Collection
Die Hard
Nakatomi Plaza and the diminishing returns.
Which order? The first is the one; the third is the other one.
The films, in release order
- 1
Die Hard 1988John McTiernan’s action thriller earns its excitement through clear staging, Bruce Willis’s vulnerability and Alan Rickman’s composure. The foolish police business is a drag, but the central contest remains tense, funny and worth an evening.Fi1m 89 - 2
Die Hard 2 1990Renny Harlin swaps the tower block for an airport and the battle of wits for a blizzard of explosions. It is fast, well built and good fun, and it never finds a villain worth Bruce Willis’s trouble.Fi1m 70 - 3
Die Hard: With a Vengeance 1995*Die Hard: With a Vengeance* works because Willis and Jackson make the friction as entertaining as the danger. The plotting grows untidy and the last act tires, but the partnership earns this sprawling action thriller our recommendation.Fi1m 78 - 4
Live Free or Die Hard 2007John McClane returns after twelve years, older and quieter, to save the whole eastern seaboard rather than one building. Len Wiseman stages two or three set pieces with real skill and Willis is still good company, but the scale swallows the man.Fi1m 65 - 5
A Good Day to Die Hard 2013The fifth *Die Hard* sends John McClane to Moscow, gives him a son to argue with and a great many cars to destroy, and forgets to give either of them a reason to be there. Loud, shapeless and poor, and most critics were right about it.Fi1m 32
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