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Rating: 8.5 stars

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All movies seen on 12/17/2024

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Die Hard (1988)

Directed by John McTiernan

Action | Thriller | Holiday

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, VicnaLobster, CaptainBigTime, sensoria, zombiefreak, scottfinn, themarc, schofizzy, squeegull, eduardovictory

Overview

NYPD cop John McClane’s plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

Rated R | Length 132 minutes

Actors

Bruce Willis | Alan Rickman | Alexander Godunov | Bonnie Bedelia | Reginald VelJohnson | Paul Gleason | De'voreaux White | William Atherton | Hart Bochner | James Shigeta | Bruno Doyon | Andreas Wisniewski | Clarence Gilyard Jr. | Joey Plewa | Lorenzo Caccialanza | Dennis Hayden | Al Leong | Gary Roberts | Hans Buhringer | Wilhelm von Homburg | Robert Davi | Grand L. Bush | Bill Marcus | Rick Ducommun | Matt Landers | Carmine Zozzora | Dustyn Taylor | George Christy | Anthony Peck | Cheryl Baker | Richard Parker | David Ursin | Mary Ellen Trainor | Harri James | Shelley Pogoda | Selma Archerd | Scot Bennett | Rebecca Broussard | Kate Finlayson | Shanna Higgins | Kym Malin | Taylor Fry | Noah Land | Betty Carvalho | Kip Waldo | Mark Goldstein | Tracy Reiner | Rick Cicetti | Fred Lerner | Bill Margolin | Bob Jennings | Bruce P. Schultz | David Katz | Robert Lesser | Stella Hall | Terri Lynn Doss | Jon E. Greene | P. Randall Bowers | Michele Laybourn | Charlie Picerni | Conrad Hurtt | Terry Ray | Eric Kay | Gérard Bonn

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Seated at the Longmont Theatre Company and Performing Arts Center with a bunch of locals. Yippee ki yay MFer!

Super fun watching this with a big crowd, apparently the largest on record for this movie that they (the Trojan Movie House) have been showing every year since… 2018 —hahaha — I honestly thought the woman was gonna say “since 1997” or something, not a few years ago.

Also amusing bc they stopped showing films for two years bc of the pandemic so maybe 4 years they’ve screened this movie? But it was a large crowd and it was fun bc they cheered when dudes were shot multiple times and the police save the day. So weird but yeah it’s an entertaining movie with some great Bruce Willis lines. But the copaganda is strong with this one.

First time seeing it on the sorta big screen. Surprised this isn’t in every AMC theater rn. Like I should just be able to go to the movies and watch this. Every Christmas. Lastly, I really don’t understand how anyone could not consider this a Christmas movie; it factors into the story a few times besides being the setting. Like just the “Ho Ho Ho” written on the dead bad guy is enough but there’s more.

Unless you’re a person that thinks the movie must be about Christmas and that’s just dumb.

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