“McClane’s not Rambo. When the bullets start firing, the first thing he does is grab his gun, but the second is to look to the exit…He spends many of the early scenes swearing and talking to himself in a panic…Twenty-five years later, with McClane enshrined in rap lyrics and video games, the Die Hard series has left McClane’s vulnerability behind on the Gruber-stained sidewalk outside Nakatomi Plaza.”
In The Village Voice, longtime film writer and action aficionado Vern examines the evolution of Bruce Willis from Moonlighting to “action hero.” “It’s easy to forget that Bruce was an odd choice for movies like this.”
damn 25 years… it does not feel like it….remember clearly seeing it at the Moviehouse in Millerton NY
time flies and then you are dead