stories I have come up with are thought-provoking. For example, you can buy a web-enabled kettle. This has poor design security. A hacker can use WiFi to get around this poor security to find the password to your router and get into your computer network. Another, a web-enabled car can be hacked to block your key and lock you out of it and be held to ransom.It's very sad the actor is succumbing to a form of Dementia. My dad passed away with this and other complications. It's a terrible way to go.

Another master movie casting Bruce wills and Timothy Olyphant. Set in modern day world about a real threat which is cyber terrorism and the huge impact it can have on a country where things are mostly online and controlled on a network.

Die Hard first started in 1988 and then followed up with Die Hard 2 in 1990 and then Die Hard with a vengeance in 1995. It was therefore a 12 year gap before Die Hard 4 was released.For those of you who aren't familiar with the movie here is the background of the story and characters.John McClane is an NYPC Cop...with an attitude. He never plays by the rules and does things his way. He was married to Holly McClane and they have two children. He is renowned for breaking the rules and in the first three films he is challenged beyond all limits with various terrorists attacking various people and places.Die Hard: John McClane goes to visit his estranged wife Holly at Christmas Time over in Los Angeles. She works at the Nakatomi Building and John kind of gatecrashes the party in an attempt to make peace with Holly. In the middle of the party Hans Gruber and his men show up. Their intention is to steal the money that is stashed in the buildings vault making them millionaires. It is John McLane's intention to not only stop them but save the hostages they have taken as well one of which is his wife.Die Hard 2: A group of terrorists are taking over Dulles Airport and are threatening to start crashing airplanes unless their demands are met. John McClane is there to meet his wife Holly who is one of those airplanes. McClane realises that the airport security and police can't handle this sort of threat so goes it alone in a bid to stop the terrorists from carrying out their threat.Die Hard with a Vengeance: A man calling himself Simon decides to play a game of `Simon Says' with McClane. John accidentally gets caught up in a game that could turn deadly. A Harlem dry cleaner is added into the mix (played by Samuel L Jackson) and together they play the game with the hope of catching this madman before people get killed by his threats of a bomb exploding in a local school. They soon discover that not only does this man have the potential to blow places up, but he is after the gold that is stored at the Federal Reserve Bank.After the 12 year gap they brought us Die Hard 4. Expectations were high, especially for McClane fans like me. What they brought us didn't disappoint.Thomas Gabriel is a bitter man. He is determined to halt the entire US with any means possible. He want's everybody to know the power that he has and just what he is prepared to do to prove his point. In the opening of the film we meet Matt Farrell who is an ordinary young man except his hobby is to hack into anything and everything. He is on the FBI's watch list as he has previously hacked into websites he shouldn't have. John McClane who is now a bit of a deadbeat spends his time when he should be on duty spying on his ex-wife and daughter Lucy. When the call comes in to go and fetch Matt Farrell it should have been an easy task.When he eventually gets to Farrell all hell breaks loose and he ends up saving his life and speeding away. His only task is to get Farrell to the FBI. Along the way the pair of them realise just how much is at stake when Gabriel starts shutting down traffic lights and creating disasters at the flick of a button. They make an unlikely partnership, but when Gabriel kidnaps McLane's daughter Lucy it gets personal and John will do anything to get her back.The fourth instalment in the Die Hard series, in some ways the best. We get to see McClane as the has-been. He is a techno-phobe who does things his way and when he gets partnered up with Farrell it makes for some very funny viewing. There is a lot more sarcastic undertone humour in this one that in previous Die Hard's. I also loved Farrell as the sidekick; they made an unlikely but fantastic on screen pair. The action was as usual high-octane and seriously overloaded. I only had one complaint in that there is a scene with a fighter jet that just pushed over to the side of being too far fetched (even for my hero McClane). The writers have pleased fans with Bruce Willis' famous lines and some new one liners that had me belly laughing. I also thought the casting was perfect for McClane's daughter Lucy (played by Mary Winstead). She was absolutely perfect for the part and fitted in a treat. Don't get me wrong, although I really liked this I still favour the Original Die Hard and don't think you can beat a baddie like Hans Gruber. All in all I am waiting with baited breath to see if they can persuade Bruce to make the 5th one.

This was a good film to watch on a weekend night.

Die Hard 4.0 for me is his best film, his role as the cop that never gives up is just great in this particular movie, out of the many die hard films, for me this is the best one. I'm waiting for the price to come down on Prime Video so I can get it there too.

He never fails to please. Action and excitement all the way. I am glad to own it as there will be no more to follow; The good always die to early in life.

Die hard 4.0 is better than your average action film but doesn't really compare to the first film in so much as Bruce Willis has now become some sort of super hero killing machine compared to the average Joe cop forced into a hard situation he was originally. In Die hard 2 and 3 the film makers took the premise of a lone cop being a hero(with some assistance) to some extreme degrees, but it remained believable and in tone with the original film. In this film John Mclane(Willis) is all over the town saving the day more in the style of 24's Jack Bauer.On a positive note I like the villains plan and find it interesting. I also think the cast is good especially Mary elizabeth Winstead as Willis's daughter. The music score is also good and features elements that remind you of the previous score.If you're going to purchase this film on Dvd buy the 2 disc edition which is edited differently to the theatrical edition to be more violent with more swearing(as you'd expect from Die Hard). It's also a shame they didn't call this film Live Free or Die Hard in the U.K., a much better title tha Die Hard 4.0.