Live Free or Die Hard Reviews

The Mahalo Top 7

SFGate.com: Live Free or Die Hard Review
- "Either "Live Free or Die Hard" will go down as the summer's best action blockbuster, or it's going to be one exceptional summer."
Christian Science Monitor: Live Free or Die Hard Review (Grade: A-)
- ""Live Free or Die Hard" – the fourth "Die Hard" movie, and the first in a decade – is easily the best in the series since the first one."
Variety: Live Free or Die Hard Review
- "Tone careens madly from serious peril to action camp and everything in between, but the sheer quantity of often outrageous stunts should help overcome franchise mustiness to entertain general auds and rack up solid returns here and abroad."
Los Angeles Times: Live Free or Die Hard Review
- ""Live Free or Die Hard" is a slick and efficient piece of action entertainment, fast moving with energetic stunt work and nice thriller moves."
The Charlotte Observer: Live Free or Die Hard Review (3/4)
- "Like last year's Rocky Balboa, Live Free or Die Hard is far from the crass, just-for-the-money sequel it appeared to be on paper. It's a genuine blast."
Entertainment Weekly: Live Free or Die Hard Review (Grade: B)
- "Live Free or Die Hard gets a bit of the old mojo back by tapping into fears that are, by nature, too virtual to see."

TV Guide: Live Free or Die Hard Review (2.5/4)
- "The key to enjoying the fourth installment in this testosterone-fueled franchise is accepting that it's a live-action cartoon that makes no effort to conform to the laws of gravity, plausibility or common sense — it's enough that it seems to hang together during the infrequent quiet moments when thinking is possible."
Apollo Movie Guide: Live Free or Die Hard Review (67/100)
- "Live Free or Die Hard is a calculated attempt to profit from America’s paranoia and its perpetual appetite for old-style heroes."
The A.V. Club: Live Free or Die Hard Review
- "Live Free forfeits two-fisted machismo for wild special effects, which is exactly the sort of technology-first attitude that Willis' character would abhor. Nothing remotely plausible happens, but that isn't an issue—really, plausibility was left behind at least two movies ago—and the film is a swifter thrill machine than most, with each setpiece working strenuously to top the one before."
Village Voice: Analog Hero for the Digital Age
- "With the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is back and he's just . . . too old"
USATODAY.com: 'Techno stuff shuts down the action in Die Hard (2/4)
- "This fourth installment in the franchise delivers when it comes to kick-butt, action-packed mayhem but bogs down focusing on key characters staring at computer screens, typing madly on keyboards or spouting techno-babble."