No matter how often you watch the cult film Die Hard you’ve already seen it: It’s definitely worth watching again. After all, it’s not for nothing that the film is the ultimate action classic and has become the blueprint for countless imitators. Today it’s back on TV.
That’s what Die Hard, the legendary action blockbuster starring Bruce Willis, is about
New York police officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) has actually only flown to Los Angeles to spend time with his family and reconcile with his wife Holly. But the meeting at their company’s Christmas party gets completely out of control when a nasty Group of German terrorists storms the skyscraper and takes the entire workforce hostage.
Fortunately, John was able to escape in the fray and is extremely tough. So he takes on the villains single-handedly and takes them out one by one. This way he gradually gets his hands on their weapons and can make life really difficult for them. At the same time he tries to make contact with the outside world.
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Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis in one of his best roles, is coming to TV.
No matter how many times you’ve seen Die Hard, you can always watch it again
The idea of a one-man army fighting against a whole troop of villains in a more or less confined space was popularized with films such as Die Hard perfected. Bruce Willis plays the reluctant hero with such laconic displeasure that it is still a joy to watch 36 years later.
The functional story offers plenty of suspense, John McClane suffers but still cracks one cool joke after another. There is really brutal action, lots of explosions and shooting. In addition, various running gags lighten the action pleasantly. Everything is just right here and that makes Die Hard the timeless classic that it is. Die Hard has inspired half of all the action films that came after it.
TV or stream: When and where is Die Hard shown?
This Saturday, August 17th, you can watch Die Hard at 20:15 on Vox As you can probably imagine given the broadcast time, this is the FSK 12 version of the film, shortened by 1:03 minutes (via Schnittberichte).
The unabridged Die Hard version is available in the stream. at Disney+where the film is part of the subscription flat rate. You can also rent or buy it from Magenta TV, Amazon, Maxdome, Apple TV and Google.
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