John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly Gennaro and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Director: John McTiernan
Writers: Roderick Thorp (novel), Jeb Stuart (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of bank robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.Movie Reviews
Yippee-ki-yay
Bruce Willis gives a
amazing performance in perhaps one of the best movies of the 1980s. This
is an action/adventure movie for the ages. There are a lot of great
scenes, including the scene where Bruce Willis leaps off the rooftop and
crashes trough the window. I never thought it would be so good when I
first saw it, but I was wrong. Don't miss one of Willis' best films of
all time.
