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Die Hard [Blu-ray] [1988]

DVD ~ Bruce Willis
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Die Hard [Blu-ray] [1988] 3.8 out of 5 stars (5)
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  • Actors: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason, William Atherton, Hart Bochner
  • Directors: John McTiernan
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Nov 2007
  • Run Time: 126 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000WBZZ48
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,811 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.
One of the greatest action movies of the late 1980s, DIE HARD ushered in a new standard for the genre. With the dissolution of the Cold War, both the stereotypical Russian threat (represented in movies such as TOP GUN and RED DAWN) and the destructive egoist (as seen in OCTOPUSSY) became less fearful. With DIE HARD, director John McTiernan introduced Hollywood to a new type of villain: the terrorist entrepreneur. Alan Rickman stars as Hans Gruber, a relentless businessman whose lethal tactics achieve his goals. Unlike most '80s film villains who committed globally dangerous acts for liberty, genocide, or megalomania, DIE HARD's Gruber uses guns, explosives, and cunning to storm the Takagi Corporation's Christmas party and heist millions of dollars from the company. In addition, DIE HARD also saw the development of the clumsy or bad luck hero with John McClane (Bruce Willis), a man in the wrong place at the wrong time who chooses to intervene. Action fans would see this misfit hero archetype again in UNDER SIEGE (Steven Segal). Although DIE HARD contains many action movie cliches (one-liners, pyrotechnics), it also broke new ground in its genre.


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Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia Director: John McTiernan

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not A Bad Transfer, 20 Mar 2008
By DL Productions UK (Merseyside, UK) - See all my reviews
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Bruce Willis is John McLane - a cop from New York, home visiting his wife and kids in California. When a bunch of European terrorists take over the corporation his wife works for, John is forced to take control, and help the cops sort this out.

There's a lot that's been said about Die Hard, so I won't really go on about the movie, it's plot and the relationships therein, but more the HD transfer. Lets face it, if you're looking at this you know Die Hard, and want a better copy, as you're a fan. Well it's not a bad transfer, the colours are good, but not as exciting and vivid as The Pursuit Of Happyness: so far, the best BD transfer for me. The video is AVC, with an average of 20MB/s - which isn't bad. I would have expected a bit higher - as there's not much on the disk, 8 trailers for Die Hard and a couple for the other Fox films. There's also the newscasts, but they're in a pretty bad shape. I am surprised there's no featurette like on the DVD.

The audio is to die for though, DTS 5.1 - running at 1.5MB/s, not too bad at all. There's a few languages too, but no AD, which is a pity, as it's well worth the description.

The film itself is worth the £18, but the extras are thin on the ground, and the picture could have been better really, after all it's only 20 years ago since Die Hard was made.

4/5 for the film, 3/5 for the HD transfer and 1/5 for the extras.

Probably best to stick to the DVDs unless you're a real Blu-Ray die hard
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars brilliant movie bad blu-ray, 13 Jun 2009
By ocelot99 (Zurich, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
This is certainly one of the best action movies of all time. Unfortunately this blu-ray disc is not up to this standard. I've watched about 90 blu-rays so far and this may very well be the worst looking one.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the upgrade but could be better, 30 Oct 2008
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Die Hard is probably the greatest action film ever made and so much was riding on this transfer. Well, it's pretty good actually! I've seen reviews that rate it as 3/5 from critics (picture quality) but it's actually a bit better then that. The 3D feeling is in effect and the colours are nice too. The sound is DTS 5.1 and it sounds great through a sorround system. The picture could be better in close ups with hair and beards ect... the faces (pores)aren't as sharp as they should be. This isn't a demo disc but it's not as bad as reported. It is worth the upgrade from the DVD with a 3.5/5 transfer. Not bad for a film that's twenty years old.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Blu-ray improvement over the DVD
I was wondering how this would look after seeing some reviews. I was pleasantly surprised. There is some softness but I think it's just where the camera people missed the focus... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dr T

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good hi-def transfer
I bought the Blu Ray version of Die Hard after seeing the film many times on DVD. I wanted to see if hi-def could make one of the best actions films, even better! Read more
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