The following morons need to be shown the door, and fast. 1) Tom Cruise. For torturing us with his sissy Ethan Hunt in the positively lousy MI movies. 2) Jason Statham. Somebody shoot him, please. And the list goes on. You can go ahead and add to it. This was what I was thinking when I saw Bruce Willis in action as John McLane in the fourth installment of the Die Hard series, probably the best action franchise ever. It has brilliant action sequences with ample real stunts and craftily used CGI work, never overdone. And most importantly, it has a sense of humor! A thoroughly enjoyable all-out action flick which has got to be experienced in a theatre.
Willis is as always great, playing the guy who really doesn’t wanna do what he’s doing, but has no choice. He plays McLane to perfection. The bad guys are cyber-terrorists, and its great to see the contrast between the old-school McLane and these new age nerdies with their computers and big claims. McLane vows to come down to where they are and kick their ass, and gets it done. Perfect! 
One other good action franchise has been the Bourne movies. I thought Bourne Supremacy was very well done, much better than Identity. Am looking forward to Ultimatum, which comes out in August!
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Identity was great. Supremacy – slept through it! From the Ultimatum book, I distinctly remember one action piece set in a place which is a simulation of different cities in the world. lets see how that goes.
No way! Identity was okay, but I totally loved Supremacy. And BTW, there’s nothing from the Ultimatum book in the movie.. so I don’t think we’ll have that sequence.. let’s see!
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