Based upon the article "A farewell to arms" by John Carlin ; certain original characters created by Roderick Thorp.

Special features: Disc one: Unrated and original theatrical version; audio commentary by Bruce Willis, director Len Wiseman and editor Nicolas De Toth ; Disc two: "Analog hero in a digital world: making of Live free or die hard" documentary; "Yipee-ki-yay motherf*****!" featurette on John McClane and contains a Bruce Willis/Kevin Smith interview; Fox Movie Channel presents Fox Legacy; original theatrical trailer; music video "Die hard" by Guyz Nite; "Behind the scenes with Guyz Nite" featurette.

Director of photography, Simon Duggan ; editor, Nicolas De Toth ; music, Marco Beltrami ; costume designer, Denise Wingate ; production designer, Patrick Tatopoulos ; visual effects supervisor, Patrick McClung.

Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kevin Smith.

NYPD Detective John McClane has faced some brutal terrorists in his career, but now, he's about to face what may be his most dangerous enemy yet. John, who occasionally does work for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, receives a call to bring in a hacker named Matt Farrell, because there has been a breach in an FBI computer system. Farrell is one of the many hackers who are suspected in the attack. After John gets to Matt's apartment, men show up and try to kill John and Matt and they barely escape with their lives. A group of terrorists led by Thomas Gabriel are systematically shutting down the U.S. computer infrastructure. Luckily, Matt knows enough about hacking to figure out how Gabriel is shutting down the computers. Gabriel plans to bring the country to its knees, but doesn't count on John and Matt. Gabriel wants them out of the way. An enraged Gabriel kidnaps John's daughter, Lucy. Gabriel may think he now has the upper hand on John, but he has no idea how far John is willing to go to rescue Lucy.

MPAA rating: (Theatrical version) PG-13; for intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation ; Unrated; the unrated version and the special features are not rated and contain additional intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, dual-layer, NTSC.

English (Dolby 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby surround) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby surround) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.