NAKATOMI INCIDENT - Die Hard 1

If I think about action movies, Die Hard will always crossed my mind. It’s one of my most favorite action movies that can really conclude the meaning of suspense, thriller, and heart pounding into one simple word, “Entertaining”. It’s the most realistic action movie with great stories too.

Die Hard with all of its sequels and stories never disappoint me – Plus the legendary cunning character of John McClane (Bruce Willis) against different outstanding villains in every sequel. Another good thing is you don’t have to watch Die Hard according to the sequence / order (start from Die Hard 1). Even if you watch it in random order, you can still enjoy and understand the stories. Directed by John McTiernan, the legend started on Die Hard 1, which took place at Nakatomi Plaza building, Los Angeles.

The best thing about John McClane is he ain’t no top special agents or a super-cop. He’s just a New York City Detective who always happens to be in a wrong place and in the wrong time. He is a simple-but-dedicated detective who often find himself in twisted and dangerous situations - Always do his missions with limited resources and limited time as he faces the most sadistic and deadly criminals.

One day, he arrived at Los Angeles to celebrate a Christmas Holiday with his wife Holly Gennero (Bonnie Bedelia). McClane didn’t have any trouble finding Holly in the Nakatomi Plaza building. The problem was their marriage was in trouble and they didn’t get along really well. Their sweet meeting quickly became sour.

A party was being held in the building and McClane was told to wait inside until the party was over. One thing that they didn’t know was that a group of terrorists led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) managed to slip inside and took control of the building. They had seized the building and taken all people as hostages. All but one man named John McClane who managed to slip away unnoticed.

Hans and his goons thought they had taken control of the situations. But they never knew that John McClane alone could bring them so much trouble. McClane was on a vacation and an off-duty cop, but he didn’t have any choice. He was alone, in a bad mood, and trapped in the life and death situation. The only choice he had was to fight back or die.

McClane started his own-one-man-army war, armed with only a handgun and his wits, against fully equipped terrorists. Watch as the Nakatomi building became their playground. It was a terrible Christmas holiday for McClane and Holly, but they had to survive in order to celebrate the next Christmas. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...

Ivan the Freelancer