Die Hard - The Ultimate Collection

Die Hard - The Ultimate Collection

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Movie Review: Willis' crowning achievement!
Summary: 5 Stars

DIE HARD (1988): This is likely to be considered the best of the Die Hard movies in this series. Although that may be difficult for me to agree, I do have to say that it was a groundbreaking and terrifying but fun ride. In this one, John McClane, a tired out NYPD officer takes a vacation to Los Angeles to visit his estranged wife who he hadn't spoken to in a long time. However, the dream turns into a cesspool of a nightmare when the building that Mrs. McClane is in, is taken over by a band of vicious terrorists lead by renegade Hans Gruber. John McClane, now leads a one-man army (That's himself) in a fight against the terrorists and to rescue the hostages in the building. Bruce Willis is awesome playing the disgruntled terrorist-fighter John McClane but Alan Rickman steals the spotlight as the vicious terrorist leader Hans Gruber, whose cunning personality is quiet yet very threatening as to warrant attention. This movie was a well-deserved smash hit and is an action classic that was many years ahead of it's time. The explosions, fight scenes while a bit much at times, were totally awesome. This set the scale for the next two to follow. There is also a lot of really cool stuff like commentary from the director John McTierman along with commentary from the actors. Along the commentary are deleted scenes, behind the scenes and outtakes from the movie's making along with talk behind the making of the movie. Really cool stuff!

DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER (1990): A small number of fans seemed to have considered this a disappointing follow-up to the first one and said it didn't live to that one. To those, I say baloney! "Die Harder" is just as good as the original and has an even darker, colder tone than the first one. This time, John McClane's second deadly adventure takes place at Dulles International Airport after it is taken over by a vicious band of rogue terrorists and they threaten to crash a jetliner if a dangerous political prisoner isn't released on the deadline that they've set. Even worse, planes that are stranded in mid-air and not allowed to land are beginning to run low on fuel and one of the planes' passengers is none other than our beloved Mrs. McClane. Now the heat is on to flush out these mean nasty militia terrorists and to save the fleet from meeting their fiery doom on the runway in a nasty snowstorm. I disagree with those who said that this was weaker than the first Die Hard Movie. This is just as good, if not better. Dennis Franz is awesome as the foul-tempered police sergeant who's in charge of the police activity going on at the airport. This, like the 1988 original, contains commentary from the director Renny Harlin along with behind the scenes and deleted scenes.

DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE (1995): The third and final installment in the awesome movie series is lighter in tone than the first two. This time, John McClane returns home to his city of New York City where his job as a police officer is stationed at. After the downfall and demise of the infamous Hans Gruber, the population of New York is held hostage by none other than Simon Gruber, the brother of Hans Gruber and threatens to released an extremely toxic chemical into the atmosphere and kills thousands of innocent lives. This time, McClane teams up with another undercover police officer (Played by Samuel L. Jackson), whom he has clashed numerous times with to bring down Simon Gruber and his cronies. In light of recent world events, this movie is even more chilling to watch but still an excellent third and final installment in this awesome movie series. In a lot of ways, this not only returns to the fun of the first but also breaks the mold by removing the friendliness of Officer Al Powell, and replacing him with the unpleasant comrade Zeus Carver. Really fun stuff watching them clash.

This movie trilogy truly is an excellent purchase for action movie fans. The movies are improved by their vastly superior picture quality on the DVDs and by the extras contained in the individual DVDs. The silver box is really nice too. To me, this is one of the few movie series that stayed on high ground without going downhill retaining the fun yet breaking new ground with each movie. Get this movie collection today, get out the soda and popcorn, and have a swell time. Enough said.