Die Hard (DVD)

Trapped in a building which has been overtaken by terrorists, New York Cop John McClane must find a way to survive and try to save the hostages. Die Hard is one of those wonderful films that no-one expected anything from, but which ended up taking the world by storm (sadly, leading to the inevitably inferior sequels and Steven Seagal starring rip-offs). Your memory is probably telling you that Die Hard is nothing but a pitched gun battle from start to finish. In fact, it's a lot more subtle. The build-up is actually fairly slow, giving director John McTiernan the chance to establish the characters and move his pieces into place. It also gives us ...  Read the complete review

John McClane has had better Christmasses. He's been arguing with his wife, who moved to Los Angeles with the kids to pursue her career while he's been stuck on the New York beat, a run-down cop with a drinking habit. Now, coming off a plane to see his family again, he finds himself stuck in a slightly unusual situation. A hostage situation. Die Hard sees McClane in the Nakatomi Plaza building, where his wife is having a Christmas Party with the rest of her office. After meeting her, and having yet another argument, John goes to freshen up and try to recover his wits from the jetlag he's suffering. But while he's off, the party is crashed by some sinister Germans ...  Read the complete review

In this film Bruce Willis plays the role of John Mclane who is visiting Los Angleles from New York for Christmas to see his estranged wife who works for a big Japanese multi national company in Los Angeles. In New York Mclane is a police officer and it is their jobs that are used as the reason for their seperation. Whe he is collectd at the airport by a limo and taken to the head office where the Christmas party is in full swing, immediately getting into an argument with his wife he cools his heals in an office on the floor above the party which is near the top of the high rise block however below him all of the party guests have been taken hostage by a gang ...  Read the complete review

I guess the most important note to start on would be, this is my most favorite action movie of all time! Also its probably one of the most well known action movies of all time and still it surprises me how there are some people out there who haven't seen it. There's a chance if your reading this, you may well be one of those people, so even before I start to review the film you have to make sure you get around to seeing it. Die Hard is so memorable for it's originality. If you were unfortunate enough to see the second installment and not the first don't worry, this one is MUCH better. The sequel is a disappointment to say the least. Alan Rickman's ...  Read the complete review

First of all Die Hard is one of my favourite action films. The plot isn't exactly complicated but still very enjoyable so all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the film. The film was released in 1988 and stars Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman, it is the first film in the Die Hard franchise. The plot is as follows... It is Christmas Eve and John McClane (Bruce Willis) arrives in LA to try and reconcile with his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) John has travelled from New York where he is a police officer. He is chauffeur driven to the Nakatomi Plaza building where Holly works and is invited up to their Christmas party. After his long flight he enters the ...  Read the complete review