Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- s.w.a.t.
- fbi
- christmas party
- vault
- heist
- murder
- shootout
- los angeles
- california
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Bruce Willis
John McClane
Alan Rickman
Hans Gruber
Alexander Godunov
Karl
Bonnie Bedelia
Holly Gennaro McClane
- Reginald VelJohnson — Al Powell
- Paul Gleason — Dwayne Robinson
- De'voreaux White — Argyle
- William Atherton — Richard Thornburg
- Hart Bochner — Harry Ellis
- James Shigeta — Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
- Bruno Doyon — Franco
- Andreas Wisniewski — Tony
- Clarence Gilyard Jr. — Theo
- Joey Plewa — Alexander
- Lorenzo Caccialanza — Marco
- Directed
- John McTiernan
- Written
- Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 12,596 ratings
- Studio
- Gordon Company, Silver Pictures, 20th Century Fox
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1988 · You’re hereDie Hard
Where it starts.
Die Hard 2
1990
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
A Good Day to Die Hard
2013
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
