The perfect 1980's film

Rating: 10/10 (23 October 2012)

****Please note that I will include spoilers in this review****
Okay, so 24 years after its release, I finally saw Die Hard. I went in with quite high hopes and thank god that this 2 1/2 hr masterpiece did not disappoint me one little bit.
To be honest, there was pretty much no bad aspect of this film. Each actor did an incredible job playing their roles, most notably Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman who were just unbelievable. The rest of the characters around them were very good and the plot was very simple yet deeply elaborated on.
There were many scenes where I jumped in excitement. One such scene was when Alan Rickman's character, Hans Gruber, shoots down the boss of the hotel after he decided to not give the location. The moment where the blood splatters all over the wall was awesome and from that moment on, it was just perfect.
Besides the unbelievable gunfights, another thing that made this film incredible to me, were two actors I really loved, playing the two main roles. Alan Rickman and Bruce Willis really made this film a whole lot more special than it could've been.
The fight sequence where Hans and another one of his men decide to break the glass around John was thrilling. The action sequences were far ahead of its time at this stage. The special effects were just stunning for a 1988 film and it seemed like the visual effects were done at around 2005.
This clearly shows George Lucas (the new one) wrong. Special effects aren't what drives a movie.
Pretty much everything in this film was awesome. Another character I really liked in this film, apart from John and Hans was Seargeant Reginald. The bond between he and John was great.
Perfect movie! 10/10 anyday!