Production Year: 1988 - Action/Adventure - Director: John McTiernan - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Paul Gleason, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, Alexander Godunov, Robert Davi, James Shigeta, Alan Rickman, Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia more
I bought this film a few weeks ago with Die Hard 2 in a pack. I'd never seen it before and really wanted to from all the comments from my friends saying what an amazing movie it was. They weren't wrong!
The film starts off with officer John Maclaine visiting his wife for a christmas holiday. This was one christmas he was never going to forget. After him and his wife start talking she has to make a speech while John is stuck in a bathroom on his own.
A group of terrorists had entered the building and took over. John was the only person to escape but now he has to save the hostages before the terrorists do any more damage.
Die Hard is an action packed thriller with twists and turns to make you more and more hooked. The story line progresses quickly never making you bored.
The action scence are great with about five minutes each of fast-shooting, neck-braking, hard-hitting fighting that makes you feel more and more into the story.
The special effects are good for it's time and there are some bits that are very clever. The characters are very life-like which gets you more involved with the story.
The performances are very dramatic yet not over the top. The performance of John (Bruce Willis) is very good. He has a kind of sick humour but is still very funny.
There isn't much music in it which makes it quite hard to talk about the soundtrack. But the tracks feature christmas music which puts you in the festive spirit.
This film is one you can watch again and again and not get bored. Every time you watch it it's still as action packed and thrilling as the first time.
Overall this is an amazing movie and if you haven't seen it you defiently should. This is one film you will miss out a lot on if you don't see it. I recomend this film to anyone, so if you don't have it go out and buy it now!
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