 | Genre: Action |
Bruce Willis is a fantastic action actor, and leads us through the film with his shooting and scheming as the smart and scrappy cop John McClane. He stays a step ahead of the criminals and unafraid to blow up a lift shaft and throw a dead criminal out of a window, but we also see some of his home life. He loves his wife but has been having some trouble with her career, he loves his kids, and he is truly upset by every innocent death. Willis gives us violence and the deadpan "yippee ki-yay, motherfucker" but also gives us subtle facial expressions.
The late, great acting sensation Alan Rickman graces the screen with him as the completely evil villain, Hans Gruber. He brings his well crafted lack of emotion and creates an ice cold portrayal of villainy for a character who kills without thought and fakes a massive terrorist hostage situation to steal six million dollars. His sheer talent is clear in every film he's in, but this was his most well known role before, and possibly the reason he was chosen for, Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.
The 18 rating comes mostly from the swearing and shooting, though there are some moments of gore. As the action ramps up, McClane shoots one of the criminals legs out from under him, his knees turned into basic gunshot wounds in a painful looking moment. There's something about joints that makes even bad guy film injuries give you that ouch flinch.
There's also an intense moment where, after Gruber meets the barefoot McClane and so shoots out the windows surrounding the hidden cop, Willis stumbles into a bathroom with a trail of bloody footprint behind him. It only gets worse as we actually see his foot onscreen as he pulls glass from his skin. You'll know when to look away if you're squeamish and it doesn't cut back to his foot, although his bloody bandaged feet are present from then on.
Merry Christmas and Bah Humbug; however you feel, it's Christmas in the Nagatomi building and it's nearly Christmas in real life. Time to watch Die Hard, especially if you're like I was and had never seen this utter phenomenon of a film before.
The late, great acting sensation Alan Rickman graces the screen with him as the completely evil villain, Hans Gruber. He brings his well crafted lack of emotion and creates an ice cold portrayal of villainy for a character who kills without thought and fakes a massive terrorist hostage situation to steal six million dollars. His sheer talent is clear in every film he's in, but this was his most well known role before, and possibly the reason he was chosen for, Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.
The 18 rating comes mostly from the swearing and shooting, though there are some moments of gore. As the action ramps up, McClane shoots one of the criminals legs out from under him, his knees turned into basic gunshot wounds in a painful looking moment. There's something about joints that makes even bad guy film injuries give you that ouch flinch.
There's also an intense moment where, after Gruber meets the barefoot McClane and so shoots out the windows surrounding the hidden cop, Willis stumbles into a bathroom with a trail of bloody footprint behind him. It only gets worse as we actually see his foot onscreen as he pulls glass from his skin. You'll know when to look away if you're squeamish and it doesn't cut back to his foot, although his bloody bandaged feet are present from then on.
Merry Christmas and Bah Humbug; however you feel, it's Christmas in the Nagatomi building and it's nearly Christmas in real life. Time to watch Die Hard, especially if you're like I was and had never seen this utter phenomenon of a film before.
