Die Hard

1988 132 min Action, Thriller

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office's Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

IMDb 8.2 RT 94 Metacritic 72

budget $28,000,000 earnings $140,767,956 return 5.0x

director John McTiernan

writers Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza

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