The Die Hard that started them all.

Rating: 6/10 (31 October 2002)

I hate this one, but the story and action saves this film. I believe it must be Willis character. Reminds me of a jerk in high school that is popular, but everyone only pretends to like him; Or someone at work who has to over prove all the time, and you wish he would just walk away! At least Willi's character can back his actions, which is better than alot of 30 an 40 year olds who run around living in denial. I guess this over macho 80's bi-product is the shame of my generation. It has a lot of sappy Hollywood cliches. The over syrupie cop who can not fire his gun, and why did they have the Run DMC limo driver in this film, what did he add to this film. The boring over done gender conflict the action hero has with his wife. I do not know if this is because of Raider of the lost Ark, but the late 80's early 90's where full of blond bad guys, how over done. Every late 80's action film has to copy 48 hours swearing to prove how macho one is. Despite this baggage the action saves this film. The fire fight, the chopper explosion, and rocket attack make this film exciting. I would watch this film, but probably route for the bad guys. 6/10