The definition of an action movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2003)

I guess this film was pulled from a few schedules after 9/11. It's not entirely clear why John McClane should have met his wife at the Nakatomi building, but a gang of robbers disguising themselves as terrorists hijack the building. They reckoned without McClane who turns out to be a thorn in their side and single-handedly stops them.
The relationship between McClane and Sgt Powell is a nice balance to the action. This is one of the finest action movies made and has spawned a lot of inferior copycat movies since.