ILLUSTRATION BY JASON LEE; Digital Dimension

Die Hard Stunt Team
Crash Squad

WHY THIS The highlight of the Live Free or Die Hard trailer, in which a cop car careens 90 degrees up a tollbooth and barbecues a helicopter, was done in one take with almost no CG — just cables and hidden ramps (though the actor falling from the flaming copter was inserted via computer).

LUCKY SHOT ''It just sailed,'' says director Len Wiseman (Underworld) of the airborne police cruiser. ''We totally nailed it, but you just had to cross your fingers.''