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Die Hard

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Original title: Die Hard
Year: 1988
Running time: 131 min.
Country: United States
Director: John McTiernan
Screenwriter: Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza. Novel: Roderick Thorp
Music: Michael Kamen
Cinematography: Jan de Bont
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleason, Reginald Veljohnson, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, De'voreaux White, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush, Wilhelm von Homburg, James Shigeta, Bruno Doyon, Andreas Wisniewski, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Dennis Hayden, Al Leong, Gary Roberts, Bill Marcus, Matt Landers, Rick Ducommun, George Christy, Anthony Peck, Cheryl Baker, David Ursin, Mary Ellen Trainor, Diana James, Selma Archerd, Rebecca Broussard, Kate Finlayson, Kym Malin, Taylor Fry, Betty Carvalho, Tracy Reiner, Fred Lerner, Bob Jennings, Robert Lesser, Stella HallSee 26 More
Producer: 20th Century Fox, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures
Genre: Action. Thriller | Terrorism. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance. Christmas. Cult Movie
Movie Groups: Die Hard
Synopsis: Tough New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) finds himself in a tight situation when an office building in Los Angeles is taken over by terrorists. Apart from himself, everyone else in the building - including his wife - is held at gunpoint while their captors spell out their demands. The F.B.I. are called in to survey the situation, but John McClane has other plans for the terrorists...

Rankings Position

#75 Best Action Movies

Awards: 1988: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Sound Effects, Sound, Visual Effects, Editing

Critics' reviews

"The idea has a certain allure to it (...) Inappropriate and wrongheaded interruptions reveal the fragile nature of the plot and prevent it from working (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"It's good, dumb fun"

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"The idea of the film as an advertisement for itself, as a mass-media self-projection, is no coincidence—it’s one of the movie’s crucial reflections of the cultural moment in which it was made."

Richard Brody: The New Yorker
"A serviceable if rather overextended and overblown adventure thriller"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"[It] is exceedingly stupid, but escapist fun (...) 'Die Hard' turns out to be everything action-genre fans, and Bruce Willis's relieved investors, might have hoped for"

Caryn James: The New York Times
"One of the most awesome, entertaining and perfectly crafted action movies ever made (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

David Crow: Den of Geek
"Few films falling into the 'mindless entertainment' genre have as much going for them as this movie. Not only is it a thrill-a-minute ride, but it has one of the best film villains in recent memory (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
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