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It's been 12 years since the last Die Hard, and now he is back. What does it bring to the table. Over the top action, some nice one liners, Bruce, and a very good time. As pretty much everyone else I was extremely disappointed over the PG-13 and for a moment I had serious doubts about the film. The only reason I decided to watch it is because after all it's still a Die Hard and a solid entry to the series at that.

The story I think is really not that bad. Better than Die Harder but not as good as 1 and 3. This time around McClane is facing a digital attack on the USA. He's having personal problems with his family, and all he has to do is pick up a kid and drive him down to D.C. But it's just another one of those days and thing are about to get messy.

Len Wiseman I think did a very good job considering he had to go with a lower rating, but he did have a bigger budget and a solid story. He goes over the top quite a few times (the so talked about F-35 scene) but he kept the spirit of previous DH's and you can see he's got a lot of love for the series. Sometimes you can see this is still something newer and not really that 80's action anymore, but it is what it is, and he did a good job.

Bruce Willis again does what he does best. Killing, beating up, and screaming at people. He does it with such style you wanna join him. Anyone who missed seeing him on the big screen won't be disappointed, although the F-bombs aren't dropping.

To sum up it's a solid entry to DH, it's not as good as the first one, but it's one a pair with 2 and 3 with Vengeance being slightly better. If you're looking for a good time this is it. In t he summer of disappointing sequels, Live free or Die hard does what it was set to do and John McClane is back on a high note.

7.7 out of 10

Once upon a time lived a director who made action graceful and artful. He moved to the US and there he became just another guy. Thankfully we have Hard Boiled,A Better Tomorrow and of course The Killer.

A man, smooth and cool, with a white scarf enters a restaurant. There he kills a few guys and does it so beautifully, you think he has done something good. But in the process he coincidently by-shoots a girl in her eyes. She is left blind. As the story moves The Killer wants to make up for the bad he has done to her and helps her out, of course she doesn't know it's really him. Another man becomes interested in her. A cop, who is also chasing The Killer. Te story goes from interesting to very interesting and makes u fell for the characters.

Here we have a very untypical story for an action. First of all it has a more sentimental story, it doesn't just really on it's action. And by making us care for the characters it makes the action tense.

The cast is led by a legend of HK cinema. Chow Yun-Fat. Here he shows his abilities to preform great in a sentimental role but keeping his coolness as an assassin. Helped by Danny Lee who also gives a fine performance. Sally Yeh, the girl they love is a sweet person and u feel sorry for her.

Of course this would not be a John Woo film without some amazing action. And here, I think the best action ever caught on camera can be seen. It was not the time of wires and CGI, it was a time when John Woo was The King of action. He moves the camera like no one and makes action and art form. It's not just shooting and killing it's like a ballet where u can admire the way people move and solve any problems with a single move. If there is anyone who says there is not enough action in a film like this is crazy. I felt the action was non stop, but at the same time I felt it developed the characters. Thrully wonderful film-making.

So I guess The Killer is the best action film ever. A great story unbelievable direction, action at it's finest and a great cast make this a film for the ages and every hard-core action fan should see it. 4/4

This is not one of the most known films made by the master, but it delivers. Big time. My personal Hitchcock favorite.

As the film starts we see a conversation between two men. One a tennis player, other a man who clearly knows much about the first guy. After the talk the other guy invites the tennis player for a dinner. There he revels his true intentions. He wants to do a perfect murder. He would kill whoever is in the other guy's way, while he would kill his father. The criss-cross murder is simply the way to do it if u want to get away with the murder. Of course they never met before so there is no motive. But it gets complicated when Guy, the tennis player, refuses the offer.

Hitchcock creates suspense like no one and here he is at his best. There are numerous scenes where his genius is shown. Like the scene where Guy is looking in the crowd searching for Bruno, and all of the heads are moving except Brunos. Then there is the murder scene where a murder is seen in the reflection of the glasses. But the scene that simply impressed me was the final scene. It's simply amazing and it shows a different Alfred.

As far as acting is concerned it's really great. The characters are very unique and u can connect to at least one. The most entertaining person was Bruno who keeps on surprising us with his tricks and intelligence.

Hitch knows hot to make an unbelievable film from a great script ( see Psycho or North by Northwest )and his directing combined with a great story and acting makes this a great experience. 4/4