Movie Summary
Premise
- After a terrorist group seizes a Los Angeles skyscraper and several hostages, a vacationing NYPD cop offers their only real opposition.
Story
Quotes
- “Put down the gun, and give me my detonators.”
—Hans Gruber - “Shoot the glass.”
—Hans Gruber - “You motherfucker, I'm gonna kill you! I'm gonna fuckin' cook you, and I'm gonna fucking eat you!”
—John McClane, in an apparent allusion to Achilles taunting Hector in The Iliad
Sequels
- Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
- A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Mentioned In
- Episode 42: Paul Blart: Mall Cop @05:05
- Episode 73: Devil @10:10
- Episode 95: Trespass @27:30
- Episode 135: Olympus Has Fallen
- Episode 142: Getaway @27:30
- Episode 157: The Legend of Hercules @39:45