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This seminal 1988 thriller made Bruce Willis a star and established a new template for action stories: "Terrorists take over a (blank) and a lone hero, unknown to the villains, is trapped with them." In Die Hard, those bad guys, led by the velvet-voiced Alan Rickman, assume control of a Los Angeles high-rise with Willis's visiting New York cop inside. The attraction of the film has as much to do with the sight of a barefoot mortal running around the guts of a modern office tower as it has to do with the plentiful fight sequences and the bond the hero establishes with an LA beat cop. Bonnie Bedelia plays Willis's wife, Hart Bochner is good as a brash hostage who tries negotiating his way to freedom, Alexander Godunov makes for a believable killer with lethal feet and William Atherton is slimy as a busybody reporter. Exceptionally well-directed by John McTiernan. --Tom Keogh
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wow.i forgot how great this movie is.this movie has it all.this is one
thrill ride of a movie.all you need to know is this:terrorists have
taken control of a high rise building and have hostages.the only thing
standing in their way is one man:John McClane(Bruce Willis.)Bruce
Willis puts in a great performance as McClane,who becomes a one man
army.this movie is so much fun,you won't care(or have time to care)
about realism.this movie raised the bar for the action genre.it doesn't
take long to get going either,and you'll wonder where the tow hours
went.if you're an action junkie,and you haven't seen this movie,what
are you waiting for?for me Die Hard is a 5/5
thrill ride of a movie.all you need to know is this:terrorists have
taken control of a high rise building and have hostages.the only thing
standing in their way is one man:John McClane(Bruce Willis.)Bruce
Willis puts in a great performance as McClane,who becomes a one man
army.this movie is so much fun,you won't care(or have time to care)
about realism.this movie raised the bar for the action genre.it doesn't
take long to get going either,and you'll wonder where the tow hours
went.if you're an action junkie,and you haven't seen this movie,what
are you waiting for?for me Die Hard is a 5/5
Format:DVD
This is the first and best of the Die Hard movies. It is action packed from start to finish. A New York cop (Bruce Willis) goes to visit his estranged wife for Christmas and finds himself caught up in the middle of an apparent terrorist attack on the office building his wife works in. The terrorists however turn out to be nothing more than thieves trying to get their hands on $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds.
The movie is action packed almost from the start, one of the best movies of it's kind I've ever seen.
The movie is action packed almost from the start, one of the best movies of it's kind I've ever seen.
By Steven Y.
Format:DVD
John McTiernan's "Die Hard" is one of the more celebrated entries in the action-adventure genre. Yet, the film upon close inspection is really just another "shoot-'em-up" production that ultimately wears out its welcome long before the final baddie is gunned down.
John McClane (Bruce Willis) is a New York police officer who has arrived in Los Angeles for Christmas. His wife (Bonnie Bedelia) has accepted a vice-president position with Nakatomi Corporation. While McClane is attending a Christmas party at his wife's new office building, a group of terrorists led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) seize the high-rise so that they may steal millions of dollars in negotiable bonds. McClane takes it upon himself to defeat the terrorists and free the hostages they have taken.
"Die Hard" does introduce some novel aspects to the genre - it's a nice change of pace to see an everyman hero instead of the typical secret agent or military super-soldier at the center of an action film, it's nice to see an action hero with a sensitive side, and it's also nice to see a villain with a degree of sophistication. But "Die Hard" intermixes these elements with so many loud explosions and gunfights that one becomes numb after awhile. Throw in too many supporting characters who are deficient in the intelligence department and one inexcusable resurrection at the end, and all you're left with is a film that is great to look at but nothing more. Willis more than proves he can play an action hero and Bedelia adds a welcome degree of charm to the proceedings. Yet, "Die Hard" turns out to be only a smidgen better than its action contemporaries from the period and that is not enough to make it something special.
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As Good As Action Gets
In 1988, a film was released that changed the face of action films forever. That film was "Die Hard". Read more
Published on Jun 25 2004 by brainofj72
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Die Hard (1988)
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedalia, Alexander Gudonov, Paul Gleason, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Reginald Vel... Read more
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedalia, Alexander Gudonov, Paul Gleason, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Reginald Vel... Read more
Published on Jun 1 2004 by The Tweeder
3.0 out of 5 stars
too long
this movie has some great action scenes, but is way to long. It is two hours and ten minutes. They could have easily trimmed it down to less than two hours without sacrificing... Read more
Published on May 8 2004 by "thmnshw4"
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Still works for me! Great DVD!
I had to drag my airforce NCO boyfriend to see this when it came out- the dingus did not believe Bruce Willis could do action....boy was he mistaken! Read more
Published on Mar 14 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Yippee cay-yay!"
I don't like typical action movies, but I love Die Hard!
Off-duty cop (Bruce Willis) saves hostages and dispatches the sadistic bad guys against overwhelming odds - a simple... Read more
Published on Mar 12 2004 by Kona
5.0 out of 5 stars
Die Hard - All other movies die behind it
Don't make the same mistake that I made. Don't wait very long to watch this film, especially if you love those movies were things go "boom. Read more
Published on Feb 5 2004 by "ryder_ja"
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The Greatet Action Film Of All Time
Okay, let's get something straight. The 80's was a great decade of movies. But his movie just wrapped it up. This is, without a doubt, the greatest action movie of all time. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003
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The Greatet Action Film Of All Time
Okay, let's get something straight. The 80's was a great decade of movies. But his movie just wrapped it up. This is, without a doubt, the greatest action movie of all time. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003
3.0 out of 5 stars
A typical action movie
This was only Bruce Willis' second film of his career, and the one that really made him a star, which spawned two sequels and another on the way. I was a tad disappointed. Read more
Published on Dec 18 2003 by Meesha
5.0 out of 5 stars
ONE of the best ACTION RIDES EVER!
Die Hard is an action packed thrill ride from director John Mctiernan(director of Predator,Rollerball,Basic, and Die Hard with a Vengeance). Read more
Published on Dec 13 2003 by Suzanne Howland
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