30 years later still the best action movie of all time!!!

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2018)

30 years ago this week Fox released a movie called Die hard that became a punchline for Die hard on a plane (die hard 2), die hard on a bus (speed), die hard on a boat (under siege 1 and 2 as well as speed 2), and so on. It also started a franchise that went beyond its source material (a book called Nothing Lasts Forever) and on to video games (Die Hard Trilogy and Die Hard Arcade), soundtracks, and several sequels which couldn't replicate the critical and commercial success of the first movie, which put Fox Plaza on the map. In the movie, Fox Plaza is Nakatomi Plaza, a tower that's under siege by German terrorists. John McClaine, played by Bruce Willis in his first ever movie (fresh from TV series moonlighting), must fight the odds to defeat Hans Gruber (the late Alan Rickman) and in the end knock him off the buldiing in a free fall!!!! Die Hard, while it was released during the summer of 1988, is actually set in Christmas, making this a Christmas movie that's not for kiddies given its R rating.