FABULOUS! All the action, thrills, suspense and dark humor that a person can handle without falling out of their seat!

Rating: Null/10 (30 April 2003)

Until I saw Die Hard I heard rumors about it. "magnificent", "best action movie ever", "unmissable", "often copied, never bettered". And the weirdest thing was that I didn't believe those quotes. So, I rented it on video a few years prior, watched it, kicked myself, and watched it as many times as I could because I couldn't get enough of it!! Die Hard is one of the most eye popping action movies ever made in cinematic history. I personally think this IS the greatest action movie out there on the video shelves! PLOT. It's Christmas Eve. A New York cop named John McClane has just arrived in California to meet up with his wife. His wife Holly has a great career working for the Nacatomi Plasa, a highly successful buisness. Tonight the Nacatomi Plasa is celebrating it's most successful year with most of it's workers attending. Soon after John arrives, terrorists seize control of the 40 story building! Now John must use all his wits, abillities, and knowlege to save the lives of all the hostages, including his wife. This is nearly as good as it gets as the movie progresses with hair rising stunts, explosions and gunfights. Bruce Willis is a very apealing action star, with all his dark humor-ed one liners and moves. Alan Rickman plays the head terrorist with a lot of style and devilishly great charisma. The two of them play off each other terrificly. Packed with plot twist after plot twist, eye popping explosion after eye popping gun fight, and over all 100% thrills make this action-er stand out among the list of good action movies. Okay, some of the stunts would seem un realistic. But movie lovers of all kind, LET GO. loose yourself in this movie about a man fighting an uphill battle, with the odds of winning stacked against him. A man who doesn't know what he'll do next, a man who has no choice but to fight. A truely spectacular movie that is to NOT be missed by an action fan of any kind. 9.6/10. MPAA Rated R for: strong, sometimes gory violence, strong language, some nudity and some drug content.