Classic action movie.

Rating: 9/10 (8 February 2000)

''Die Hard'' is the one movie wich gave meaning to following movies like ''Speed'', ''Passenger 57'', ''Air Force One''. Yeah, trapped heroes.
A tired L.A cop, John McClane, is visiting his wife at a christmas party in the huge Nakatomi-building where she works. They have a certant complicated past (she uses her real name Gennaro), but this will be the twist in their relationship. Meanwhile german terrorists led by mr.Evil, super bad guy Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) is planning to take over the building for reasons unknown (so far in the story). After some introductions and an argue that McClane finds quite simular to other memories from the past, the terrorists takes the building over and holds a number of people as hostage. McClane realizes that one of the hostages is his wife, so he hides in the building (without any socks or shoes) to fight the bad guys. After a while the policeman Al Powell and a number of others police forces, including the F.B.I, gets involved from the outside. Sgt. Powell creates intimate relations with John McClane on a radio while all the other policemen seem to be nothing but idiots.
John McTiernan directed ''Die Hard'' in 1988 and it became a hit that bombed all over the world. This is the breakthrough of Bruce Willis, the tragedy is that he had to get stuck with the role until now (''The Sixth Sense''). The movie is rapid, packed with explosions, very violent and still quite charming. John McClane is the cool guy who responses to Hans just as clever and cocky as any rebellian teenager to a teacher. Best of them all is Alan Rickman as Hans. He is one of the best actors in the world, even though I have seen way too little of his work, but of what I've seen it is superb. Seeing him in an actionmovie might seem strange for some, but for those who grew up with this movie we'll never stop reacting to ''Die Hard'' when we see him.
I will never forget the first time I watched ''Die Hard''. When the movie was over, I could'nt move. I was stunned, and through the entire day I WAS John McClane shooting terrorists in a sky scraper. ''Die Hard'' is to date one of my favorite movies. Except from ''Lethal Weapon'' this is probably the best action adventure to get. This is simply the obvious action classic.
9/10