It just felt weaker overall-like things were just thrown in to pad the runtime. This I think stems from the Lethal Weapon script being used. Plus the DVD being just about the worst case of EE I've seen makes it one of the titles I don't like to revisit. Maybe I'll like it better on Blu-review screencaps of it look much better than that DVD.
I thought Live Free was better than what a modern sequel to a classic franchise could be, but I only really like Die Harder out of the sequels. I think I like it because it stupid, ridiculous, loud and appeals somehow to my darker side that the fates conspire to put one guy in the middle of all kinds of crap multiple times and he can't escape it. It has my favorite line in the series (Besides "come out to the coast.."): "Oh man, I can't fucking believe this. Another basement, another elevator. How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?"