For god sakes, a reason to see action

Rating: 10/10 (1 May 2000)

John McTiernan's Die Hard is one of the best action thrillers of todays age. Bruce Willis makes his true breakthrough performance here as the rough and tough Lieutenant John McClane who is visiting his wife out in L.A. But while waiting for her a Nakatomi towers (40 stories), a group of German terrorists crash the Christmas party and terror ensues. Willis stealthily runs around Nakatomi barefoot trying to get the bad guys. A usual cops and bad guys story, but brought to a fever pitch with a excellent villain Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman is great as this lead man) and Willis as the hero for all heros. Great action, great intensity make this one of the best action films of the decade. A+