The king of Action films and Hollywood heroes!

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2007)

I couldn't say it better myself! This successful film launched both the excellent Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman's film careers as well as succeeded in all entertaining categories/areas of other parts of the film like the tight editing, the suspenseful screenplay, the intense pyro- technics, "very special" special effects, the stunning aerial views, the top-notch performances, the awesome one-liners, the dry sense of humor and the craftsmanship of under-rated director John McTiernan ( Medicine Man, The 13th Warrior, Predator, Die Hard with a Vengeance ).
The film starts out slowly at first by introducing all the main characters ( antagonists, protagonists ) and other random people ( FBI, hostages, terrorists, news reporters ) that all have a place in the the scary conflict. Then before mid-way, the film takes off at random speed and boasts everything a good films needs!
And after all these years, it is still a throughly entertaining classic that just never seems to get old. The sequels, while not great, were also worthy/exciting additions to a franchise and gave the world a recognizable hero w/ a killer one-liner reminiscent of a cowboy!