Movies like this comes with forgiveness to the logic and rate a high fuel pumping actions. It is basically assumed by the director and also the audience that there will be no questioning of the physics and the relativity of the dumbness associated with the story and the events forming it. It is a universal law and it applies to most of the movie industries. It is raw action power and nothing else. The director should properly cover his tracks for the story, only for a closure. Given all this, while the eyes made it believe those action sequences, it never did lay there believable within seconds after it.Let us take the example of this particular scenario of destroying the helicopter using a car which by now every one is aware (it comes in trailer). So the helicopter is in fairly sufficient height. And hence to hit it, the speed of the car needs to achieve velocity. It does. The stunt of course is amazingly shot and is totally believable. The only part is Detective John McLane (Bruce Willis) is able to have consciousness. Ok let me not be too naïve. He is a rock solid hero portrayed in the previous three films. Hence let us forget that. Now, he jumps out of the car and does not travel scraping the road but stops by hitting immediately on back of a vehicle. So it is basically getting hit by a vehicle at that speed which is needed to elevate the car to the helicopter. Alright, this is too much detail. Let me believe he survives and is conscious. They had some mercy on the intelligence of the audience that he limps. But only for a while and then drives a car, swings on, kicks people, kills people and run furiously for a sufficient amount of time. I forgot to mention the jumping from a high elevation and sliding on. While it is not right to dig deep on these details into a movie like this, I feel the privilege gets insulted and abused.
The first “Die Hard” was a success and an action film with believable stunts. McLane is a lonely hero fighting his way out in a tower. The action sequences were choreographed in a manner which was not only engaging but also convincing. In “Die Hard – 2”, they returned with open air out of the closed tower. They blew up some of the things but still convincing and thrilling. While there is no remote possibility that McLane will die due to the stunt, the way it was choreographed made it feel for a second that this might be his last luck. “Die Hard with a Vengeance” did not have that but just managed to cross the criteria. They push their luck with this. And they have solid back up from the team of stunt co-ordination but it is not about that single factor but the aftermath of it. Bruce Willis did an earlier film called “16 Blocks”. In that he is old too, not strong and is a cop. He thinks slow and need to deliver a guy to the witness stand. He is been hunted by the cops, the witness is going to expose. I would opt for that as the fourth installment of this enterprise. May be he is not smart mouthed and toughened up McLane out here, but definitely thrilling and worth while believing those.
Anyways, as by now most of you would have guessed, there is no point for a story. Surprisingly, it is interesting and creates a slight fear on this digital data floating around. No one any more sees cash. It is all numbers on a screen which is believed to be ours. Those seem totally a ghost every one takes for granted. It is a paranoid which is plausible. Coming to the plot, the project manager, sorry, the leader of the bad guy is a nerd taking over the digital data for a ride. He and his crew with the help of the world renowned hackers without their knowledge get hands on access to the data existing throughout America. They get the transportation, finance and finally the utilities to shut down, thereby creating chaos over the nation. While having a not so good moment with his daughter Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), McLane is ordered to pick up the kid, Matt Farrell (Justin Long) who is a hacker and he “unknowingly” aided the bad guys with his skills of breaking a security code. The bad nerd villain’s people try to get him at the same time McLane knocks on his door. And then bullets rain and explosions all over the place.
I need to give the movie a credit for making “bad” people “killing” only “good” people, and “good” people killing only “bad people” (meaning McLane is given a free road to crash as much car as possible without any one inside it). Even after so many bullets fired and blowing up of everything McLane gets his eyes on, they manage to achieve that. A true challenge to be accomplished. Now, the “bad” guy played by Timothy Olyphant gets the access to the data which has all the information possible. The security for it might be the highest of all. But he plays with it to prove a point which sounds extremely stupid for an intelligent cyber whiz like him or at least as the movie claims him to be. The same work force and brilliance could easily land him tons of money in a perfectly planned manner in the most silent and less destructible way possible. A guy like him will be the last one to lift the weapon.
Movies like this while being honest about in placing themselves in the genre should also follow a golden rule. It should not let the audience think, at least till it is over. If they allow it to happen, every single stupidest thing they made to believe pops up and spoils the fun of the ride. It can be achieved only by the thrilling moments triggered by intelligence and not nonsense. They made me think (pun intended).
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