The 12 Films of Christmas: Die Hard (1988)

By Thomas Broome-Jones

This is the first of our "12 Films of Christmas" feature to help get you all into the Christmas Spirit! Every day from now up until Christmas Day, there will be a recommendation of a personal favourite Christmas film of the team.

Don't be fooled by Lenny Henry, Bruce, NEVER book with Premier Inn.

I've chosen one of the best action films ever made, Die Hard, and before anyone tells me otherwise, this is a Christmas film. It's set at Christmas and is all about a man being inconvenienced when he just wants to spend time with his family for Christmas, sure that inconvenience is the building he's in being taken over by terrorists but that's hardly the point, is it?

Bruce Willis is at his absolute best here, dirty vest and all, as he butts heads with absolute nutter Hans Gruber, played by the immortal Alan Rickman. When these two aren't owning the screen with their wit, they're owning it by being pure badasses in every sense of the word.

Awesome action, awesome stunts and top-notch performances of charisma, this is one of the my favourite Christmas films and I urge you to watch it before the 25th arrives!




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