Die Hard with a Vengeance act. And Jeremy Irons' villain isn't fit to tie Alan Rickman's shoelaces." In the "Crime Time Filmbook", which archives various UK film reviews, the film was given a 5/5 star review citing it as "...simply the best Action film of the decade, leaving imitators like "Bad Boys", "Executive Decision", "The Rock" and "Chain Reaction" in varying depths of shadow. "Die Hard with a Vengeance" was released on Laserdisc on January 17, 1996, on VHS on May 14, 1996, and on DVD on March 9, 1999. A special edition was released on DVD on July 10, 2001 and then re-released in
Die Hard of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. "Die Hard" established what would be a common formula for action films over the next decade, featuring a lone everyman against a colorful terrorist character in an isolated setting. Several of these films followed this formula were often referred to as ""Die Hard" on a _____", such as "Under Siege" (1992, ""Die Hard" on a battleship"), "Passenger 57" (1992, ""Die Hard" on a plane") and "Speed" (1994, ""Die Hard" on a bus"). Such a trend would continue until films like "The Rock" (1996, also dubbed ""Die Hard" on an island") changed the tone