Die Hard Reviews
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
DIE HARD is a classic film. Simply put, every single thing works.
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| Original Score: 10/10
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
... Not only the best action movie ever made but one of the very best of any genre.
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| Original Score: A
Flix Capacitor
Undoubtedly, it's dated in some respects, but as a pure actioner Die Hard remains timeless.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
EmanuelLevy.Com
John McTiernan's thriller-actioner is well executed, boasting a strong performance from Bruce Willis, which made him a big-screen star.
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| Original Score: B+
Common Sense Media
Original Bruce Willis violent actioner.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
High-tech cartoonish action thriller.
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| Original Score: B-
Top CriticDie 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.
Reel Film Reviews
...remains one of the most entertaining and flat-out thrilling examples of the action genre...
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| Original Score: 4/4
Apollo Guide
Great escapist action, but it's still nothing more than an action movie %u2013 cinema's version of a nice, tasty hamburger.
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| Original Score: 76/100
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
FulvueDrive-in.com
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.
| Original Score: 8/10
Three Movie Buffs
Every so often a movie comes along whose concept sparks a flood of imitators. Die Hard is such a movie.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Cinematic Reflections
'A landmark film that breathed life and originality into an area of cinema where only formulas were proven reliable.'
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| Original Score: 4/4
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
An explosion-movie classic.
| Original Score: 4/5
