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John McClane Sr. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Die Hard franchise, based on Joe Leland from Roderick Thorp's action novel Nothing Lasts Forever. McClane was portrayed in all five films by actor Bruce Willis , and he is known for his sardonic one-liners , including the famous catchphrase in every Die Hard film: "Yippee-ki ...
John McClane is a New York City cop who finds himself taking on terrorists and saving his loved ones. In Die Hard, he gets invited to his wife's Christmas Party at Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles when the building she is in is under attack by terrorists led by Hans Gruber. McClane must stop his evil scheme before it is too late.
Alexander Boon compared Odysseus's tale to John McClane's quest to rescue his wife from the terrorists. Die Hard has been described by critics such as Richard Brody and Chris Hewitt as a story about obtaining redemption through violence. McClane comes to Los Angeles to save his marriage, but makes the same mistakes that drove Holly away; Brody ...
For those unfamiliar with the movie, Bruce Willis plays a New York cop, John McClane, who is traveling at Christmas time to visit his estranged wife, who has taken the name of Holly Gennaro, and ...
The writers and filmmakers created and focused on John McClane (Bruce Willis), an NYPD Detective arriving in L.A. in an attempt to reconcile with wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) as an office Christmas ...
By his own admission, Willis wasn't 20th Century Fox's first choice to play New Jersey cop John McClane, who hops on a plane to L.A. over Christmas hoping to patch things up with his wife, Holly ...
Die Hard is an American action film series and media franchise that originated with Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever.All five films revolve around the main character of John McClane (Joe Leland in the original novel), a police detective who continually finds himself in the middle of a crisis where he is both the only hope against disaster and the culprit's target.
Willis, who portrayed John McClane in the 1988 classic, revealed his side on the debate during the “Roast of Bruce Willis” in July 2018. ... Even Willis’ wife, ...