Die Hard (1988)
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 62
Fresh: 57 | Rotten: 5
Its many imitators (and sequels) have never come close to matching the taut thrills of the definitive holiday action classic.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 4
Its many imitators (and sequels) have never come close to matching the taut thrills of the definitive holiday action classic.
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Movie Info
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
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Cast
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Bruce Willis
John McClane -
Alan Rickman
Hans Gruber -
Bonnie Bedelia
Holly Gennero McClan... -
Alexander Godunov
Karl -
Reginald VelJohnson
Sgt. Al Powell -
William Atherton
Thornburg -
Paul Gleason
Dwayne T. Robinson -
De'voreaux White
Argyle -
Hart Bochner
Ellis -
James Shigeta
Takagi -
Robert Davi
Big Johnson -
Grand L. Bush
Little Johnson -
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Theo -
Selma Archerd
Hostage -
Cheryl Baker
Woman -
Gerard Bonn
Kristoff -
P. Randall Bowers
Kissing Man -
Rebecca Broussard
Hostage -
Lorenzo Caccialanza
Marco -
Betty Carvalho
Paulina -
George Christy
Hasseldorf -
Bruno Doyon
Franco -
Rick Ducommun
City Worker -
Taylor Fry
Lucy McClane -
Mark Goldstein
Station Manager -
Stella Hall
Stewardess -
Dennis Hayden
Eddie -
Diana James
Supervisor -
David Katz
Soundman -
Matt Landers
Capt. Mitchell -
Michele Laybourn
Girl in Window -
Al Leong
Uli -
Robert Lesser
Businessman -
Kym Malin
Hostage -
Bill Marcus
City Engineer -
Anthony Peck
Young Cop -
Joey Plewa
Alexander -
Tracy Reiner
Thornburg's Assistan... -
Mary Ellen Trainor
Gail Wallens -
David Ursin
Harvey Johnson -
Wilhelm von Homburg
James -
Andreas Wisniewski
Tony -
Carmine Zozzora
Rivers -
Fred Lerner
Guard -
Richard Parker
Man -
Gary Roberts
Heinrich -
Scot Bennett
Hostage -
Hans Buhringer
Fritz -
Rick Cicetti
Guard -
Terri Lynn Doss
Girl at Airport -
Kate Finlayson
Hostage -
Jon E. Greene
Boy at Airport -
Shanna Higgins
Hostage -
Bob A. Jennings
Cameraman -
Noah Land
John Jr. -
Bill Margolin
Producer -
Shelley Pogoda
Dispatcher -
Bruce P. Schultz
Cameraman -
Dustyn Taylor
Ginny -
Kip Waldo
Convenience Store Cl...
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All Critics (62) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (5) | DVD (33)
Die Hard is an action picture with a capital A. In fact, you might as well go ahead and capitalize the whole darn word.
Top CriticAs a grand flourish of cinematic technique, it is awesome; as a human drama, it is disgusting and silly, a mindless depiction of carnage on an epic scale.
McTiernan, who directed last summer's Predator, composes the action cleanly and logically, making good use of Jackson DeGovia's elaborate post-modernist set-the building becomes something of a character in itself.
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.
For all its moments of almost overwhelming cheese, Die Hard is still the definitive action thriller.
Within the narrow framework of the hard-action genre, Die Hard is almost as good as it gets.
Willis gleefully strips down the action movie to a pretend game for children who like to fire guns and shoot bad guys. Machismo may never be the same.
Die Hard is probably the most manipulative movie I've seen this year, but since it makes no bones about being manipulative and does it so well, this not only isn't a problem -- it's fun.
The very pinnacle of the '80s action movie, and if it's not the greatest action movie ever made, then it's damn close.
Most of the action is run-of-the-mill Hollywood blood and thunder, but a couple of scenes are unusually reprehensible.
DIE HARD is a classic film. Simply put, every single thing works.
... Not only the best action movie ever made but one of the very best of any genre.
Undoubtedly, it's dated in some respects, but as a pure actioner Die Hard remains timeless.
John McTiernan's thriller-actioner is well executed, boasting a strong performance from Bruce Willis, which made him a big-screen star.
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...
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- Karl: He wasn't lying about Marco. He's down on the street. The other one was Heinrich. And his bag is missing.
- Hans Gruber: He had the detonators.
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- Sgt. Al Powell: In fact, I think he's a cop. Maybe not LAPD, but he's definitely a badge.
- Dwayne T. Robinson: How do you know that?
- Sgt. Al Powell: A hunch, things he said. Like being able to spot a phony ID.
- Dwayne T. Robinson: Jesus Christ, Powell, he could be a fucking bartender for all we know!
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- John McClane: Glass, who gives a shit about glass?
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- John McClane: Welcome to the party, pal!
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- Hans Gruber: Now I have a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho.
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- John McClane: [huddled in an air vent, recalls his wife's invitation] Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs...
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