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Rating: Null/10 (25 February 2019)

John Mctiernen's Die Hard is considered one of the benchmark of action cinema and one can see why. Its an exhilarating, brilliantly paced actioner, taking place in one building, and emphasizing not shootouts and carnage (though they are present) but character development. We side with John Mclane because we relate not just with his plight but also his persona. He is a reluctant hero. Similarly the devilish Hans Gruber isn't your typical cookie cutter villain and with an amazing enactment by the great English actor Alan Rickman you almost side with his cunningly laid out plan. The action is amazing but it is punctuated by enough character development and plot points so as to not make it seem like the plot is constructed for the action scenes- as is the case with most action films. John Mctiernen is a great filmmaker. With Predator, Die Hard and The Thomas Crown Affair he had already cemented his reputation as a director of action and this film is perhaps the best example of it.