"Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho."

Another Christmas movie. Die Hard (1988) holds a special place in my heart. Not only is it one of my favourite Christmas movies, it's also one of, if not my favourite action movie(s). The movie is actually based on a novel by Roderick Thorpe called Nothing Lasts Forever, which was a sequel to The Detective (which in turn was a film starring Frank Sinatra, and on another note Willis made his debut in an uncredited role in The First Deadly Sin which starred Frank Sinatra, it's always six degrees in Hollywood). Bruce Willis stars as John McClane, a New York cop visiting his wife and kids in L.A. on Christmas Eve, they seem to have hit a bit of rocky patch his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) as even reverted back to her maiden name Gennero, however Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), the leader of a group of German terrorists take over the Nakatomi Plaza (Holly's place of work)

The film is action packed from start to finish, with a number of great action sequences, excellent quips and wonderful characters, take Ellis (Hart Bochner) for example, a complete weasel, but utterly memorable because of it, Reginald VelJohnson as Al Powell is also great as are Paul Gleason, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush and William Atherton. Some of my favourite moments include sending the dead terrorist down in the elevator in tinsel, a Santa hat and the words "Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho" written on his top. I didn't mention Alan Rickman in the group of other great characters earlier because I feel he deserves special mention, certainly one of my favourite villains of all time.

Probably the most kick-ass action packed Christmas movie. This movie is probably among my top movies of all time. Bruce Willis' movie career was born from this movie and you can see why. Recommended.