alexandermangoldt Review of Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Great flick, but what's with the ending, dude?

[7/10 · 7 July 2007]

Now, I had better write something while the memory is still fresh: Anyway, I saw this movie in a theatre yesterday, and, two minutes into the movie, I was already captivated. Bruce Willis as John McClane is better than ever and I always liked the way he turns a male chauvinist pig into a likable and even adorable character. The plot is easily understandable but still exciting enough to be not discredited as flat and dull. The action scenes are both hilarious and stunning and they grab you by the balls (excuse my French) and keep you breathless for the entire length of the movie. However, there is one major flaw to this movie: the ending! I thought all the action scenes were quite realistic and even when Bruce Willis killed a chopper with a car I wasn't laughing or chuckling to myself because the scene defies gravity or whatever. But to the end, when a jet plane (F-13, I think) tries to shoot the truck I caught myself thinking: O.K., now they're overdoing it a bit. It reminded me a little of TRUE LIES which was a very unrealistic film to the extent that it was laughable. Well, all in all, it's still a great flick, but I wish someone had taken the director aside when he was shooting the truck/jet plane scene and had told him: LESS IS MORE! But, other than that, great entertainment: Kudos!