Die Hard

The 1988 was the movie that definitely put Bruce Willis on the radar for me, as this movie turned out to be such a blast of an action movie back in 1988. In fact, it is a movie that still holds up in 2020; where I just revisited it yet again.

"Die Hard" is very much a late 1980s action movie with everything that term carries. And "Die Hard" placed Bruce Willis right up there alongside the likes of Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Seagal and Van Damme back in the late 1980s.

The storyline told in "Die Hard" is an enjoyable and entertaining storyline, one that actually has enough contents and material to it to support several viewings over the years. And while one does know the story after having seen the movie, there is just something solid about it to make it possible to watch it again and again.

Now, they cast some nice performers for "Die Hard". Needless to mention Bruce Willis in this movie, but Alan Rickman in the role of Hans Gruber was just so well-cast because he performed so well and that role was just tailored for him and his charismatic presence. I remember being rather impressed with seeing Reginald VelJohnson (playing Al Powell) in this movie back in 1988, as I had only seen him on that TV series "Family Matters".

Some people claim that "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie. I beg to differ. Just because the story was set to take place during the Christmas holidays doesn't make it a Christmas movie, nor does "Die Hard" have the contents to be a Christmas movie in any way. So nay, I am not one of those claiming that "Die Hard" is a Christmas classic.

If you haven't already seen "Die Hard", then there is something wrong, because this is one of the defining action movies of the late 1980s. So if you haven't already seen this classic action movie, then you should most definitely take the time to do so.

My rating of "Die Hard" settles on a well-deserved 8 out of 10 stars.