Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Most people think so. 83% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 76%.

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure. Wikipedia ↗

Live Free or Die Hard is a 2007 American action thriller directed by Len Wiseman, the fourth Die Hard installment. Bruce Willis returns as John McClane, who must stop a cyber-terrorist named Thomas Gabriel, played by Timothy Olyphant, who has launched a systematic attack on America's computer infrastructure — shutting down transportation, financial systems, and power grids in a plan he calls a "fire sale" designed to bring the nation to its knees. McClane is accompanied by a young hacker named Matt Farrell, played by Justin Long, who unknowingly helped create the code Gabriel is using.

Live Free or Die Hard modernized the franchise by pitting the analog, old-school McClane against digital-age terrorism, and the generational contrast between Willis's brute-force approach and Long's tech-savvy anxiety provided reliable comedy. The fighter jet versus semi-truck sequence on a collapsing freeway was the franchise's most spectacular set piece since the original. The film earned $383 million worldwide on a $110 million budget.