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No difference in picture quality here. Avoid this one.

Has anyone not seen the ultimate action film? Okay, for those of you living in a fallout shelter since 1962, this film is a must once you crawl out from below ground, smelling of Spam and sporting a Brylcream hairdo. Anyways, the film, based of a novel called "Nobody Lasts Forever" (Sequel to the novel "The Detective", which was turned into a film in 1968 starring Frank Sinatra) where a detective visits his daughter for Christmas and terrorists take over a skyscraper forcing John Leland to take matters into his own hands. When Sinatra refused to return for a sequel, the writers spun the script in a different direction (First as a sequel to Commando, then as the film we know and love today), made a name change from Leland to McClane and made his daughter his wife and you have the makings of a classic. So, McClane (Bruce Willis, in a star-making performance) is flying to L.A., mistakenly invited to his estranged wife's ,Holly (Bonnie Bedilia), Christmas party, hoping to possibly patch up their marriage and spend Christmas together as a family. Unfortunately, terrorists led by Hans Gruber (The late, great Alan Rickman) ruin the party and McClane is the only one to escape capture. With his wife, and shoes, left hostage, McClane must use his will and wits to survive multiple gunfights, elevator shafts and broken glass to save his wife and the hostages. Before Die Hard, there were very few action films to actually excite, entertain and stand up to modern day scrutiny (I can say Some of the Bond films, Indiana Jones and Lethal Weapon just to name a few) without aging as much as a day. Sure the visual F/X, sound design, cinematography and editing can give away the age without taking away the charm, but Die Hard set the mold that is still used to this day and seemingly unlikely to be broken any time soon. Bruce Willis' performance is terrific, showing range beyond what he has done previously (Moonlighting did give us the Willis smirk and smarm that he expels here, while Blind Date showed us his comedic chops) and gives us a hero that didn't as to be one. He isn't Rambo or John Matrix from Commando, being a 'roided out, emotionless robot that cannot be hurt, regardless of torture, bullet wounds and even jumping from a plane into a swamp without a parachute. McClane is a man who is a tough guy, but is scared, not knowing if he will make it out alive, and extremely vulnerable. Wow isn't enough a word to describe him or his performance. Of course every great hero must have a great villain and look no further than Rickman's Hans Gruber. Smart, well-dressed, well-funded and dangerous, this is equally his show, as it is McClane's. I love how he is a natural leader supposedly on top, but I love how he is increasingly irritated by McClane's doings, seemingly losing his "kingdom" so to speak. Bedilia does very well as Holly McClane, posing a strength that most movies wouldn't even dare give their leads, and is more than a damsel in distress and can stand her own ground. Every other performance is excellent and memorable with no overacting or poor line readings at all. The direction is extremely self-assured, with John McTiernan delivering the goods with a great grasp of the material, not afraid of having fun amidst the seriousness of terrorism, but able to quickly and ably turn to more darker material with ease, and with some style to boot (Look at all the iconic imagery throughout!). The screenplay is its own animal, sticking fairly closely to the source material, while changing details here and there without sacrificing the sanctity of the original novel and being its own story. The cinematography is gorgeous in its own way (The 2.35 scoping by Jan de Bont is amazing with all the lens flares that would make J.J. Abrams cry), the editing sharp as a tack, with legendarily good sound and a pitch perfect score by the late Michael Kamen being the cherry on the best action film sundae ever concocted. Heck, even could be considered one of the best films. Period. Moving on to the disc itself, we shall start with the PQ. Being a classic film, you'd figure we'd have multiple re-releases, sporting either new extras, 4k re-masterings or even a 3D conversion (Please no, Hollywood!) but this film is surprisingly not been released that often. Coming from the 5-star DVD set from Fox, the image is better than the DVD, but you can tell they didn't do much when it was released the first time around in 2007. Although this would be a nice release in 2007, but having paseed the 20th and 25th anniversary marks, you'd figure Fox would pony up some cash to remaster one of their perennial best sellers in 4k with a Dolby Atmos or DTS:X surround remix. Still, its a very adequate image, just don't expect anything to show off your hi-def TV. The sound on the other hand is still pretty awesome, with the DTS-HD 5.1 track offering a nice and loud playback though yet again could use a nice remix to up the bass response and maybe make it flow a bit more. The extras are mostly recycled from the DVD, but not all. Starting up is are two commentaries: one full length (John McTiernan and Production Designer Jackson DeGovia leading a fairly quiet yet insightful track), one scene-specific (Visual F/X Supervisor Richard Edlund talking about his creation of the effects and explosions in nice detail). The Newscasts is an 8 minute feature show the newscasts from the film along with some outtakes. Nest up is a nice array of stills with a few interactive logos that lead to more outtakes, designs and et cetera. Finishing off the disc are a series of trailers and TV spots that make it seem like Lethal Weapon than Die Hard. Missing from the 2-disc DVD is the extended version, a text commentary track, deleted scenes, 2 magazine articles, an editing feature and more, so hold on to your 6-disc trilogy box set fan boys and girls! All in all, its a must have for your collection, though with the upcoming 30th (!) anniversary and the advent of 4k BluRay's, I can also say maybe hold out unless this is extremely cheap and you must have it on your shelf.

It’s obviously the best Christmas movie ever made.

Fantastic Action (and Christmas) movie. Great to see another classic in 4K.

I love die hard and it looks even better on 4k! Highly recommended!

I always buy my movies from Best Buy to get the best deals.

All is good, except the digital code insert was missing. Product was brand new, sealed, said Blu-ray+Digital on both covers, Moviesanywhere logo on the back (with code being mentioned), but digital code insert inside the case was missing. Will try emailing Fox since this is hardly Best Buy's fault. Recommended nevertheless.

Die Hard is the greatest movie of all-time. It may seem cheesy by today's standards, but it is still an amazing movie. Very quotable, funny, and action-packed. Alan Rickman plays an amazing bad guy (as he always does) and Bruce Willis is the perfect leading man.

Classic movies all for $10 on Blu-ray. These two are so much better than any of the other Die Hard films. With a Vengence was okay, and I thought Live Free or Die Hard was pretty good. A Good Day to Die Hard was pathetically bad. Stick with the first two, they're the best.

Great movie, watched it a million times with a million more to come. But the credits on this site are wrong; Hans Gruber was played by Alan Rickman, AKA Snape from Harry Potter and Judge Turpin from Sweeney Todd, and this is undoubtedly one of his best roles yet.

One of the all time great action and Christmas movie classics. And it's even better in 4K!

One of the most explosive action movie, and probably one of the best pure action movies out there. I loved everything about this movie from the cold calculating villian to the trash talking hero, its got it all

I personally like this movie. The plot is cool, Acting is good, and the graphics. This is by far one of Bruce Willis best films. If you seen the other die hards but not this one, you gotta see it

Good guy against a lot of bad guys. Great action. Well directed. Willis keeps it light and funny. Rickman is the classic bad guy. You need to own this one. The classic action movie.

The only true Christmas movie that invokes the real spirit of the season, I would buy it again.

I bought this to start a Christmas tradition of watching it Christmas Eve with my teenage kids.

This Blue-Ray version of 'Die Hard' presents some really good picture quality, the only question being - is it that much better than standard dvd as to warrant spending $35-$40 if you already own it? Probably not. While this disc faithfully ports over all the special features from previous 'Die Hard' dvd editions, it really offers nothing new in terms of extras. So the bottom line is, do you feel like spending a good chunk of money for moderately improved picture quality that will only be really noticeable on a high quality large widescreen HDTV? I'd personally recommend just buying the special 2-disc standard edition dvd and saving yourself about $20.

'Die Hard' is a good action movie well worth one viewing. The dvd sports a nice anamorphic widescreen transfer and some decent bonus features including a commentary track, but true fans will want to get the 2-disc collector's edition.

This is the classic action movie. They don't make them any better.

Excellent acting by Bruce Willis.Kept you on the edge of your seat.