| Len Wiseman's previous movies (Underworld and its sequel) did not predict that he would be given the reigns of such a valuable franchise as the Die Hard movies. So it's quite surprising to see him pull it off so well. This movie is excellent-- practically flawless. The plot, of course, is unbelievable, and some of the computer hacker hijinks are completely absurd, but for this kind of movie, that stuff doesn't matter. In fact, one kind of expects some campy fallacies about hackers. Olyphant plays a great bad guy, and it should be interesting to see him in the Hitman movie (based on the video game series) coming out soon. Justin Long is a dead ringer for a younger Keanu Reeves in a Neo-like role as hacker gone wrong trying to redeem himself. And the small role of Kevin Smith, well, that was pure classic. Highly recommended, probably the film of the year!
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