An Action Thriller With a Difference

Rating: 10/10 (4 March 2014)

3.5/4
Die Hard is a movie about a cop named John McClane who has to rescue his wife and many other victims who have been taken hostage by a group of terrorist during a Christmas party. Now this movie really establishes how to do a action thriller. The characters are well developed, there's a very convincing villain and of course there's much action and many thrills.
Bruce Willis does his character well and I guess you could say actually becomes the character his role is so convincing. What's so great about this is hes a very relatable character who isn't like Arnold who can do impossible things with a gun. This character is all about trying to relate to the audience and what they would do in those certain situations. Some parts he's cracking jokes and some he's dramatic and terrified.
Many action movies are over the top and are made to thrill us and keep us in awe. That's what John Woo's film The Killer establishes later on but this film is very realistic to human instincts. Most movies only center around the action but I believe this one was really focused around John Mcclain.
Die Hard is a very good action flick that has an extremely interesting character as its foundation.