In the high-rise, high-stakes action thriller that raised the bar for the genre, superstar Bruce Willis rocks as New York City detective John McClane, who's in Los Angeles to spend the holidays with his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). But while McClane waits for Holly's office party to end, terrorists take control of the building. As their sinister leader, Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), and his savage henchman (Alexander Godunov) round up hostages, McClane gets ready to blast a few rounds of his own and launch a one-man war - as only McClane can!