Since I started writing for TrailerSpy, I’ve learned something very interesting about myself. It turns out that I’m a complete sucker for sequels.

I’m actually rather ashamed of this fact. I know enough about movies that I realize the only reason studios make sequels is because they know that suckers like me will show up in droves just to see another glimpse of a character that they’ve already fallen in love with. Which is probably why they rarely put as much effort or passion into the sequels as they did for the original. And why should they? They know that we’re still going to pay the money regardless of how good the product is.

But what can I do? I can’t sit at home while I know that the object of my affection is at the local multiplex kicking ass and taking names, can I? If Rocky Balboa wants to drag his wary old body into the ring, I’m gonna go see it. And if Indiana Jones wants to use his arthritic wrist to snap his whip one last time, who am I to object? Hell, I’d probably watch these characters wash their laundry if the studios decided to put that up on the big screen.

Which brings me to John McClane. Bruce Willis’ portrayal of John McClane in the first Die Hard has to be among my five all-time favorite movie performances. Ever since he took on that entire gang of machine-gun toting foreigners (in his bare feet!), I’ve been hooked. I mean, John McClane was single-handedly taking down terrorists/criminals back when Kiefer “Jack Bauer” Sutherland was playing second-fiddle to Emelio Estevez in Young Guns. And even though this latest film has John McClane improbably saving the entire country (with only the help of “Mac” from those Apple commercials), well, I can’t help but watch.

I may be a sucker, but Live Free or Die Hard is definitely a SEE IT for me. I’ll always love you, John McClane. You had me at Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.

Live Free or Die Hard is not yet rated and opens on the 4th of July. (Official Site)