title: Mercury Rising
Striking Distance
The Last Boy Scout
Hostage (2005 film)
Die Watching
Die Hard
Lone Wolf McQuade
Last Man Standing (1996 film)
Sunset (film)
Skyscraper (1996 film)
sentences: Mercury Rising is a 1998 American political action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin.
 Directed by Harold Becker, the movie is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel originally published as "Simple Simon".
 Willis plays Art Jeffries, an undercover FBI agent who protects a 9-year-old boy with autism who is targeted by government assassins after he cracks a top secret government code.
Striking Distance is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis as Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Thomas Hardy.
 The film co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore.
 It was directed by Rowdy Herrington and written by Herrington and Marty Kaplan.
 The film was shot on location throughout Pittsburgh; its early title was "Three Rivers".
The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 American action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, starring Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron and Danielle Harris.
 The film was released in the United States on December 13, 1991.
Hostage is a 2005 American action thriller drama film produced by and starring Bruce Willis and directed by Florent Emilio Siri.
 The film was based on a novel by Robert Crais, and was adapted for the screen by Doug Richardson.
Die Watching is a 1993 American direct-to-video erotic thriller film starring former teen idol Christopher Atkins as a psychotic pornographic film director named Michael Terrence, who moonlights as a voyeuristic murderer.
 The story borrows heavily from Michael Powell's 1960 British film "Peeping Tom".
 It was originally released on VHS in the United States on August 25, 1993 and on DVD by Image Entertainment in 1999.
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Steven E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart.
 It follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) as he takes on a group of highly organized criminals led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who perform a heist in a Los Angeles skyscraper under the guise of a terrorist attack using hostages, including McClane's wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), to keep the police at bay.
Lone Wolf McQuade is a 1983 action film, starring Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Leon Isaac Kennedy and Robert Beltran, and is directed by Steve Carver.
 The film score was written by Francesco De Masi and borrows heavily from Ennio Morricone's score for "Once Upon a Time in the West".
 The screenplay features a quiver of characters: the "lone wolf" Ranger Jim McQuade (Norris), the bad guy (Carradine) with the widow of his partner (Carrera) who falls for the hero at first sight, the retired buddy (Jones), the captain trying to rein in the hero (Armstrong), the federal agent (Kennedy) and the new young partner (Beltran) the hero does not want.
Last Man Standing is a 1996 American action thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill and starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Bruce Dern.
 It is a credited remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo".
Sunset is a 1988 American mystery action film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis as legendary Western actor Tom Mix, who teams up with legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, portrayed for the second time in a theatrical film by James Garner.
 Based on an unpublished novel by Rod Amateau, the plot has Mix and Earp team up to solve a murder in Hollywood in 1929.
Skyscraper is a 1996 direct-to-video movie starring Anna Nicole Smith.
 It was directed by Raymond Martino and written by William Applegate Jr. and John Larrabee.
 The movie's plot borrows heavily from the film "Die Hard" with Smith taking the lead role.

Question: Question: When was the direct-to-video movie that borrows heavily from a 1988 American action film starring Bruce Willis released? 

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 Mercury Rising is a 1998 American political action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin.
 Directed by Harold Becker, the movie is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel originally published as "Simple Simon".
 Willis plays Art Jeffries, an undercover FBI agent who protects a 9-year-old boy with autism who is targeted by government assassins after he cracks a top secret government code. 

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 Striking Distance is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis as Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Thomas Hardy.
 The film co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore.
 It was directed by Rowdy Herrington and written by Herrington and Marty Kaplan.
 The film was shot on location throughout Pittsburgh; its early title was "Three Rivers". 

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 The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 American action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, starring Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron and Danielle Harris.
 The film was released in the United States on December 13, 1991. 

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 Die Watching is a 1993 American direct-to-video erotic thriller film starring former teen idol Christopher Atkins as a psychotic pornographic film director named Michael Terrence, who moonlights as a voyeuristic murderer.
 The story borrows heavily from Michael Powell's 1960 British film "Peeping Tom".
 It was originally released on VHS in the United States on August 25, 1993 and on DVD by Image Entertainment in 1999. 

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 Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Steven E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart.
 It follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) as he takes on a group of highly organized criminals led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who perform a heist in a Los Angeles skyscraper under the guise of a terrorist attack using hostages, including McClane's wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), to keep the police at bay. 

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 Lone Wolf McQuade is a 1983 action film, starring Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Leon Isaac Kennedy and Robert Beltran, and is directed by Steve Carver.
 The film score was written by Francesco De Masi and borrows heavily from Ennio Morricone's score for "Once Upon a Time in the West".
 The screenplay features a quiver of characters: the "lone wolf" Ranger Jim McQuade (Norris), the bad guy (Carradine) with the widow of his partner (Carrera) who falls for the hero at first sight, the retired buddy (Jones), the captain trying to rein in the hero (Armstrong), the federal agent (Kennedy) and the new young partner (Beltran) the hero does not want. 

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 Last Man Standing is a 1996 American action thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill and starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Bruce Dern.
 It is a credited remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo". 

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 Skyscraper is a 1996 direct-to-video movie starring Anna Nicole Smith.
 It was directed by Raymond Martino and written by William Applegate Jr. and John Larrabee.
 The movie's plot borrows heavily from the film "Die Hard" with Smith taking the lead role. 

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Answer: 1996