Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 1M votes

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Metacritic72%

TMDb7.811/10· 12K votes

With 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Die Hard

High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.

Cast of Die Hard

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  Bruce Willis

  as John McClane

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  Alan Rickman

  as Hans Gruber

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  Alexander Godunov

  as Karl

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  Bonnie Bedelia

  as Holly Gennaro McClane

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  Reginald VelJohnson

  as Al Powell

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  Paul Gleason

  as Dwayne Robinson

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  De'voreaux White

  as Argyle

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  William Atherton

  as Richard Thornburg

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  Hart Bochner

  as Harry Ellis

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  James Shigeta

  as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

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  Bruno Doyon

  as Franco

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  Andreas Wisniewski

  as Tony

Die Hard facts

Budget

$28M

Box office

$140.8M

Collection

Die Hard Collection

Our take on Die Hard

John McTiernan's 1988 action thriller confines its mayhem to a single Los Angeles high-rise, where a team of terrorists seizes the building, takes hostages and declares war. Their plan hinges on one overlooked problem: an off-duty cop trapped somewhere inside, alone, exhausted and improvising against overwhelming odds. Tight, tense and grounded, it made the contained-siege thriller a template, favoring cat-and-mouse tactics, wisecracks under pressure and a fallible, blue-collar hero over invincible heroics. The stakes stay personal even as the violence escalates. It suits viewers who want lean, propulsive action with a strong sense of place, sharp tension and a protagonist who bleeds, doubts and keeps going anyway.