Die Hard Film Review

 I really enjoyed Die Hard. I thought that the film had a great structure and it was gripping throughout. I liked the way that the whole film took place in one area. A lot of films are filmed in various different locations and sometimes it's hard to keep up with it all. I'm not the biggest Bruce Willis fan. I think that he is a very inflexible actor however I really liked how he portrayed his character, John McClane, in this film. Allan Rickman's character, Hans, was very believable and I liked his overall character. I thought that the relationship between John and Sgt. Powell was also very well done and important. The two got along and experienced a very difficult time together. Throughout, Powell stuck up for John, making out that he is a hero, even though at that point in the film, the two hadn't met in person. At the end, when the two see one another they give each other a meaningful nod. In this film, there is a clear five act structure to it. Before watching this film, we looked at Freytag's Pyramid. In the middle of the film, act three, the action is at it's peak. At the end of the film, act five, the story is coming to an end. However, we get one last bit of action when Karl, Hans' right hand man, comes back from the dead.