Gute Kritik zu "Stirb Langsam 4.0"

Die Kritik bei Comingsoon ist wirklich gut ausgefallen. Vor allem Justin Long wird gelobt, der, wie bereits Samuel L. Jackson in Teil 3, nicht neben Bruce Willis untergeht. Hier ein kurzer Ausschnitt aus der Kritik: [..] Willis doesn't try to hog the spotlight, instead sharing it with Justin Long, who's able to hold his own as well as Samuel L. Jackson did in "With a Vengeance," trading quips with Willis and getting some of the best laughs by playing up his nerdy cool demeanor to the fullest. Olyphant's delivery is a bit dry and serious, which does get tiring at times, especially when the movie hits a lull from the action to move the story forward after the first thirty to forty minutes. Thankfully, things pick up with a jawdropping sequence in which McClane drives a semi with a fully-armed military jet in hot pursuit, causing wanton destruction that has to be seen to be believed. It makes up for a few of the earlier, more derivative stunts, because it's something we've never seen on this scale, and though it leads to some silliness with Bruce literally riding the jet, the excitement is enough to impress and appease any pure-blood action junkie and get them excited about seeing the sequence again.

The Bottom Line:
As much as one might want to knock the movie for its retro plot and storytelling approach, there's something nice about returning movies to the simpler times of "Die Hard," just having fun without worrying about being clever or politically correct. And yet, there is something inherently smart with the way that John McClane has been brought into modern times by mixing two very different worlds. If you're a fan of the series, you'll be glad to have Willis back in the saddle, but I'm sure that this is just as thrilling if you've never seen a "Die Hard" movie in your life. [..]