Die Hard (1988) Director: John McTiernan
“Come Out To The Coast, We’ll Get Together, Have A Few Laughs…”
★★★☆☆
Die Hard is a guilty pleasure movie, another amusing thriller from John McTiernan. It celebrates the great American working class hero, a lone everyman struggling against a sea of incompetence and bureaucracy -and the movie takes place on Christmas no less! It was widely expected to fail, and the decision to hire Bruce Willis, previously a television actor, for $5M against favored actors Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone drew unfavorable press , but Die Hard has since become a Christmas “classic.” The story is based on a 1967 novel by Roderick Thorp called Nothing Lasts Forever.
Die Hard stars Bruce Willis, in his career-launching role as John McClane, a street-wise New York City cop who is flying out to Los Angeles for the holidays to salvage his collapsing marriage. His…
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