Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan. It stars Bruce Willis as New York City police officer John McClane, who finds himself trapped in a Los Angeles high-rise office building that terrorist Hans Gruber and his team have seized control of on Christmas Eve. McClane works to save the hostages, including his estranged wife Holly, and stop the terrorists from robbing the building's vault. The film was a major box office success and helped establish Bruce Willis as an action star.

1. ACTION FILM- DIE HARD
BY STEPHANIE BURDESS

2. THE MOST POPULAR ACTION FILMS
1. Die hard
2. Aliens
3. Terminator 2
4. Raiders of the lost ark
5. Seven samurai
6. Predator
7. The matrix
8. The dark knight
9. The terminator
10. Mad max fury road
According to the website of empire online they
have a list of the top 10 ever action films. These
range in different areas of action.
https://www.empireonline.com/movi
es/features/best-action-
movies/#r3z-addoor

3. DIE HARD
• Die hard was about a Christmas party being held in a hotel called ‘Nakatomi plaza
hotel’ on the 30th floor in the city of Los Angeles.
• Whilst the party is going on, there is a full building hostage which has been taken
place as a band of German terrorists arrive. This included employees and
attempts a huge robbery.
• The only one who eludes capture is New York City cop John McClane who
launches a one man war in attempt to stop the terrorists and save all the
hostages including his wife Holly.

4. PLOT
• On Christmas eve, NYPD detective john Mclaine arrives in los Angeles. He plans
on reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly. However, holly is at her work
Christmas party at the Nakatomi. John is driven to the Nakatomi by a airport
limousine driver. Whilst john is changing and freshening up the party is
interrupted by an arrival of German terrorists. The group hold hostages and holly
is one of them. John stays in the building and helps out the hostages by taking
them on to save lives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard#Plot

5. CAST
• Bruce Willis as john mcclane
• Alan rickman as hans gruber- german terrorist
• Bonnie bedelia as hollly gennaro- mcclane
• De’voreaux white as argyle- johns limousine driver.
• Reginald veljohnson as sgt. Al powell.
• Paul gleason as dwayne t. robinson- deputy chief of police
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard#Cast

6. WHO MADE DIE HARD
• Die hard is an American film which was made in 1988, written by Steven E. de
Souza and Jeb Stuart and directed by John McTiernan.
• Is is based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever written by Roderick Thorp in 1976,
and also the sequel of of 1966’s The Detectives which was later adapted into a
film in 1968.
• Die hard is an American film which was made in 1988, written by Steven E. de
Souza and Jeb Stuart and directed by John McTiernan.
• Is is based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever written by Roderick Thorp in 1976,
and also the sequel of of 1966’s The Detectives which was later adapted into a
film in 1968.

7. BRUCE WILLIS
• Bruce Willis before being in die hard was well known for being a comedic
television actor.
• His career began on the off-Broadway stage and then television in the 80s, mainly
in moonlighting known as David Addison.
• He first got recognized for his first big film called die hard where he appeared as
John McClane.
• This film turned Bruce into an action star which became a metonym for an action
film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Will

8. LOCATIONS OF DIE HARD
Die hard is setting in the Nakatomi Plaza hotel which is in Los Angeles, California.
This hotel is a real hotel also and is not just in the film. However they used the fox
plaza 2121 avenue pf the stars building which is a replica of this hotel. They also
used fox plaza for the interior of the film from floors 29-35. stage 15 of 20th century
fox studios in los Angeles were used also. For the airport scene, this was los Angeles
international airports.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/locations

9. BUDGET AND COSTING
The cost of die hard came to a grand total of 28 million U.S Dollars.
However they then grossed 140 U.S Dollars theatrically worldwide in
the box office of this movie, die hard.

10. BOX OFFICE
The box office of this film was in total $140.8 million. This was as die hard
released in 21 theatres on July 15th 1988 and was later on released in a wider
take across America and then the world totaling $140.8 million.
This film received mixed reviews from critics which may effect the income
from the box office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard#Box_offic

11. DATES
• Filming dates- 2nd November 1987- March 1988
• Release dates- (premiere) USA 12th July 1988
• USA 20th July 1988
• UK 3rd February 1989
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12. TARGET AUDIENCE OF DIE HARD
The target audience for die hard was originally meant to be for the
teens and early 20 years. However, it attracted many more people
than expected.

13. CRITICAL RECEPTION
On release, die hard drew ambivalent reviews from critics. British film critic mark
kermoe expressed admiration for the film, calling it an exciting setup of “cowboys
and indians in the towering inferno.”
On rotten tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 67 reviews
and an average rating of 8.4/10..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard#Critical_receptio