1988 ["John McTiernan"]

Die Hard

Name: Die Hard
Genre: [, ", t, r, l
Released: 1988
Rating: 8.2

★ 8.2 IMDb

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 office's 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.

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Die Hard by Maurice Yacowar, Jump Cut

In conversation with other films

The work of an invisible body: the contribution of foley artists to on-screen effort by Lucy Fife Donaldson, Alphaville Dry Fires by Bart Versteirt, photogénie

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