Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Director:

Len Wiseman

Writers (WGA):

Mark Bomback (screenplay)
Mark Bomback (story) ...

Release Date:

27 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27

Plot:

John McClane takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States.

Plot Keywords:

Surveillance | Showdown | Intelligence Agency | Knife | New York City

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 5	10:00 PM	MAX
Sun. July 6	1:40 AM	MAX

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	John McClane
Timothy Olyphant	...	Thomas Gabriel
Justin Long	...	Matt Farrell
Maggie Q	...	Mai
Cliff Curtis	...	Bowman
Jonathan Sadowski	...	Trey
Andrew Friedman	...	Casper
Kevin Smith	...	Warlock
Yorgo Constantine	...	Russo
Cyril Raffaelli	...	Rand
Chris Palermo	...	Del (as Christopher Palermo)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Lucy
Sung Kang	...	Raj
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Molina
Christina Chang	...	Taylor

Also Known As:

Die Hard 4.0 (Australia) (UK) (USA) (working title)
Die Hard 4 (USA) (working title)
Die Hard 4: Die Hardest (USA) (working title)
Die Hard: Reset (USA) (working title)
Die Hard: Tears of the Sun (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation.

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Italian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Denmark:11 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Australia:M | Italy:T | Germany:16 | Ireland:15A | Brazil:14 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43515) | Argentina:13 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Chile:14 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/12 | France:U | UK:15 | Malta:16 | Malaysia:18SG | India:UA | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

105 Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cheyenne Enterprises

Trivia:

The car that is stolen in the film by McClane and Farrell is a 2006 E60 BMW 5 series, which was chosen due to a poll that found that people wanted films that had more BMWs in it. The main reason being that the alternatives (Audis and Mercedes-Benzes) were too common and not bold and imposing enough to go with the characters in the film. The particular BMW model (5 series) was chosen because the director, Len Wiseman, found "the 3 series too common, the 7 series too uptight and every other car either too feminine or compensative for a midlife crisis... Everything McClane isn't, yet".

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scenes where an IP address is traced to reveal a person's name, the IPs displayed for these traces (172.16.55.103 and 10.252.27.112) both belong to IANA private network IPv4 address space reservations. Realistically, IP addresses in this range do not exist on the Internet, as they are reserved for internal network use only. An attacker would need to be on the same local-area network as the victim for a reserved address to be returned in a trace, but this scenario would obviate the usefulness of such a trace in determining the geographical location of the victim. Further, IP traces alone do not reveal personal information such as user names; such a deduction as portrayed in the film is entirely unrealistic.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mai Lihn: Well?
Clay: I'm sending you the code.
Mai Lihn: Yes, I see that. Thank you.

Movie Connections:

References Over the Hedge (2006)

Soundtrack:

40 Days

Rock solid!

Just went to the world premiere of Die Hard 4.0, and I was positively surprised. It delivers action in abundance, and the movie has a great visceral feel to it thanks to great stunt work, and the fact that Willis really steps up in the fight scenes. The movie keeps up its pace throughout, and the script works quite well, though the tech-talk gets a little heavy at times. I was particularly worried about Wiseman directing, since both underworld movies were a complete mess in my opinion, but he really keeps it tight and disciplined this time around. Is Die Hard 4.0 the second or third best of the series? I don't know, but it is certainly a worthy successor, and all the other blockbusters should look this way to see how its done efficiently, crisp and above all entertaining.