10 Most Awkwardly Titled Movie Blockbusters In Recent Memory
2. Live Free Or Die Hard (2007)
Twelve years after his last outing as vest-wearing everyman cop John McClane, Bruce Willis returned to his signature role in a movie with a title that was somehow even worse than Die Hard With A Vengeance. The title is a play on the New Hampshire state motto of 'Live Free or Die', which makes absolutely no sense seeing as the movie has nothing to do with that region of the country. The narrative takes in New York City, Washington D.C, West Virginia and Baltimore, going nowhere near New Hampshire so quite how the state motto pretty much became the movie's title is anyone's guess. An efficient enough action flick, the movie still didn't feel like a Die Hard movie, with the nonsense prevalent in the title extending to the movie and the near superhuman abilities that McClane has somehow developed despite being a decade older. 19 years ago he barely survived a penthouse full of henchman, now he can take down a fighter jet single-handedly? Go figure. Taking into account the cyber-terrorism element of the story, the movie's simpler international title of Die Hard 4.0 is a great deal better and more fitting.
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