Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard is a 2007 film in which NYPD officer John McClane faces a gang of Virtual Terrorists trying to cause a "fire sale" thus threatening to bring the United States to its knees through widespread chaos and fear.

Director(s): Len Wiseman
Production: 20th Century Fox
  3 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
2007
129
$134,500,000
Website
4,634 Views

[Mai Linh is posing as an FBI agent on a line directing McClane and Farrell's car. Farrell recognizes Mai's voice]

Matt Farrell:
That's her!

John McClane:
"Her" who?

Agent Johnson:
What're you talking about?

Matt Farrell:
It's them.

John McClane:
Are you saying it's "them" them?

Matt Farrell:
I swear to you, I know her! I would know her voice anywhere! [McClane picks up his handset] Don't say anything! Don't...

John McClane:
Just keep your mouth shut for a minute. [speaks into the radio. Mai, along with Gabriel and several other henchmen, listen in] Hey, Metro, how's your day going over there? Gotta be pretty, uh, crazy over there, what with all those 587s, huh?

Mai Linh:
Yes sir; we've had to dispatch all units.

John McClane:
Yeah, you had to dispatch all units for all the naked people walking around? Cut the bullshit, honey, just put your boss on.

[Mai passes her headset over to Gabriel as the two FBI vehicles turn onto another street]

Thomas Gabriel:
[over radio] Officer McClane.

John McClane:
It's Detective McClane, a**hole. Don't worry, though, we're gonna have plenty of time to get to know each other when I come visit you in prison. [Trey begins pulling up information on McClane on his computers]

Thomas Gabriel:
But, John, I already know so much about you: your address in Brooklyn; payments on your mortgage; how long you've been a member of the NYPD; and how's Holly? [We see that he's pulled up Holly's license plate and information] Well that's sad - you're divorced. Was that tough on little Jack and Lucy? [He pulls up McClane's pension fund] Now this is sad: after 30 years I'd have thought you'd have a better pension plan than what I see here. Oh, and it gets worse: [presses a button that wipes out McClane's 401k] your 401k no longer exists! Tell you what, let me make it up to you: shoot Mr. Farrell in the head and drive away, and by the time you reach the end of the next block, all your debts will be wiped clean, and your children will be set for life.

[Gabriel's team broadcasts their message, which they made by meticulously splicing together clips of presidential speeches from the last twelve Presidents from FDR up to George W. Bush]

[Fanfare begins, but suddenly winds down]

John F. Kennedy:
My fellow Americans:

Ronald Reagan:
It is time to

Harry Truman:
strike

George W. Bush:
fear

George H. W. Bush:
into

Franklin Roosevelt:
the minds of

George W. Bush:
the citizenry.

Molina:
[from the mobile command center] It's an unauthorized broadcast.

[footage continues]

John F. Kennedy:
Ask not what your country can do

George W. Bush:
to avert

Bill Clinton:
this

Jimmy Carter:
crisis. The answer is

Harry Truman:
nothing whatsoever.

George W. Bush:
Our military

Ronald Reagan:
strength

Richard Nixon:
is

Ronald Reagan:
in

Bill Clinton:
this

George W. Bush:
case

Franklin D. Roosevelt:
useless!

George H. W. Bush:
Read my lips:

Ronald Reagan:
The

George W. Bush:
great

Jimmy Carter:
confident

Richard Nixon:
roar

George W. Bush:
of

Ronald Reagan:
the American

Ronald Reagan:
progress

Lyndon B. Johnson:
and

Gerald Ford:
growth

George W. Bush:
has

Franklin D. Roosevelt:
come

Harry Truman:
to

Richard Nixon:
an end.

George W. Bush:
All the

Harry Truman:
vital

Bill Clinton:
technology

Richard Nixon:
that

George W. Bush:
this

Lyndon B. Johnson:
nation

Gerald Ford:
holds

Franklin Roosevelt:
dear -

John F. Kennedy:
all

Bill Clinton:
communication,

Gerald Ford:
transportation,

Bill Clinton:
Internet

Bill Clinton:
connectivity,

George W. Bush:
electrical

George W. Bush:
power,

John F. Kennedy:
critical

Bill Clinton:
utilities -

Lyndon B. Johnson:
Their

Ronald Reagan:
fate

George W. Bush:
now

Franklin Roosevelt:
rests

Ronald Reagan:
in

Richard Nixon:
our

George W. Bush:
hands.

George W. Bush:
We will not tire. We will not falter. And we will not fail.

Molina:
I don't know how they're getting in.

[footage continuing]

George W. Bush:
Thank you.

Richard Nixon:
And a

George W. Bush:
happy

George W. Bush:
Independence Day

Dwight D. Eisenhower:
to everyone.

[the footage ends]

Casper:
[impressed] That was creepy!

Trey:
I tried to find more Nixon.


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