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mrklixx · 06-28-2007, 07:05 AM

I saw it last night , and pretty much have to agree with most of Redjake's assessment. It didn't feel like a Die Hard movie to me either. It actually seemed to be a mish mash of two other fairly recent Bruce wilis action movies, Hostage and 13 blocks, both of which felt more like Die Hard movies than this.

One of the main things that was missing for me in this one was the sense of confinement from the other movies In Die Hard 1 he was confined to Nakatome. In Die Hard 2 he was confined to the airport. and in Die hard 3, while there wasn't as much of a physical confinement, he was still confined by the rules of "Simon Says."

So this winds up being being your standard "run from the infinitly supplied/powerful bad guy while seing who can'outhack' whom. Which has all been done before (and useually much better) in the likes of Enemy of THe State, Firewall, Hackers, "24", etc, etc.
Also gone is Mcclean's "humanness". Unlike the other movies where his mounting injuries actually begin to show, here he gains the "superhuman hollywood healing ability". And it seems like Mcclean now "knows" he is "invincible", because he now has zero hesitation or fear doing insane, impossible feats of wonder.

And after the afore mentioned "yeah right" fighter jet scene, the ending was completely anticlimactic, especially compared to the grand "bad guy deaths" in the other 3.

As far as the PG-13 editing goes, there were times when it actually looked like I was watching a bad kung-fu movie because it had obviously originally been shot with R-rated dialog, and overdubbed later for the PG-13.

I do however disagree with Redjakes's view of Justin Long. I thought he was very much the "annoying sidekick", and brought absolutely nothing to the film for me.

They should have just called the movie "Fire Sale", and had it star Jason Statham.

I give it a weak 5/10.

06-28-2007, 07:05 AM	#25 (permalink)
mrklixx President Rick Location: location location	I saw it last night , and pretty much have to agree with most of Redjake's assessment. It didn't feel like a Die Hard movie to me either. It actually seemed to be a mish mash of two other fairly recent Bruce wilis action movies, Hostage and 13 blocks, both of which felt more like Die Hard movies than this. One of the main things that was missing for me in this one was the sense of confinement from the other movies In Die Hard 1 he was confined to Nakatome. In Die Hard 2 he was confined to the airport. and in Die hard 3, while there wasn't as much of a physical confinement, he was still confined by the rules of "Simon Says." So this winds up being being your standard "run from the infinitly supplied/powerful bad guy while seing who can'outhack' whom. Which has all been done before (and useually much better) in the likes of Enemy of THe State, Firewall, Hackers, "24", etc, etc. Also gone is Mcclean's "humanness". Unlike the other movies where his mounting injuries actually begin to show, here he gains the "superhuman hollywood healing ability". And it seems like Mcclean now "knows" he is "invincible", because he now has zero hesitation or fear doing insane, impossible feats of wonder. And after the afore mentioned "yeah right" fighter jet scene, the ending was completely anticlimactic, especially compared to the grand "bad guy deaths" in the other 3. As far as the PG-13 editing goes, there were times when it actually looked like I was watching a bad kung-fu movie because it had obviously originally been shot with R-rated dialog, and overdubbed later for the PG-13. I do however disagree with Redjakes's view of Justin Long. I thought he was very much the "annoying sidekick", and brought absolutely nothing to the film for me. They should have just called the movie "Fire Sale", and had it star Jason Statham. I give it a weak 5/10. __________________ This post is content. If you don't like it then you are not content. Or perhaps just incontinent. This is not a link - Do not click here I hate animated avatars. Last edited by mrklixx; 06-28-2007 at 11:32 AM..