Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Mary Ellen Trainor, Bruce Willis, Andreas Wisniewski, Bob Jennings, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Charlie Picerni, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleason, De'voreaux White, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Bruno Doyon, Joey Plewa, Lorenzo Caccialanza, Gerard Bonn, Dennis Hayden, Al Leong, Gary Roberts, Hans Buhringer, Wilhelm von Homburg, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush, Tracy Reiner, Taylor Fry, Noah Land, Bill Marcus, Rick Ducommun, Matt Landers, Carmine Zozzora, George Christy, Anthony Peck, David Ursin, Selma Archerd, Rebecca Broussard, Kym Malin, Betty Carvalho, Kip Waldo, Rick Cicetti, David Katz, Robert Lesser, Stella Hall, Terri Lynn Doss, Mark Winn
Trailer
Reviews
100
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
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]
