Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 47 | Rotten: 3
Its many imitators (and sequels) have never come close to matching the taut thrills of the definitive holiday action classic.
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
Its many imitators (and sequels) have never come close to matching the taut thrills of the definitive holiday action classic.
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It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the 600 million dollars locked in Nakatomi's high-tech safe. In truth, Gruber and his henchmen are only pretending to be politically motivated to throw the authorities off track; also in truth, Gruber has no intention
R, 1 hr. 54 min.
Jul 15, 1988 Wide
Mar 9, 1999
20th Century Fox
All Critics (50) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (3) | DVD (33)
In the first half of Director John McTiernan's movie, Willis wears an undershirt. In the second half he gets rid of it. And that's pretty much it for his performance.
Die Hard is as high tech, rock hard and souped up as an action film can be.
A serviceable if rather overextended and overblown adventure thriller.
The scenes move with such relentless energy and smashing special-effects extravagance that Die Hard turns out to be everything action-genre fans, and Bruce Willis's relieved investors, might have hoped for.
For what it is, this is the top model -- flash, bang, and witty one-liners all included.
It's good, dumb fun.
Original Bruce Willis violent actioner.
High-tech cartoonish action thriller.
Great pace, great gun battles, great fun.
...remains one of the most entertaining and flat-out thrilling examples of the action genre...
This is a DVD set that will appeal to true Die Hard aficionados.
Great escapist action, but it's still nothing more than an action movie %u2013 cinema's version of a nice, tasty hamburger.
The pumped-up, high tech surprise hit of 1988; a triumph of slick direction and lowbrow thrills, marred but not spoiled by a sour aftertaste.
A seminal action film that created an entire subgenre. Super action, but the key to its success is how it effectively pits Willis' common-man hero against Rickman's haughty arch-villain.
A hi-tech thriller with a human heart.
Every so often a movie comes along whose concept sparks a flood of imitators. Die Hard is such a movie.
'A landmark film that breathed life and originality into an area of cinema where only formulas were proven reliable.'
An explosion-movie classic.
An amazingly refreshing action film for its time which has obviously spawned many homages. As good a performance Willis could have given with some quality comedy moments.
July 25, 2006Super Reviewer
Hans Gruber: Mr. Mystery Guest? Are you still there? John McClane: Yeah, I'm still here. Unless you wanna open the front door for me. Hans Gruber: Uh, no, I'm afraid not. But, you have me at a loss. You know my name but who are you? Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt
January 22, 2011Super Reviewer
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