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 Gruber pretending to be a hostage; it was only written in when it was discovered that Rickman could perform a convincing American accent. The premiere of "Die Hard" took place on July 12, 1988, at the AVCO theater in Los Angeles, California. Die Hard had its inaugural British screening at the London Film Festival on 27 November 1988. "Die Hard" opened in limited release in 21 theaters on July 15, 1988, earning $601,851—an average of $28,659 per theater. The film began a wide release in North America on July 20, 1988, earning approximately $7.1 million from 1,276 theaters—an average of