DIE HARD 4.0 (UK) aka
LIVE FREE OF DIE HARD (USA)

Year: 2007
USA & UK: Twentieth Century Fox
Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis, Jonathan Sadowski, Andrew Friedman, Kevin Smith, Yorgo Constantine, Cyril Raffaelli, Christopher Palermo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sung Kang, Željko Ivanek, Christina Chang, Jake McDorman, Rosemary Knower, Gerald Downey, Allen Maldonado, Jim Cantafio, Chris Ellis Jr, Regina Mckee Redwing, Tony Colitti, Tim De Zarn, Kurt David Anderson, Matt O'Leary, Nadine Ellis, Ethan Flower, Nick Jaine, Tim Russ, Joe Gerety, Edward James Gage, David Walrod, Edoardo Costa, John Reha, Yancey Arias, Rick Cramer, Vito Pietanza, Dennis Depew, Howard Tyrone Ferguson, John Lacy, Diana Gettinger, Melissa Knowles
Director: Len Wiseman
Country: USA
USA & UK: 129 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation
UK Certificate: 15 contains frequent action violence and one use of strong language
USA Release Date: 27 June 2007
UK Release Date: 4 July 2007

Synopsis

In a movie season filled with CGI fantasy, DIE HARD 4.0 gets real - with real action, real humor, and the reprise of a beloved and iconic character: John McClane (Bruce Willis). On the Fourth of July weekend, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle...but he never figured on McClane - the old-school "analog" fly in the "digital" ointment.

It's the beginning of the holiday, but New York City Detective McClane isn't celebrating. He's had yet another argument with his college-age daughter Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and received a crushingly routine assignment to bring in a young hacker, Matt Farrell (Justin Long), for questioning by the FBI. But for McClane, the ordinary has a habit of exploding into the extraordinary - abruptly hurtling him into the wrong place at the wrong time.

With Farrell's help, McClane slowly begins to understand the increasing chaos surrounding him. An attack is underway on the vulnerable United States infrastructure, shutting down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme, Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant), stays several moves ahead of McClane as he implements his incredible plans, known to uber-geeks like Farrell as a "fire sale" (as in, everything must go!).

DIE HARD 4.0 eschews computer generated fantasy for practical action set pieces. John McClane's sardonic sense of humor always feels genuine and relatable. And, most importantly, the film is character-driven, anchored by one of pop culture's toughest yet most endearing everyman heroes.