An Office Building

Rating: 8/10 (29 November 2013)

John McTiernan directed this big action hit starring Bruce Willis as New York police officer John McClane, who is visiting his wife Holly(played by Bonnie Bedelia) at her job in Los Angeles in a big high rise office building. While changing his clothes, John is stunned to learn that terrorists led by Hans Gruber(played by Alan Rickman) have taken over, and are threatening to kill the hostages unless their demands are met, though it turns out their motives are mercenary rather than political. John must find a way to defeat these crooks, even if he is alone... Highly exciting and intelligent thriller with a star-making performance by Willis as wise-cracking but tough McClane, and Rickman also quite good as steely villain. First of a series of films.