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"The Classic New-Action Movie."
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Action movies have been around for a long time (just watch some old Cagney or Bogart gangster flicks if you don't believe me). However, it wasn't until the late 70s and early 80s that action movies entered a new domain: that of the superhuman who blows lots of things up due to a big budget. DIE HARD set a new template in the action genre because Bruce Willis' character really isn't a superhuman, he's just a good cop who uses his wits to out smart the bad guys.
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The movie re-ignited Willis' film career and his star performance as the bare-footed hero is rather well done for an action film. Alan Rickman is great as the slimy villian, Hans Gruber and Reginald Vel Johnson is a joy to watch as the befuddled cop who becomes friends with Willis' character over the radio.
Overall a great movie that has lots of action, a decent script, a little romance, and an admirable; yet human hero.
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Even though Christmas is over, the title still stands, this is the ultimate movie for Christmastime, but it can be watched year-round for full enjoyment. Aside from being the ultimate Christmas movie, this is one of the absolute best action movies ever, certainly a fine reason why the 80's was THE decade for action movies. STORY It's Christmas Eve, and a New York Cop named John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies into Los Angeles to visit his estranged wife, but things … more
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Simply put, this is an action-thriller masterpiece. This was more notable for the fact that compared to so many other action films, Die Hard had so much more tension, with the fact that John McClane (Bruce Willis) has to be really careful with his attacks against the terrorists, and that it's loaded with great action scenes and zingy dialogue. I will conclude by saying that aside from being a fantastic action film, it's also a great movie to watch on Christmas.
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Die Hard is a good and entertaining film that made a star out of Bruce Willis and gave Alan Rickman's career a shot in the arm as a screen villain. Despite many flaws and any lack of credibility, it's still a fun and watchable movie. The real star of this film is Alan Rickman. He makes a creepy and entertaining villain who acts circles around the cast. A visiting New York cop (Bruce Willis) is inside a high rise building trying to see his ex-wife (Bonnie Bedelia Mc Culken). … more
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Die Hard is the movie franchise that made a movie star out of TV star Bruce Willis, and created an entire action-movie genre of its own. In the original 1988 film, Willis plays wisecracking New York cop John McClane, who arrives at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles to meet up with his estranged wife, Holly (Bonny Bedelia), at her office Christmas party. As luck would have it, the company ends up in the middle of a terrorist plot led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his gang of expert killers, and with little help coming from outside, McClane has to pick off his enemies one by one. Thus was born the "Die Hardgenre", epitomized by such films asUnder Siege("Die Hardon a ship"),Passenger 57("Die Hardon a plane" ),Speed("Die Hardon a bus"), andCliffhanger("Die Hardon a mountain"). But few measure up to the explosive brilliance ofDie Hard. Director John McTiernan develops the action at a fast and furious pace, culminating in some fantastic set-pieces on the top of the building, in the elevator shaft, and in the building's outer plaza. Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza's script, based on Roderick Thorp's novelNothing Lasts Forever, is smart, funny, and full of memorable lines (among them "Welcome to the party, pal!" and of course "Yippee ki-ay, motherf*****"), and the cast is perfection, especially Rickman as the cunningly evil villain, and Willis, whose McClane character--bloodied, beaten, bruised, ...
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Cast:
Al Leong,
Bill Marcus,
Bruce Willis,
Alan Rickman,
Clarence Gilyard, Jr.,
Gary Roberts,
Reginald VelJohnson,
Bonnie Bedelia,
George Christy,
Matt Landers,
Robert Lesser,
Michele Laybourn,
Paul Gleason,
Anthony Peck,
David Ursin,
Shelley Pogoda,
Rick Ducommun,
William Atherton,
Robert Davi,
Kym Malin,
Fred Lerner,
Grand L. Bush,
James Shigeta,
Diana James,
Carmine Zozzora,
Stella Hall,
Mary Ellen Trainor,
Cheryl Baker,
Joey Plewa,
Terri Lynn Doss,
Andreas Wisniewski,
Selma Archerd,
Alexander Godunov,
Bob A. Jennings,
De'Voreaux White,
Hart Bochner,
Bruno Doyon,
Taylor Fry,
Lorenzo Caccialanza,
Betty Carvalho,
Gerard Bonn,
P. Randall Bowers,
Rebecca Broussard,
Wilhelm von Homburg,
Mark Goldstein,
Dennis Hayden,
David Katz,
Tracy Reiner,
Richard Parker,
Scot Bennett,
Hans Buhringer,
Rick Cicetti,
Kate Finlayson,
Jon E. Greene,
Shanna Higgins,
Noah Land,
Bill Margolin,
Bruce P. Schultz,
Dustyn Taylor,
Kip Waldo
Director:
John McTiernan
Genre:
Action,
Adventure
Release Date:
July 15, 1988
MPAA Rating:
R
DVD Release Date:
June 19, 2007
Runtime:
1hr 54min
Studio:
20th Century Fox
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