Live Free or Die Hard

"The choice will be clear."

2007 2h 8m EN

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Synopsis

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John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

“The choice will be clear.”

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Cast

Bruce Willis
John McClane
Timothy Olyphant
Thomas Gabriel
Justin Long
Matt Farrell
Cliff Curtis
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Lucy McClane
Jonathan Sadowski
Trey
Maggie Q
Mai Linh
Andrew Friedman
Casper

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Len Wiseman
Writers: Mark Bomback, Mark Bomback, David Marconi
Languages: English, Italian, French
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Die Hard Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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7 / 8

CAST

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499+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Len Wiseman, shot by Simon Duggan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Len Wiseman directs. Simon Duggan behind the camera. Marco Beltrami scores. Nicolas De Toth cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Italian, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
3Released 19 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, French.
5International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
6Part of the "Die Hard Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7499+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by Len Wiseman, shot by Simon Duggan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Nicolas De Toth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Bruce Willis and Timothy Olyphant and Justin Long carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "The choice will be clear.".
13IMDB entry: tt0337978 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
14Classified under 28 themes, including "helicopter", "washington dc, usa", "hostage", "detective".
15Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Simon Duggan
Original score: Marco Beltrami
Editing: Nicolas De Toth
Production design: Patrick Tatopoulos
Makeup / hair: Zoltan Elek
VFX supervisor: Matthew Hendershot
Sound: Jason W. Jennings
Stunt coordinator: Brad Martin
Runtime: 128 min · 2h 8m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $110,000,000
Box office: $383,531,464
Return: 349% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Part of

Die Hard Collection

An action film series centered around the character of John McClane, a New York City police detective who finds himself fighting a group of terrorists in each film.

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Len Wiseman

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ravitejarayudu2014-09-17
It is not a just a DIE HARD MOVIE! Eyes feasting....lot of action scenes,lot of intelligence and lot of technology, Bruce Wills is rocking the film. There is nothing to say about his action. Justin long well and good supported role and he is the main guy who is dealing with technology...Timothy Olyphant awesome acting as a villian....and elizabethwinstead acts as a daughter of brucewills i.e., John Mclane. When coming to the story fully packed once when we got that situation really no one will going to surive us. An excellent actions,stunts,technology,etc. It is totally a full pack "FIRE SALE".:) Superb MOVIE
Wuchak2018-06-21
★ 7/10
Big, dumb action flick delivers RELEASED IN 2007 and directed by Len Wiseman, "Live Free or Die Hard" is the fourth installment in the Die Hard series. John McClane (Bruce Willis) is ordered to pick up a youth hacker (Justin Long) who's targeted by cyber-terrorists led by Thomas Gabriel and Mai Linh (Timothy Olyphant & Maggie Q). Their goal is to create chaos by taking over the USA's transportation grids and stock market. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays McClane's cute and feisty daughter while Kevin Smith has a small role as a computer geek living in his Mom’s basement. Rigid fans complain that this sequel is "Die Hard in name only" because I guess it deviates from formula but, really, the Die Hard series is ANY challenging adventure that John McClane experiences just as the 007 flicks consist of James Bond in differing challenges; same thing with Dirty Harry. In any case, “Live Free or Die Hard” works as Die Hard sequel or as a stand-alone action flick with Bruce Willis. The story holds your attention while the action scenes are out of this world. They're so over-the-top that some write the movie off as absurd, but everything's done with a quasi-realistic tone so it helps the viewer go along with the ridiculous things that happen rather than tune out. "Live Free or Die Hard" is the natural progeny of over-the-top films like 1977's "The Gauntlet" where the action scenes are so overdone they're cartoony, but entertaining. There's a thin line that filmmakers must tread with these kinds of blockbusters because they can easily fall into overKILL, like 2001's "The Mummy Returns," but "Live Free or Die Hard" evades that ditch by giving us fairly interesting characters and a compelling story. It may not be great but it certainly fills the bill if you're in the mood for a wild action flick. I like the continuity of the series: McClane’s wife (Bonnie Bedelia) is acknowledged here and we meet his daughter, now a hottie, and hear of his son, Jack. We learn of the severe price that John’s bold, serious approach to his profession has had on his personal life. These things are further explored in “A Good Day to Die Hard” (2013), which is basically just as good as this installment. THE MOVIE RUNS 128 minutes and was shot in Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. WRITERS: Mark Bomback and David Marconi conceived the story/script based on an article by John Carlin. GRADE: B
CinemaSerf2024-07-25
★ 6/10
After completely ruining his daughter's hot date, "McClane" (Bruce Willis) is sent to pick up a young hacker in response to what the FBI think might be a city wide cyber-attack. The youngster "Farrell" (Justin Long) is a cocky geek who is ill-prepared for what now ensues as "McClane" arrives just in time to save him from a barrage of gunfire that turns his apartment into a war zone. They now have to try to get the kid to safety but his pursuers are not giving up. What has this lad done? What has he got? Well swiftly we learn amidst the growing chaos that the not so angelic "Gabriel" (Timothy Olyphant) and his pal "Mai" (Maggie Q) are pulling the strings and will stop at nothing to see both of them go the way of the dodo before they cause mayhem across these United States. Can this unlikely pairing thwart his devious plan? To be fair to both Bruce and Long, they do manage a bit of quite engaging camaraderie as they lurch from one death-defying scenario to another but there's no getting away from it. The story is weak and far too thin to stretch across two hours of action that becomes increasingly far-fetched and repetitive. The cop character's disdainful attitude is also starting to wear out a bit as what limited jeopardy there ever was with these films becomes just a little too much like an exhibition of the stunt arrangers creative pyrotechnics and the lively production design. It's not terrible, Willis still oozes charisma, but maybe "McClane" needs to be put out to pasture now before he does himself a mischief - or bothers to read another lacklustre script.