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100
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
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.
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100
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Mr. Showbiz
This brash, clever picture caught the attention of audiences after years of moribund product from the likes of Schwarzenegger and Stallone.
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88
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USA Today Mike Clark
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]
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80
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
A firepowered, blood-drenched action picture that doesn't let up.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Slick, glossy, overblown, implausible. [15 July 1988, Daily Notebook, p.E1]
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75
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Chicago Tribune Dave Kehr
Has everything but a personality. [15 July 1988, Friday, p.A]
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70
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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]
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70
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Washington Post
A logistical wonder, a marvel of engineering, and relentlessly, mercilessly thrilling.
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60
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
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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50
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
On a technical level, there's a lot to be said for Die Hard. It's when we get to some of the unnecessary adornments of the script that the movie shoots itself in the foot.
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