Live Free or Die Hard

Directed by Len Wiseman

Written by Mark Bomback (story and screenplay), David Marconi (story), Roderick Thorp (characters)

Cast: Bruce Willis as John McClane, Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel, Justin Long as Matt Farrell, Maggie Q as Mai Linh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lucy Gennaro McClane, Kevin Smith as Warlock

Released 2007

A computer specialist, seeing how vulnerable to attack the American infrastructure was and angered that his warnings got him fired, put together a team to destroy much of the East Coast systems, and likely make a lot doing so. John McClane is there to save a geek and get involved.