"John McTiernan’s 1988 action classic isn’t just set at Christmastime—it embodies the very spirit of the holiday."—Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve, where he joins her at a holiday party at her employers’ headquarters. The festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages but him.
