'Die Hard' franchise can't be killed off

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'DIE HARD' (1988)


Director: John McTiernan.

Chief villain: Hans Gruber, played by Alan Rickman.


Memorable quotes:







Director: Renny Harlin

Chief villain: Col. Stuart (William Sadler)

Other key characters: Capt. Carmine Lorenzo (Dennis Franz), Maj. Grant (John Amos), Gen. Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero), Holly McClane (Bedelia), Powell (VelJohnson) and Thornburg (Atherton).

Memorable quotes:

"You'd be surprised what I make in a month." (Capt. Lorenzo)

"If it's more than $1.98, I'd be very surprised." (McClane)


"When you get those feelings, insurance companies go bankrupt." (Powell)


"Just once, I'd like a regular, normal Christmas." (McClane).



Plot: Suspended from his job, McClane is called back to duty when a mad bomber named Simon Gruber requests his presence. Simon forces McClane and a helpful electrician (Samuel L. Jackson) to solve puzzles all over the city under the threat of setting off another bomb. It may be another case of a heist masquerading as an act of terrorism.

Director: John McTiernan

Chief villain: Simon Gruber (Jeremy Irons)

Other key characters: Zeus Carver (Jackson)

Memorable quotes:

"You're a racist. You don't like me 'cause I'm white." (McClane)

"I don't like you because you're going to get me killed." (Carver)


"Are you aiming for these people?" (Carver)

"No, well, maybe that mime." (McClane)


"Yo, partner, wait up." (McClane)

"I ain't your partner. I ain't your neighbor. I ain't your brother or your friend. I'm your total stranger." (Carver)


"I'm a soldier, not a monster. Even though I sometimes work for monsters." (Simon)



Plot: When a cyberterrorist threatens life as we know it, the FBI decides to round up all the usual hackers. Because it's a holiday, there aren't enough federal agents to do all the rounding up, so local police are called in to help. Guess who gets the job of bringing in a particular hacker who is key to the entire world domination plot? That's right: It's John McClane.

Director: Len Wiseman

Chief villain: Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant)

Other key characters: Matt Farrell (Justin Long) and Mai Linh (Maggie Q).

Memorable quotes:

"Shouldn't we call for backup or something?" (Matt)

"Makes too much sense." (McClane)


"You just killed a helicopter with a car." (Matt)

"I was out of bullets." (McClane)


"Wow, I know that tone. It's just weird hearing it from someone with hair." (Matt to Lucy McClane)


"On your tombstone, it should read: 'Always in the wrong place at the wrong time.'" (Gabriel)



Plot: John McClane's adult son, who he assumes is pretty much a loser, is inexplicably imprisoned by Russian authorities. McClane flies to Russia to see if he can help, but winds up in the middle of a war between the CIA and the Russian underworld.

Director: John Moore

Chief villain: Komarov (Sebastian Koch)

Other key characters: Jack McClane (Jai Courtney), Lucy McClane (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Irina (Yuliyn Snigir), Alik (Radivoje Bukvic) and Collins (Cole Hauser)

Memorable quote:

"Need a hug?" (McClane)

"We're not a hugging family." (Jack)

"Damn straight." (McClane)


"Me and my boy here, we're gonna put a whuppin' on ya." (McClane)


"Certain death." (Jack)

"Like your mother's cooking." (McClane)


"You know what I hate about the Americans? Everything, especially the cowboys." (Alik)


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