Film Critical

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD

Yippee Ki Yay Mother Fucker!

He’s back… To add to the growing list of 60 yr old men that want to revive their glory days of the 80s. But Bruce is just so friggin good at it. Stallone has nothing on him. Now we just need Arnold to revive Predator and I’ll be set.

Live Free of Die Hard is great. I loved this movie. It was fun, smart, and pure entertainment. That is all I ask for out of a summer movie. It was done very much like the originals and that made it brilliant. It was a smart move for this series. In contrast, Batman Begins made a smart move by being different than the originals. Just an FYI.

Justin Long provided the comic relief, and he did a good job doing it. His character complimented John McClane very well. The scenes between them were always entertaining. Maggie Q just electrifies her scenes. She is sexy, strong and a well-cast villain. And McClane’s daughter is finely played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Relatively new director (only two other movies) Len Wiseman does a good job at the helm. He puts together a nice film with good cuts and well thought out scenes. The action is well-calculated and very tense. Some of the scenes, of course somewhat unbelievable, were perfectly over the top enough to thrill the audience while keeping them in the movie. If you enjoyed the other movies in this series, you will undoubtedly enjoy this latest installment. Live Free of Die Hard is fast paced, all around exciting, and great summer entertainment.


GRADE: A
TRAILER: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/livefreeordiehard/

1 Comments:

Blogger AJ - Scourge of the 7 Seas said...

Love me a well-cast sexy villian in the morning...

11:46 AM  

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