John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 16 nominations
Chris Palermo
- Del
- (as Christopher Palermo)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt took four months to assemble and combine archive footage of past American presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush to create the televised warning from Gabriel. The goal was to create a video representation of a ransom note.
- GoofsDriving over fire hydrants in Washington DC would not cause water to spray out. The valves are located beneath the ground in areas where freezing temperatures are common.
- Quotes
Matt Farrell: You just killed a helicopter with a car!
John McClane: I was out of bullets.
- Crazy creditsAfter the 20th Century Fox opening logo has been on for a while, it suddenly "short circuits", causing flickering as the the searchlights fade, climaxing in a total power outage.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated DVD (also known as the Ultimate Action Edition in some territories) contains frequent use of strong profanity and stronger violence (bullet hits are more graphically seen with blood spraying out). Also, McClane's signature line is now heard in full, as the gunshot does not obscure the latter part of it.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Sum of All Fears (2002)
- SoundtracksRock & Roll Queen
Written by Billy Lunn, Charlotte Cooper and Josh Morgan (as Joshua Morgan)
Performed by The Subways
Courtesy of Sire Records/Reprise Records
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Featured review
The casting of the charismatic Tim Olyphant and the hot and sexy Maggie Q. Was a good choice! The surprise appearance in the middle of the film was fun too and John McClane and his new partner do well together! The action is also top notch stuff, I think it's probably one of the best action movies of the 2000s!
- SPZMaxinema
- Aug 24, 2021
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Live Free or Die Hard
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $110,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $134,529,403
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $33,369,559
- Jul 1, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $388,156,011
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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