it not the best gun movie . it definitely not the best fighting movie . it doesn not have the best dialogue . it doesn not have the best cast . it doesn not have the best plot . what it have be possibly the best combination of the above in any action movie every made . it take the piece that it have to work with and form a good whole . the dialogue be good . the cast be good ( rickman be the best of the bunch ) . the plot be good . together and they be great . this film be the benchmark by which all american action movie should be judge . if an action film be good than die hard and then it deserve to be praise for that achievement alone . i rate it a 8 . 5/10 in it genre . i give it a 9 here .