Casey Chong presents a selection of Die Hard riffs… The Die Hard on a [fill in the setting] subgenre first made its mark after director John McTiernan and then-television star Bruce Willis, of Moonlighting fame, ushered in a new era of action movies in 1988 to critical and financial success with the original Die Hard. […]
Die Hard on a Shoestring: The Low Budget Die Hard Clones
As the festive season approaches and Die Hard becomes mandatory viewing, we take a look at some low budget clones… It may not have been the first of its kind, but when Die Hard came out, from the moment Bruce Willis entered the Nakatomi plaza, a new sub-genre all of its own was launched – […]
Dolph Hard: When Dolph Lundgren Does Die Hard
Tom Jolliffe looks at Dolph Lundgren’s prolific output of Die Hard-style movies… Following on from my look at some action icons taking on the Die Hard formula with Under Siege (Steven Seagal), Cliffhanger (Sylvester Stallone) and Sudden Death (Jean-Claude Van Damme), now is the time to look through the illustrious CV of Mr Dolph Lundgren […]
