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Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2005)

Twelve Terrorists. One Cop. The Odds Are Against John McClane... That's Just The Way He Likes It.
CAST OF CHARACTERS: Bruce Willis (Lieutenant John McClane) DIE HARD Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) Alexander Godunov (Karl) Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Gennero McClane) Reginald VelJohnson (Sergeant Al Powell) Paul Gleason (Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson) De'voreaux White (Argyle) William Atherton (Richard Thornburg) Hart Bochner (Harry Ellis) James Shigeta (Joseph Takagi)
John McClane (Bruce Willis in one of his best roles) flies out to LA to spend Christmas with his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). However, his plans for a quiet Christmas are disrupted by a group of terrorists, led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman in his best role to date) and Karl (the late Alexander Gudunov). Now McClane has to save the day, but it won't be easy without back-up - his only contact is with Sergeant Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson), one handgun and no shoes...
This has easily got to be the best action flick of all time, with Bruce Willis fantastically playing the cop with a host of great one-liners and the greatest catchphrase of all time, but it's Alan Rickman, who plays the charismatic Hans, that steals the show. With Die Hard 4.0 coming out next year, hopefully that will give Bruce Willis his best performance since Unbreakable (2000) - he's overdue a box office hit, although Sin City could give him it. If you haven't seen this film, go out and rent/buy it now, it's a great way to spend two hours on a rainy day/bored night in doing nothing else...
BEST BIT: The final confrontation between John McClane and Hans Gruber...
WORST BIT: The first fifteen minutes of the film...