Die Hard was a brilliant concept for an action movie that's been much duplicated since: Die Hard on a bus (Speed); Die Hard in a hockey rink (Sudden Death); Die Hard on a battleship (Under Siege). But what a lot of the copycats forget is that it's not the claustrophobic location that made the original film so great, but the guy running around in it. John McClane was just an ordinary guy, but it was Bruce Willis' charm and smart-ass humor that energized the character. He didn't seem like your typ...
Die Hard was a brilliant concept for an action movie that's been much duplicated since: Die Hard on a bus (Speed); Die Hard in a hockey rink (Sudden Death); Die Hard on a battleship (Under Siege). But what a lot of the copycats forget is that it's not the claustrophobic location that made the original film so great, but the guy running around in it. John McClane was just an ordinary guy, but it was Bruce Willis' charm and smart-ass humor that energized the character. He didn't seem like your typ...
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