This one's dying to get a little more appreciation.
It's no secret that when it comes to the action genre, few long-running series are as celebrated as the Die Hard movies. Beginning in 1988 with the untouchable and essentially perfect original movie, the series ultimately had four sequels released over the following 25 years, with the fifth and final one being released in 2013.
Live Free or Die Hard makes it clear fairly early on that John McClane is much older than he used to be. His daughter is now grown up and played by an adult Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the hair he used to have has been shaved off completely, and he's instantly contrasted with the young hacker he has to team up with, as Willis and Long were born 23 years apart and belong to different generations.
The buddy dynamic was also executed well in Die Hard with a Vengeance, and though it was probably better there , Willis and Long are still a good pairing here. Timothy Olyphant is also an underrated villain, bringing just the right level of menace as the leader of the cyber-terrorists. He's very compelling as a love-to-hate antagonist while not quite pushing things so over the top he begins to feel silly.
That's the charitable way to look at the ridiculous action found in Live Free or Die Hard. It's also possible to criticize it and the way that McClane is almost a superhero, with the ludicrous things he's capable of being one of the most widely critiqued aspects of the film. It might not be a problem if it weren't a Die Hard movie, but the original movie in the series benefited from having a vulnerable, everyman hero.
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