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"It's McClane! He's on the third floor and the kid is... (John McClane shot him)"

―Russo's last words before his "death" ^[src]

Robert Russo was one of Thomas Gabriel's henchman during his attempt to create a fire sale in Live Free or Die Hard.

Live Free or Die Hard

Russo px4 suppressed — Russo firing his Beretta Px4 Storm Silencer at the MP guards

Russo was in the Hazmet truck with Emerson and two other henchmen when they arrived in Woodlawn. He killed two MPs guarding the main gate in Woodlawn and secured it so that they can download the financial data.

Later, Gabriel sends him to Camden, New Jersey to kidnap John McClane's daughter Lucy, posing as a FBI agent sent to rescue her. Russo brings Lucy to Woodlawn, despite resistance and a punch to his face from her.

Russo then checks out an alert in the third sub-basement floor. He spots McClane and computer hacker Matt Farrell and holds them in gunpoint. But McClane managed to overpower him. Then, McClane pushes him into the office chair and tosses him down the stairs, breaking his neck, but not killing him. McClane confronts Russo into revealing where Lucy is, but refuses to do so. Gabriel tries to contact Russo, but McClane mocks that he is going to meet Gabriel's dead girlfriend, Mai Linh. Russo tries to reveal where McClane and Farrell to Gabriel, but McClane fires a shot to scare Gabriel. McClane takes his pistol and ammo and leaves him in the stairway. Russo's fate afterwards isn't explicitly stated, though the theatrical version leaves it up in the air as implied while in the unrated cut of the movie, Russo looked like he was dying after being thrown down by McClane. This makes him the sixth in Gabriel's gang to lose his life to McClane.

Quotes

"This bitch is a handful. (Lucy punches Russo in his face)"
"Don't move! You! Get away from the bag! NOW!"
"We've been waiting for you."

Trivia

For the stairway death sequence where McClane tackles Russo backwards, stunt performer Adam Hart doubled as the character for said fall.
While his death is implied, he's not explicitly seen bloodied up or bruised. However, the Unrated cut of Live Free or Die Hard makes this clearer by showing him completely bloodied up and McClane then bashes his head repeatedly (heard over the walkie talkie) and states to Gabriel that Russo will now be joining Mai Linh on the highway to hell.

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 {{Villain infobox
-|name = Russo
+|name = Robert Russo
-|image = [[File:Russo.jpg|250px]]
+|image = [[File:Russo.jpg|300px]]
 |gender = Male
 |hair = Black
+|died = July 4, 2007
 |weapons = [[Beretta Px4 Storm]]
+|affiliation = [[Thomas Gabriel]]
 |first = [[Live Free or Die Hard]]
-|latest = Live Free or Die Hard
+|latest =
 |last = Live Free or Die Hard
+|cause =
 |portrayed by = [[Yorgo Constantine]]}}
-'''Russo''' was one of [[Thomas Gabriel|Thomas Gabriel's]] henchman during his attempt to create a fire sale in ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''.
+{{Quote|It's [[John McClane|McClane]]! He's on the third floor and the [[Matt Farrell|kid]] is... (John McClane shot him)|Russo's last words before his "death"|Live Free or Die Hard}}
+'''Robert Russo''' was one of [[Thomas Gabriel|Thomas Gabriel's]] henchman during his attempt to create a fire sale in ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''.
 ==[[Live Free or Die Hard]]==
-[[File:Russo_px4_suppressed.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Russo firing his Beretta Px4 Storm at the MP guards]]
+[[File:Russo_px4_suppressed.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Russo firing his Beretta Px4 Storm Silencer at the MP guards]]
-Russo was in the Hazmet truck with [[Emerson]] and two other henchmen when they arrived in Woodlawn. He killed two MPs guarding the main gate in Woodlawn and secured it so that they can download the finanical data.
+Russo was in the Hazmet truck with [[Emerson]] and two other henchmen when they arrived in Woodlawn. He killed two [[List of unnamed law enforcement officials|MPs]] guarding the main gate in [[Woodlawn]] and secured it so that they can download the financial data.
+Later, Gabriel sends him to [[Camden, New Jersey]] to kidnap [[John McClane|John McClane's]] daughter [[Lucy McClane|Lucy]], posing as a FBI agent sent to rescue her. Russo brings Lucy to Woodlawn, despite resistance and a punch to his face from her.
+Russo then checks out an alert in the third sub-basement floor. He spots McClane and computer hacker [[Matt Farrell]] and holds them in gunpoint. But McClane managed to overpower him. Then, McClane pushes him into the office chair and tosses him down the stairs, breaking his neck, but not killing him. McClane confronts Russo into revealing where Lucy is, but refuses to do so. Gabriel tries to contact Russo, but McClane mocks that he is going to meet Gabriel's dead girlfriend, [[Mai Linh]]. Russo tries to reveal where McClane and Farrell to Gabriel, but McClane fires a shot to scare Gabriel. McClane takes his pistol and ammo and leaves him in the stairway. Russo's fate afterwards isn't explicitly stated, though the theatrical version leaves it up in the air as implied while in the unrated cut of the movie, Russo looked like he was dying after being thrown down by McClane. This makes him the sixth in Gabriel's gang to lose his life to McClane.
+==Quotes==
-Later, Gabriel sends him to [[Camden, New Jersey]] to kidnap [[John McClane|John McClane's]] daughter [[Lucy McClane|Lucy]], posing as a FBI agent sent to rescue her. Russo brings Lucy to Woodlawn, despite resisitance and a punch to his face from her.
+*"This [[Lucy McClane|bitch]] is a handful. (Lucy punches Russo in his face)"
+*"Don't move! [[Matt Farrell|You]]! Get away from the bag! NOW!"
+*"We've been waiting for [[John McClane|you]]."
+==Trivia==
-Russo then checks out an alert in the third sub-basment floor. He spots McClane and computer hacker [[Matt Farrell]] and helds them in gunpoint. But McClane managed to overpower him. Then, McClane pushes him into the office chair and tosses him down the stairs, breaking his neck, but not killing him. McClane confronts Russo into revealing where Lucy is, but refuses to do so. Gabriel tries to contact Russo, but McClane mocks that he is going to meet Gabriel's dead girlfriend, [[Mai Linh]]. Russo tries to reveal where McClane is to Gabriel, but McClane fires a shot, pretending to kill him to scare Gabriel. McClane takes his pistol and ammo and leaves him in the stairway. Russo's fate afterwards is unknown.
+* For the stairway death sequence where McClane tackles Russo backwards, stunt performer [[Adam Hart]] doubled as the character for said fall.
+* While his death is implied, he's not explicitly seen bloodied up or bruised. However, the Unrated cut of ''Live Free or Die Hard'' makes this clearer by showing him completely bloodied up and McClane then bashes his head repeatedly (heard over the walkie talkie) and states to Gabriel that Russo will now be joining [[Mai Linh]] on the highway to hell.
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 [[Category:Live Free or Die Hard characters]]
 [[Category:Antagonists]]
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+[[Category:Thomas Gabriel's cyber-terrorist group]]
+[[Category:2007 deaths]]
+[[Category:Characters with controversial fates]]