Action Extravaganza

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2000)

Action films usually don't appeal to me. They seldom have plots and the acting is atrocious. Films like this are simply a showcase for showy explosions and out of work actors. "Die Hard" escapes the mold, it lives outside the box. Die Hard has been around for quite some time now. Nearly everyone has seen at least some bit or piece of it. Its one of the few older films that I still see on TV often. Bruce Willis gives one of the best performances of his life in this movie. He doesn't over do the role and his jokes are well placed and actualy funny. Some action movies place rediculous jokes after certain scenes that are so horrible it brings the whole movie down. The jokes in this movie are a little more subtle. Who can forget the famous "yippe kyae" line from this movie. It has been used so many times in other movies and shows. That it is what shows a movie's greatness, how many times it is immitated.