Synopsis
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, 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.
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Cast
- Bruce WillisJohn McClane
- Alan RickmanHans Gruber
- Alexander GodunovKarl
- Bonnie BedeliaHolly Gennaro McClane
- Reginald VelJohnsonAl Powell
- Paul GleasonDwayne Robinson
- De'voreaux WhiteArgyle
- William AthertonRichard Thornburg
- Hart BochnerHarry Ellis
- James ShigetaJoseph Yoshinobu Takagi
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ReelViews
Not only is it a thrill-a-minute ride, but it has one of the best film villains in recent memory, a hero everyone can relate to, dialogue that crackles with wit, and a lot of very impressive pyrotechnics. - 88
USA Today
The result is a foot-stomping rouser. Where else can you get a cop in his underwear boogalooing with skyscraper terrorists? [15 July 1988, Life, p.4D] - 80
Washington Post
A firepowered, blood-drenched action picture that doesn't let up. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Slick, glossy, overblown, implausible. [15 July 1988, Daily Notebook, p.E1] - 75
Chicago Tribune
Has everything but a personality. [15 July 1988, Friday, p.A] - 70
The New York Times
Has to be the most excessive film around. It piles every known element of the action genre onto the flimsy story. [15 July 1988] - 60
TV Guide Magazine
A triumph of slick direction and lowbrow thrills, marred but not spoiled by a sour aftertaste. - 60
Los Angeles Times
As a grand flourish of cinematic technique, it is awesome; as a human drama, it is disgusting and silly, a mindless depiction of carnage on an epic scale. [15 July 1988, Calendar, p.6-1]
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