“Die Hard” is a 1988 action thriller directed by John McTiernan, starring Bruce Willis as NYPD officer John McClane. The film is set on Christmas Eve, when McClane visits his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) at her company’s Christmas party in the Nakatomi Plaza skyscraper in Los Angeles. The party is disrupted by a group of terrorists led by Hans Gruber, played by Alan Rickman, who take the attendees hostage while planning a high-stakes heist. McClane, separated from the other hostages, begins a one-man mission to thwart the terrorists and save the hostages, including his wife. Known for its intense action sequences, sharp dialogue, and memorable villain, “Die Hard” became a defining film in the action genre and has since become a beloved classic, often debated as an unconventional Christmas movie.
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