Oh, how I love you so. The knight in shinning armor who doesn’t just save the princess, but also destroys all evil in the kingdom with a semi-automatic weapon. He’s a cowboy in a very digital world. His timing and placing are incredible, lucky for the world, unlucky for him. He had me at the first “Yippee Ki Yay”.

Die Hard, the original is truly amazing. I don’t know why I love all the meaningless violence or why all hate for Hans Gruber, but I do. Seriously, I remember watching this film over and over at my grandparents’ house and even my grandma liked it. It was one of my Christmas movies (you know the movies you stick In around that time of year to get you in the spirit). It had all the right elements for me. German terrorists, who actually end up being thieves. Lovable Sgt. Al Powell with LAPD who is the stereotype cop with Twinkies. Nakatomi Plaza, the perfect building for a hostage situation. Limo driver Argyle, who parties and kills. The unbearable walking on broken glass scene, that still makes me shiver. John showing up at the last minute to rescue Holly while shooting Hans who starts to fall out of the building, but becomes stuck on Holly’s watch…oh the cliffhanger, finally falling 32 stories to his death. Brilliant.

Die Hard 2, was (brief pause) different. As a sequel it was good, as a Die Hard sequel it failed. The plane crash was pretty crazy and disturbing and John McClane did not disappoint. The third installment just didn’t work for me, although most fans enjoyed it.

However, this weekend, John McClane returned to his very brutal, ass-kicking self in Live Free or Die Hard. He had a very unexpected, but good sidekick, hacker William Farrell and the plot was very interesting. However, I’m there for the action and it delivered, Nick thought at one point it went a little extreme, I enjoyed the outrageous and very unrealistic stunts, that is what I expect from John McClane. The cussing was at a minimum which was the most shocking…this isn’t suppose to be a family-friendly flick this is terrorist-killing, guns flaring, shit blowing up kind of movie. We need the f-bombs. Even when John unleashes the famous “Yippee Ki Yay” he doesn’t end with “mother-fucker”. WHAT! And that is why it was rated PG-13 and not R like the rest. Only one “fuck” was used throughout the film. Other than that, the movie is a great summer film and I highly recommend it if you enjoyed the first Die Hard.