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Amazing ..👍

Arguably one of the best movies ever made period, not just action

Rickman=English Clint Eastwood. Rest in peace.

And, "The Rock". Thanks again. Murph

I love your work. Please review "The Magnificent Seven". My favorite western of all times. Also "Big Jake". Thanks.

Drinker, you rakish lothario of the silver screen! You’re an inspiring presence on the internet and as such have lead me into a debauched life pursuing writing. Damn you! Damn you all to hell!

As a 30 year old, all the 80's and 90's movies I grew up with, even the mediocre Arnie ones like True Lies and the generic forgettable ones are all miles better than the crap we are spoonfed these days. Rest in peace, Alan Rickman! I always watch this movie on Christmas Eve as a tribute, and what an amazing movie it is!

Bruce Willis is not slightly out of shape,thats how a natural body looks,especially at that age,and he still looks ripped.

Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Predator makes a great thanksgiving movie tradition as well.

Everytime I watch your recommendations, I have to immediately watch the movie afterwards. I love being reminded of the great classics.

Paul Blart in Mall Hard.

Superb action thriller, but it’s not a Xmas film, and never will be 😜

Truly one of the finest films ever to hit celluloid. A classic if there ever was one.

Apparently back then cops were allowed to carry around their service weapon... Of course now cops can't even carry mace lest someone accuse them of being "systemically racist", of course, AFTER the criminal has shot at aforementioned cop with a fucking stinger missile...

You know, after the memories this review stoked up, you really have to ask the question: what the hell HAS happened to Hollywood? Where did it all go wrong? Why does almost every action movie feel wooden and lifeless these days? Why can't they write good, memorable characters anymore? Mostly, I've forgotten the movie the moment the credits roll now. Not to sound like a grumpy old man, but really...

Best Christmas movie ever.

I think the only slightly uneccesary element is the return of Karl after being hung. He comes back just in time to be shot by Al. A minor issue in an amazing film. It becomes even more minor in comparison to today's bullshit ridden offerings.

Astute analysis of my favourite movie! Thank you, Drinker, thank you.

DIE HARD is the Best Christmas movie ever. CASE CLOSED.

Don’t fuck with Air Force one that movie was dope

You’re carrying because this is America

I missed this one, but funny thing is I did ended up rewatching Die Hard during the lockdown infested Christmas Eve. The movie did made my Christmas Eve feel christmas-y. Oh and, Alan Rickman is definitely one of the best action movie villain ever!

RIP Grand pa

Couldn't agree more

"Gruber gets bored & DROPS out of the movie" Critical Drinker you slick bastard! I saw what you did there.

BEST. CHRISTMAS. MOVIE. EVER!

Absolutely one of the greatest action movies ever made. For me, not quite perfect though. The wayyy over-the-top and cartoonish cops and FBI guys always have me rolling my eyes a bit to this day. It's such a huge shift in tone from the harsh believability of the rest of the film that it always takes me out of the illusion for a minute. Surely a relatively minor complaint considering how great the rest of the movie is, but it still bugs me a bit and keeps it from getting a full 10 from me. Still a 9 though \m/

“Hans Gruber gets bored and drops out” 😂😂😂

Until gruber gets bored and decided to drop out. Lmao 🤣 Die hard is absolutely one of the best movies ever made

Allot of Police Departments require Police to carry off duty

The Drinker should do Moonlighting. Bruce was never better in my opinion than during his Moonlighting period. He was witty, he was smart and John McClane is basically David Adison with a gun. He also improvised a lot of lines like he did on Moonlighting.

John Mctiernan probably had Holly use her maiden name so Hans wouldn't find out her and Ole Blue Eyes were married

My favorite part will always be the henchman exchanging money in the background like they had a bet on if Holly’s boss would crack or if they’d kill him

Always like to think that Karl is the same character from Money Pit who turned to crime after a nervous breakdown from the pressures of symphony

the most hilarious thing is that in one of my country's TV channels they actually shown die hard 1-2 and 3 during the 24-25 and 26 and called it "Die Hard Christmas"

Tho 3 was pretty good the rest of the 12 sequels are just terrible?!

Ah the movie who taught me that marlboro was cool

sweet movie, hippy kia

I love the 80s movies too. All novelties are shit

Rickman, Paul Gleason, James Shigeta, and Goddunov are all dead; with the exception of Shigeta, all before their time.

Right now feeling like we are living this movie. Trump is Mcclean and most of the Democrats are Gruber and his henchman. Most Americans and viewing audience are like the cops and tv viewers only knowing close to nothing but seeing the crazy s***storm of explosions.

this and the second one - two of my favourites

I once caught a Pidgey in Pokemon Platinum and named him "HansGruber."

I watched this on Christmas day alone with no recommendation.

Brilliant!!! Spot on and as entertaining as THE MOVIE itself!! THANK YOU

The craziest part...Bruce Willis was NOT an action star at the time!!! He was a fucking comedian, and literally the LAST guy on the list!(and got laughed at for taking this role).... Perhaps that's what made it so good....just throwing someone weird into an action movie, made it very Real and good.

If it was 2020, the building would be owned by the CCP.

He's American... That's why he carries his gun everywhere. 🇺🇸

Dude, stop thinking everything I think! Well done sir

One of the things I noticed in the movie, was how you believed why Holly and John McClane would have gotten married in the first place in scenes where they weren't together. You could tell that they both saw how the other was intelligent.

I watch the movie only to see sheriff of Nottingham, Colonel Brandon, and professor Snape perform.

Why did they keep so much money in a vault? What happened to banks.

No two ways about it, Die Hard along with Predator, Ghostbusters and a couple others, are the quintessential 80's action movies which despite their flaws (already covered on channels like Cinema Sins or How It Should Have Ended) are classics in their own right that have outshone all the sequels and rehashed rip-offs from the 90's and one remake from 2016 which will remain nameless. I've watched each of those movies a half dozen times already and even memorized the whole script at one point. Thanks to ITput, I can watch clips of my favorite parts on demand.

Rybecks' ON that TRAIN!!!?

Brother, Love your stuff, but if your a cop, you take your gun. AT least in the US you do.

Just for clarity, it’s not an elevator shaft. It’s the buildings air conditioning system.

Absolutely agree with everything you said! The era this movie was made in wasn't weighed down by agendas and political dogma like so many movies today! An era where writers wrote to entertain not push current events further down the collective throat! I fully believe current movie writers could achieve the same, if they wrote the film themselves and didn't cave to the loudest voice in the room!

I felt like I was the only person who remembered Bruce Willis from Moonlighting.

I don't know why but every time that guy says "Hans booby. I'm your white knight" shit makes me laugh so hard

One of the best movies EVER.

I looked up the writers for this movie and they've done some howlers. This would have to be their best film.

Been in the Falklands a while catching up on the vids, for me it's the pure profanity he shouts at Karl while he's putting the beat down, like a real man would, which compounds how good this film is.

Just watched it again a couple of weeks ago. It's a masterpiece. There were so many times where I was laughing almost hysterically, especially the whole 'throw the C4 down the shaft' extended scene. "They're using artillery on us!" lol. Or the lunatic from the FBI: "Just like fucking Saigon!"

Hans Gruber is a fantastic villain but he ain't no Jeremy irons as Simon Gruber

I wouldn't say John McClane is slightly out of shape, its actually quite fit. He's just no jacked like a freak

We're gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess.

2:09! Fuck yeah!

Die Hard is great. It’s just not a Christmas movie.

Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are my favorite Christmas Movies!

Could you imagine the head of the Met Police doing this in the U.K. When one of her deputies locked himself in his car than do his job.

Man I hated this film, because my father watched it every time he got his hands on TV and he stored it in 120 different qualities and languages 🤣😛 But your narration of it made me understand now, why so much appreciation, thanks!

Has anybody ever noticed that the first Lethal Weapon movie also took place in the Christmas season, but nobody seems to mention it? If Die Hard can be number 1, Lethal Weapon should at least be a contender.

Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are my go to holiday movies.

Agree completely

When you see what pile of maneuver is bruce willis, die hard franchise or any movie he's in lately.

1:53 oh come speed was a good one and most other were good enough movies

Merry Fucking Christmas, great fucking review, cheers

Asian Dawn..? - covers phone - I read about them in Time magazine

'Now I haff a machine gun....ho ho ho'

I don't think that Ellis was trying to " sell out" Mclane. I think he was trying to be the business suit hero, cranking out a deal that was ( at least by appearances) beneficial to all those involved. He was arrogant and utterly misread both Gruber and the situation, but I think he was at least trying to keep everyone alive.

hell yeah... Did you mention that Die Hard has a near perfect and almost iconic score? It really makes the action and suspense scenes much more captivating. Another thing I come across during descriptions by of McClane is that of a "cowboy cop" but in the first movie he is the exact opposite... he is remarkably competent, values human lives, is committed to his duty as a cop and tried HARD to inform the National Guard using their emergency channel and also the police patrolman whom both didnt believe his reports that the building has been taken by armed men. And even when law enforcement gathered outside the building he carried on CAREFULLY conducting recoinassance and trying to relay information and was only forced to engage the bad guys when it was to prevent the SWAT team from entering the building and walking into an ambush OR when he realised that Gruber would blow up the roofand kill all the hostages and cover his escape OR he is discovered or cornered by bad guys.. there was carefully thought out logical expalantions for his actions except when he would be ambushed or caught off guard. The one liners and cocky attitude were fun and probably a defence mechanism or something. I also can't stop gushing about THE FIRST Die Hard movie and just how amazing it is.. and yeah it is definetely counts as a CHRISTMAS MOVIE in my book.

They screened this at the cinema last week. Best movie ive seen at the cinema in years.

Also: Toy Soldiers (1991) - Die Hard at a school Passenger 57 (1992) - Die Hard on a plane High Risk (1995) - Die Hard in Hong Kong No Contest (1995) - Die Hard at a beauty contest Con Air (1997) - Die Hard on a plane again 3 Ninjas (1998) - Die Hard at a theme park White House Down (2013) - Die Hard in DC Olympus Has Fallen (2013) - Another Die Hard in DC

Great movie, God Bless.

As this is the "is it a Xmas movie or not" film (obvs is) I'll suggest another... Filth (2013) if you haven't watched it yet Mr Drinker, I think you should before the end of the holidays... and would defo love to see your view on it. I love it, even though it got such mixed reviews when it came out; I, like you, make my own opinions on films..

"you don't have to carry everywhere you go" beg to digress

About the copycats, you forgot "Ice hockey arena"

The only problem I have with Die Hard is, McClane would have hid the detanotors as soon as he knew Hans wanted them. There was no reason to carry them on his person, after knowing Hans wanted them. Other than that excellent movie.

Snape, high af using guns and shit. Unrelated topic: Favorite Christmas film; Nightmare Before Christmas .

All valid points but come on, it's easy to pick apart this film. The sappy and emotional radio chats with his cop buddy while he's in a battle for his life don't really work. The complete incompetence of the police, especially at the start when they don't even take the terrorist threat seriously, is a little contrived and hard to believe. And the dumbest part of all is how the blonde bad guy at the end somehow comes back to life after being hanged, only to immediately get killed off for good. Talk about pointless. It was a solidly entertaining movie don't get me wrong, but certainly shows its age at times with lame scenes like this.

it is and always will be my 24.12. christmas tradition!!!

Did Family Guy ever do Peter in Die Hard?

“Like the planks of wood we get for protagonists these days” - I agree completely but with one exception - Rey Skywalker - her character was so well written, believable and amazing

9:35 Man, I hate this scene it's just so random and dumb. The rest of the movie is awesome though.

Drinker i really hope Total Recall 1990 is on your list for 2021.

You should review The Rock. It's Michael Bay's best movie.

Beverly Hills Cop was made before Die Hard and also had the suave/upper class criminal against the rough-around-the-edges cop from the inner city. I wouldn’t say Die Hard broke new ground in that aspect. But it is still very good. Although between the two I like Beverly Hills cop better (too bad it isn’t a Christmas movie, but I watched it for Christmas anyways along with Die Hard).

Drinker. Have you seen the movie True Lies??? I honestly cant choose between Die Hard and True Lies as my all time favorite action movie! Please review it if you haven't already!

There's no fireplace screen. And there's a highly volatile pine tree far too close to the hearth. What could possibly go wrong?