Release Date: June 27, 2007
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Len Wiseman
Screenwriter: Mark Bomback; story by Mark Bomback and David Marconi
Starring: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Timothy Olyphant, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jonathan Sadowski
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, language, and a brief sexual situation)

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS? What is wrong with Fox! What is wrong with Bruce Willis? And why on earth is Len Wiseman directing this motion picture?

The sum of these pieces has resulted in a crime against cinema - a Die Hard film, not only taking the motto of my current home state, but being rated PG-13. When I was quite young, my parents were big Bruce Willis fans (and pretty much still are)- my mother had one of his albums (that "Blues" stuff), and would frequently see all of his motion pictures. Die Hard was one of these prominent fixtures in the film going habits of my parents. I waited eagerly to see Die Hard and its sequels until I was allowed to, since I was just a young child when they were released in theaters. But now all that stuff that made the Die Hard series so amazing and successful might as well be erased from our memory, according to the stance that Fox has taken with this new film. A PG-13 Die Hard isn't going to incorporate the kinds of things that we expect with such a film- fearless action, badass terrorists, foul-mouthed McClane (and sidekick in some situations), and bullet-heavy life or death situations for our hero.

So now, with this watered-down version of the adventures of John McClane, they might as well revoke the title- since this is the state of Live Free or Die, living free includes saying what you want, doing what you want, and being able to live your life as an individual. Die Hard being Die Hard didn't ever include pleasing teenagers to rake in extra cash- it was about surviving against those who want to harm us- and the issues of terrorism in the series hasn't been for the faint of heart. Sorry Bruce- this Die Hard is already dead to me.

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