Die Hard 2

I thought that I had seen some of this one before but it is so hard to tell when all you see is a few minutes of Bruce Willis running around shooting at people and swearing at Christmas.

Was this as good as the first one? No. I am a huge fan of Alan Rickman and just feel that he edged it as the villain over William Saddler. I can't talk about the budget of these films or the special effects because they were minimal. Die Hard really is one of those action films that does everything convincingly. In the fights nothing was overdone, I wasn't watching it whilst rolling my eyes and mentioning how this scene was so obviously done by the stunt double or was sped up etc I was just watching it and appreciating how easy it is to make a good film by just sticking to the simple things and trying to make things realistic instead of getting carried away by what we can do with technology.

I have another 3 Die Hard films to go so alongside the Mission Impossible films they should make for good watching and serve as a good comparison against each other.

Die Hard is a typical action film with the same kind of feel as The Fast And The Furious. Each film has a similar plot and is set around Christmas. Once you know that you know what to expect from each film and it helps to not raise the bar too high. Take it for what it is- A cop film about one man practically saving the day.