Schnell! Schnell!

Jun 27, 2007 23:58

If you haven't seen it already, drop what you're doing and go see Die Hard 4. Even if you have seen it. Go. Right fucking now. This movie will make you feel about 10x more hardcore just by sitting in a theater watching it. It's like a bunch of guys in some studio went, "Hey, let's just throw reality and believability out the window, and just make a fucking Die Hard movie. We'll just have John McClane getting beat the fuck for two hours and blowing everything the shit up. It'll be AWESOME." And it was. You won't even care about the utter ridiculousness of 80% of the stuff that happens, because it actually IS believable coming from John McClane.

If you can stand to snicker your way through 30 minutes of "hackers" and "downloading the virus" then the rest of the movie is sheer non-stop adrenaline. I've never seen so much violence that left me not grimacing, but grinning like a fool. The setup to the whole "I'm coming for you" vibe was VERY well-done, and I want to nail McClane's daughter. Even Justin Long managed to grow some balls and be tolerable. Oh, and it wouldn't be a Die Hard movie without plenty of references to the first one, so look for those if you're a dedicated fan; I wasn't disappointed.

I'm pretty sure if you Wikipedia'd the phrase "man up" there'd be a picture of John McClane. And if there isn't, there will be in about ten seconds when I get there.
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