Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard

The last movie of the trilogy left you with something to remember and is just like this third part as well that lives up to a level and always keeps you be seated. , Ilakes to keep things simple and achievable.

Knowing myself as someone who aspires to work as a network security specialist I happen to know a few things about ‘hacking’ you could say areas that are at ethics a disturbing notion. Not the actual act of learning how to hack into someone system and such but I am aware of exploitable vulnerabilities, I’m aware of how a potential intruder might perform once actual interference happens and I am certain that the graphics of these attacks would be rather dull.

Then I discovered that the plot has something to do with cyber terrorism. I took this information with a lot of apprehension. However, after some time I made up my mind to watch this film.

The film features Detective John McClane from the New York police department once again. Now having divorced his wife and lost contact with his daughter, he is positioned to escort a computer hacker from New Jersey to the jurisdiction of Washington DC. From where she will be interrogated concerning the attack on the FBI’s network and the killing of several other hackers.

When he gets to see the hacker’s house Matt Farrell (also known as Justin Long), some killers try to get Farrell out causing red alerts for McClaine. As John and Matt make their way down to Washington D.C., Thomas Gabriel (played by Timothy Olyphant), a former NSA hacker with a huge grudge against the US, launches a cyber terrorist campaign crippling American economy and infrastructure. It is up to both McLane and Farrell to impede Gabriel’s scheme so that millions of people don’t have to suffer the ultimate loss.

First things first. The idea that the film wants to put across is not totally erroneous the idea for Gabriel attacks was already introduced in a wired magazine article and this movie is a spin-off of it. Also, the film maker makes sure that no time is spent on the details of the attacks, as while there are such details only in that someone is shown typing or working on the computer and then bumps to the aftermath and that is how the attack is shown. T

his allows for quite a good impression that the time lag between the decision to carry out the attack and its actual execution is very small. However, it is effective visual shorthand.

In addition, even though Gabriel is a hacker, the film does try to differentiate between Black Hat hackers and White Hat hackers (security practitioners) as well. It doesn’t take up too much of the film yet it’s quite a considerable amount of time relative to most other films that focus on such elements.

Also, while the majority of hackers in the focus of the film match the ‘geeks’ stereotype of a room graced with action figures and other bookworm memorabilia (and one lives with his mother), in essence, they are pliable socially. Many of the hackers who are working for Gabriel do not seem in that much bad shape too.

Also, I understand that it was McClane who fought all the boys parkour beds and martial arts dudes and in a roundabout way, yes they all kick his butt but he seems to be in the right condition to be beaten up by the end of the movie.

Not that the film doesn’t have its flaws.” The picture shows John McClane breaking free from the conventional model of a protagonist who faces “terrorists” and other ordinary criminals. He has brought down a Joint Strike Fighter and a helicopter among those he has destroyed. As far as the events in the film go, while it is not utterly unlikely that they achieve it this way (the JSF sequence is an exception), it is such an advancement from the type of action he had performed in the four preceding films that I frankly believe this picture has little or no relation with the other pictures in the series.

That said, I would argue that even the depiction of Gabriel as we see him is inaccurate because he hardly looks like a hacker. If there is a contradiction between some of his skills we’re told he possesses and some actions he’s taken in the past, it goes to the depiction of him as a hacker a real hacker in fact, who is always curious about the systems, who tries to fix what’s broken or doesn’t perform as expected.

It is the kind of attitude which is associated with a worker who is practical. Yet, in the movie, which we are reviewing, Gabriel is not depicted as someone who types a lot on a keyboard. He does not tinker with the devices. It would have been quite difficult for him to be more hands off, unless he became holed up in some secret base, stroking a cat and issuing orders to his subordinates through an intercom at the beginning of the movie.

I must admit, it was quite enjoyable to watch this picture. It is far from being an award winning movie. On that note, character played by Justin Long is probably among the best portrayals of computer criminals on the big screen, the chase scenes are entertaining, and it is always good to see Bruce Willis kicking butt in the John McClane role again.

In any case, I would suggest that people at least consider hiring the film out, and do not hesitate to purchase it if they are fans of the Die Hard franchise.

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