Posts
Released in 1988 and running 131 minutes this is the first of 4 movies starring Bruce Willis (in his finest role)as Officer John McClane,everyman who has all kind of problems including ones he makes for himself.Not a hero type at all.But what he is,is unlike most, as he's just a overgrown boy scout who only knows right and has smarts that border on dumb. However that is what makes him a hero,truth and righteous dedication.
In this first installment he is separated from his wife who has taken his daughter and moved to LA from NYC.It's christmas and John is flying out to visit for the holidays.There is a party at the office where his wife works and he attends but goes to the bathroom to change.At that moment Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber leeds a group of terrorist types and take over the building.The rest of the movie is lone John trying to stop this all alone in the building as the police and FBI outside argue over jurisdiction.There are many good performances including various bad guys played by Alexander Godunov and Huey Lewis lookalike Dennis Hayden and Clarence Gilyard Jr.FBI stooges played by Robert Davi and Grand L. Bush.The one LA cop who gets whats going on is Reginald VelJohnson as Sgt. Al Powell.A must see for all action film fans and gave us Johns memorable line,Yippie-ki-yay, m*therf*cker.Trailer URL follows pix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxBXm7ZUTM
In this first installment he is separated from his wife who has taken his daughter and moved to LA from NYC.It's christmas and John is flying out to visit for the holidays.There is a party at the office where his wife works and he attends but goes to the bathroom to change.At that moment Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber leeds a group of terrorist types and take over the building.The rest of the movie is lone John trying to stop this all alone in the building as the police and FBI outside argue over jurisdiction.There are many good performances including various bad guys played by Alexander Godunov and Huey Lewis lookalike Dennis Hayden and Clarence Gilyard Jr.FBI stooges played by Robert Davi and Grand L. Bush.The one LA cop who gets whats going on is Reginald VelJohnson as Sgt. Al Powell.A must see for all action film fans and gave us Johns memorable line,Yippie-ki-yay, m*therf*cker.Trailer URL follows pix.
No comments:
Post a Comment