Bruce Willis is one irreplaceable guy

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2007)

Sometimes when I wonder who's really having the most fun, I think of people like Antonio Banderas or Clint Eastwood or maybe Gary Oldman. Why I seldom think of Bruce Willis is hard to explain, but I'm beginning to think he's got an edge on them all. I remember admiring the guy's easy way back in his Moonlighting days. Somehow he made a seamless transition to serious action from light-hearted adventure-comedy, and, at this rather more advanced age, shows no real signs of slowing down, despite the references to his aching body in this film. Like Clint Eastwood and Paul Newman, I can't imagine anyone wishing this guy ill, male or female, rich or poor, American or Al Qaida. He's almost impossible to dislike. When I consider that he was also in one of my favorite films of all time, The Fifth Element, I kinda wonder if the Die Hard films aren't just an elaborate way of glorifying this unusual actor.