The best bad-ass macho action movie of the 80's extravaganza my personal favorite action movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2019)

What can I say about Die Hard that was already said: it is one man army type against a team of terrorists who took over the building on Christmas Eve in L.A. I love this movie to death it is consider as a Christmas movie. It is my personal favorite action film of all time, that is dear to my heart. I have seen this movie over 100 times. Some people put Die Hard 2 over this movie, some people put Die Hard: With a Vengeance over this movie, I will never put any of the sequels above this movie because it is perfect. Die Hard is and will always be my favorite it is the best one in the action movies. Bruce Willis fits perfectly the role of John McClane a New York Cop, it was his first action movie that made him in to an action star.
Directed was by John McTiernan who directed Predator a year earlier, this movie is based on a novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. This movie suppose to be a sequel to Commando (1985) but Arnold Schwarzenegger declined the role thank god. Sylvester Stallone was consider it for the role and he declined. Richard Gere, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Eastwood, Robert De Niro, Charles Bronson, Don Johnson, Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Madsen were considered, but declined the role of John McClane. Thank god Bruce Willis fit the role perfectlly.
This is the first and only movie that is about one man army type fighting against a team of terrorists who took over the building and declared war. There was a bunch of movies that copyied Die Hard but no movie could nealed like Die Hard did. Under Siege with Steven Seagal was my childhood film, I loved Seagal's character but now as an adult and from my teen years Die Hard surpass Under Siege because Die Hard was one man army type, who was in situation that felt realistic. Imagine your in a building and suddenly you hear gun shots, people with automatic weapons shooting at people and takes everyone hostage. What will you do? In this situation was John McClane armed only whith his service revolver barefoot he runs upstairs and all telphones dosen't work. McClane is alone, he crawles down the elevator shafts and try's to find out more information about the group. The only communiactions is trough radio.
A team of terrorist shuts down all exits and elvators so no one can go down or up. The leader of the group is Hans Gruber played by Alan Rickman it was actors first role. Hans Gruber is one of the best villians of all time. Ask anyone, or read anywhere they will all tell you that Hans Gruber is the best villiand and bad guy of all time. In actaully terrorists werent agenda for a political demands, they were planing a heist in a 30 floor to steal $640 million in bearer bonds hold in a building's vault and not let anyone go. I can't wrote detailes or I will get spoliers so I don't want any spoliers on my review. Sgt. Al Powell played by Reginald VelJohnson was my favorite characacter. I love how he defends McClane against his suprevisors. I love how McClane and Powell communicate eachother from cop to a cop on a radio I love that. I love Dwayne T. Robinson, the Deputy Chief of Police "kick-ass!" I love Paul Gleason who does everything by the book. He is sure McClane is one of the terrorists, I really do wish his character would had more to do. I love Diana James and Shelley Pogoda who are Dispatcher and Police supervisor when McClane calls them for help. Gail Wallens played by Mary Ellen Trainor I love her as news reporter.
The movie has tones of action: McClane talks to him self when he is about to do something crazy. my favorite scene is McClane firing 15 rounds with his Beretta 92F on a terrorist under the table. McClane grabs the fire hose, ties it around his body jumps with the helicopter about to kill him. Then Gruber blows it a second after McLane jumps off the roof! It was an incredible explosion that totally takes out the helicopter. But McLane is falling down the side of the building and needs to get inside quickly this is the best scene in the movie my favorite. McClane clambing down the elevator shaft is really one the best scens in the movie. Two terrorist uses Rocket Launcher and destroy a SWAT van that was driving in the building practical effect real explosion realy action done for real. The same van was used later in RoboCop 2 just that movie was less successful. You have 3 explosions in the building all done practical and for real. 20th Century Fox with the 80's really nailed with action movies nowdays the 20th Century Fox does not make so good movies like Predator, Die Hard, Aliens and Speed I miss action movies like this. The fight sequence between McClane and Karl was great choregraphed well filmed and done for real.
Great music score by Michael Kamen absolutelly love the music score. All the terrorists are great in this movie. Great lines: "The man is hurting! He is alone, tired, and he hasn't seen diddly-squat from anybody down here. Now you're gonna stand there and tell me that he's gonna give a damn about what you do to him, *if* he makes it out of there alive? Why don't you wake up and smell what you shoveling?" Great dialogue and lines in this movie.
Some guy meantion this movie on Lethal Weapon review that Lethal Weapon is his favorite film over Die Hard. I disagree this is my favorite film of all time Die Hard it is better than Lethal Weapon! Die Hard is a Christmas action movie one of the greatest movies of all time. I love this movie to death. It is my personal favorite action movie of all time.
It is the best bad-ass macho action movie of the 80's extravaganza with balls to the walls, my personal favorite action movie of all time.