Endearing

Rating: 9/10 (9 July 2010)

Die Hard is such a well made movie, the plot, its twists, the emotions, the shootouts, everything. In fact everything is so much well made that we completely overlook its weaknesses and accept the streamlined thrill ride presented to us. John Mclane is a NYC cop who travels to LA to meet his wife at a company Christmas party. The building where his wife works is towering and intimidating but his marital issues with his wife are that much more scary. However John hopes for a happy end to a stressful day and just embrace his wife, but no, a group of hi tech terrorists have taken over the building and are executing their well oiled plan to steal the company's billions. John of course will intervene. Kicking a** and taking names (litterally) has never felt so real and brutal before in a movie. Die Hard excels at excitement and changed the action genre forever. The subtleties and the glaring plausibility of the story makes it that much more intense, and even its hero seemed like the everyman. Thats what makes Die Hard so timeless.