The best action film ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2000)

This is the best action movie I have ever seen. Forget about all the rip offs and the two sequels. People who saw this film on the big screen will never forget it. It was Bruce Willis' first action role and at the time it was a real discovery. He plays the role more like a real everyman, which was nice change of pace because superhuman action stars like Schwarzenegger and Stallone were the top guys back then. They say action films are only as good as the bad guy. That is the secret to this film's success.
Hans Gruber, played magnificently by Alan Rickman, is one of the most intelligent and ruthless bad guys to come down the pipe. He is a formidable foe for Willis and you find yourself intrigued by him. John McTiernan directs the action sequences very crisply, with some spectacular stunts and a screenplay by Jeb Stuart with sharp one liners. All in all, a film that is much imitated but never duplicated.