1988
Rated R
Running Time: 2 hrs 11 min
Directed by John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia
Hans Gruber: “This time John Wayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly.”
John McClane: “That was Gary Cooper, a**hole.”
NYPD cop John McClane (Willis) goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly (Bedelia) in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of bank robbers led by Hans Gruber (Rickman) take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.