Review of Die Hard (1988) by Benaud — 09 Mar 2019
Not quite sure how this movie has any negative reviews, much less a significant number. To each their own I guess.
Quite probably my favourite action movie. It is a Christmas staple for me, along with 'Its a Wonderful Life' (a very different movie). Watch it every year and quite often follow it up with the still good but not sublime Die Hard 2, also a Christmas movie...
Movie is tight and tense. Characters' motivations are clear. The action is stellar. McClane is a fantastically flawed, sarcastic, caring, noble protagonist.
You can pretty much ignore everything after Die Hard 3, which was also okay, but ditched the Christmas-time setting.
This review of Die Hard (1988) was written by Benaud on 09 March 2019.
Die Hard has generally received very positive reviews.
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