Parents Guide for
Die Hard (1988) More at IMDbPro »

Two people are having sex but are interrupted by terrorists. The woman is nearly topless and we can see her bare breasts clearly for a few seconds.

The hero frequently sees a poster of a fully nude woman (her breasts and pubic hair are clearly visible), though we still only see it for a few seconds. This happens about three times in the movie. The poster is not in focus but we can easily make it out (overall explicit but brief). He briefly comments on it.

A man expresses his desire to have sex with a woman, but she declines

Much of the language is used sexually/biologically

More than a dozen people are shot with brief bloody bullet holes and blood spray shown. Usually these shots are to the chest or head.

Men are shot in the head at close range on two different occasions. The first time, we see a large blood splatter on a window. The second time, we only hear the shot; we later see an out-of-focus view of the man's head - blood is dripping out of it onto the chair.

A man has his neck broken. A man is hung from a chain.

There is a fight scene between Karl and McClane which is quite intense with kicks to the head etc.

McClane gets beat up and wounded. He walks on broken glass with bare feet. By the end he is very bloody.

About 60 uses of "f**k" and 20 of "s**t."There are a couple uses of "jerk-off."

Many more minor swear words like "damn," "hell," bastard," "a**," and "b**ch."

Many religious exclamations - "Jesus," "Christ," and "God."

People drink alcohol at a party, and there are one or two who are clearly drunk.

Several characters smoke cigarettes.

Ellis snorts cocaine twice.

SPOILER ** Joseph Takagi, the owner of the company, is executed graphically, and this may upset some viewers.

A police officer entering his car after being fooled that is in order at the office building is shocked when a dead body is suddenly lands on his car with a crash and is shot at by a desperate John McClane as the panicked cop backs up over an embankment while calling for assistance. However, this is purely a last resort measure by McClane to convince the police of the real situation at the building

Suggested MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some nudity and brief drug use.