Live Free or Die Hard Page #7

Synopsis: When someone hacks into the computers at the FBI's Cyber Crime Division; the Director decides to round up all the hackers who could have done this. When he's told that because it's the 4th of July most of their agents are not around so they might have trouble getting people to get the hackers. So he instructs them to get local PD'S to take care of it. And one of the cops they ask is John McClane who is tasked with bringing a hacker named Farrell to the FBI. But as soon as he gets there someone starts shooting at them. McClane manages to get them out but they're still being pursued. And it's just when McClane arrives in Washington that the whole system breaks down and chaos ensues.
Director(s): Len Wiseman
Production: 20th Century Fox
  3 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2007
128 min
$134,500,000
Website
3,019 Views


and get my daughter.

- But she can be...

- No, listen to me.

It's gonna get messy,

You should just stay here.

- I think I...

- Hey, I'm doing you a favour.

I wouldn't bet on me, alright?

I'll take it from here.

Thanks for the help.

I wouldn't bet on you either,

so I guess I'll give you a hand.

OK.

F.B.I. mam,

Jersey Field Office.

Mind if I see your ID?

Not at all.

My father is a cop, force of habit.

Your father sounds like

a very smart man.

- kid, can you get Bowman?

- Err, yeah.

It's completely dead.

Gabriel must have shut down

all of the satellite links. Sh*t!

I'm sorry about Lucy, man.

all of it...

It is my fault you got into this,

this wasn't your fight.

You have nothing to be sorry about.

Bastard!

This b*tch is a handful.

Are you gonna be alright?

Behave or I will hurt you.

Oh yeah? Let's step outside,

just you and me.

We will see who hurts who!

You really are his daughter.

Tie her wrists.

Trey! Gabriel wants to see you.

- Is it that time already?

- Yes.

I'll be back in one second.

Don't kill me! Please!

We are showing a breach

in an external vent.

Go take a look.

Don't be long, we are

packing up soon.

Hey, McClane!

Do we have anything resembling

a plan or anything?

To find Lucy and kill everybody else.

I mean like a plan,

like a way to do that.

Come on.

OK, according to the layout, the chilling

towers are kept on the bottom level.

It should be locked.

OK, now it looks like we are

getting somewhere.

OK this looks like it controls the

cooling system for the mainframe, which...

should be...

If I can just hack in...

and trip the alarm,

it might alert Bowman.

Somebody set off the alarms.

Yes, thank you detective.

I can hear that.

Find a way to turn it off.

What you got?

We got a problem.

The alarms went off at Woodlawn.

It's got to be him.

and what's, Woodlawn?

It's N.S.A.

A secure facility outside

of Baltimore.

It's a failsafe we built after 9/11...

to backup all financial information.

The moment the networks were hit

all the financial data...

it automatically began downloading

to those servers.

Banks, Wall Street,

Corporate Records...

Government funds, all of it.

Basically a backup for

the accumulated wealth of America.

All in one location?

- What could Gabriel do with it?

- If he could get in he might try...

a transfer of the data

to a portable hard drive,

then he can have access to

those accounts anywhere.

Syphon of billions for himself.

We would have no way to trace it.

But knowing him,

he could erase it all

and send us back to

the stone age.

Why the hell wasn't I

told about this?

Frankly...

- It's above your pay grade.

- My pay grade?

How did Gabriel find out about

this when I didn't even know?

He designed it.

It was his program.

He knew that hacking your system

last night would trigger the download.

That's brilliant!

You two, geniuses,

stay out of my way.

Let me see if I can

get a floor plan of this place.

Don't move!

You!

Get away from the bag! Now!

OK.

Weve been waiting for you.

Have you?

I've been waiting for you too.

McClane!

McClane!

Kid?

Matt? Kid?

i Emerson...

We seam to have a problem

in one of the cooling towers.

- Tower 7.

- Tower 7.

- Find out what's going on.

- I will see to it. OK.

Sir?

Get the HR team to stand by.

We need to get Woodlawn, now.

The roads out, completely blocked.

DC's in total gridlock.

Then get us some helicopters.

They have all been pulled by the

Pentagon, for search and rescue.

Molina, find me some God damned

helicopters immediately.

Look, the Pentagon has jets

flying cap over DC.

Have them send one over to Woodlawn

and keep on eye on things until we get there.

Let's go!

Where is my daughter?

i Russo, check in.

i I Think Russo is on his way

down to meet your girlfriend, d*ckhead.

i He's on the third floor, the kid...

i did you get all that?

i That's right.

I am on the third floor,

but I'm coming to get ya.

Don't move, pal,

I will send a doctor.

Kill this guy and

I will give you Mais cut.

i OK.

My algorithm.

Please... God.

Please... God.

My Jesus, they are

going after the money.

i You coming to get me, John?

Is that the plan?

Yep, that's my plan.

What makes you think I wont put a

bullet in your daughter's head, right now?

Because you are scared of me.

Is that right, you think

I am afraid of you?

Cos otherwise she would

be dead already.

i You need a bargaining chip.

Stop there! Hands up!

If you kill me

you'll never get it open.

Move away. Move!

You know John, I feel like

we have gotten off on the wrong foot.

i And 'cos of that you think

I'm the bad guy, /i

Nothing could be further from the

truth, I'm the good guy here.

I told them this could happen

if they didn't prepare.

Did I get a thank you?

No, I got crucified.

- But they wouldn't listen.

- You got their attention now don't you?

That's right.

I am doing the country a favour.

i Ha ha, by tearing it apart?

Better me than some outsider,

some religious nut job

bent on Armageddon.

i Nobody wants to see

that happen.

Everything I've broken,

can be fixed.

If the country is

willing to pay for it.

Ah bullshit!

It's always been about the money.

What, I shouldn't get

paid for my work?

I'm workin' my ass

off here, John.

Just sit tight a**hole,

I got a cheque for ya.

I can't talk to this guy.

You talk to him, see if

you can get him to focus.

Dad?

i Hi, baby

Now there only 5 of them.

Hang on, Lucy, I'm coming.

Would somebody, please,

kill this son of a b*tch.

We have a problem.

There actually no problem here

I just got off at the wrong floor.

This is a mess.

Wow, I'm truly impressed, man.

Hacking all the financial data

of the whole country would take weeks,

unless you eliminated the congestion.

That's what this Fire Sale

is about isn't it?

- It's brilliant.

- Yes, it is.

- Please, be quiet.

- A**hole.

- Who are you?

- Matt Farrell.

Lucy McClane.

I thought your name was Gennero.

Lucy Gennero?

- Not today.

- Can you crack the code?

Maybe, if I had enough time.

That is encouraging.

We take them with us.

- Let's go.

- Let's go.

Gabriel, the Pentagon just sent

an F-35 towards us.

Keep an eye on it.

Pulling the go codes now.

Might wanna start thinking what

you want on your headstone, a**hole.

Damned, hamster.

There you go!

Be still, spider boy.

That's right!

Seriously, you probably shouldn't

antagonise them since they have all the guns.

Listen, will you just take a minute and

dig deep for a bigger set of balls...

Because you are going to need them

before we are through.

Wow, I know that tone.

It's just weird hearing it

from someone with hair.

Sir, E.T.A. 15 minutes.

Fix it.

Why? You are just going to kill me

if I fix it, I know that.

Sh*t!

I'm not gonna do it.

- No no no! Sh*t.

- Robertson is coming really fast.

- I'm sorry, what?

- Something is wrong.

Robertson is coming too fast.

It's not Robertson.

That would be my Dad.

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Mark Bomback

Mark Bomback (born August 29, 1971) is an American screenwriter, originally from New Rochelle, New York. Bomback is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he studied English Literature and Film Studies. more…

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