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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Die Hard |
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Bruce Willis plays a cop who risks his life battling dangerous criminals. The movie is filled with lots of shoot-em-up scenes, though some of them may be too violent.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his wife for Christmas, when terrorists take over the building where her office party is being held. McClane is trapped inside the building but the terrorists don't know he is there and he must save his wife and the 40 other people being held hostage. But McClane is alone inside and his only friend is a cop named Al Powell who he communicates with via walkie-talkie.
Die Hard set a standard to which all subsequent action movies have aspired, but never achieved. It mixed exhilarating action sequences with nerve-wracking suspense and - unlike a lot of other action films - the characters had real feelings and there were some truly emotional scenes. It is without a doubt the greatest movie ever made.
--Josh Cluderay, Resident Scholar
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John McClane, a New York City Policeman, has traveled to Las Angeles to visit his family for Christmas. He arrives to surprise his wife at a Christmas party in her office building, Nakatomi industry building. However, when waiting for the party to end, an elite group of terrorist swiftly take control of the building and take hostage the entire population of the building, except for John. Now, armed with a pistol and his wits, John must thwart the terrorists plans and save the life of his wife and the remaining hostages. Plus, he must deal with the incohearant police force and FBI officers.
--Brian Sager, Resident Scholar
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Bruce Willis must stop terrorists from blowing up a building.
--steve, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Die Hard |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Part of a series?
- Die Hard
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- money/gems/treasure
The terrorist enemy is...
- terrorist group
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
- wealthy
- rude people
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- mental battles
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
Is this movie based on a
- book
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