![]() Everyman Secret Service Agent Gerard Butler stops terrorists from taking over the Oval Office. President Harrison Ford stops a Russian hijacker. on the President's Plane: Everyman, ass-kicking U.S. on Alcatraz: Everyman bomb disposal expert Nicolas Cage stops an unhinged group of Marines who will release a nerve gas unless they get $100 million.Īir Force One (1997), aka Die Hard. in a Stadium: Everyman fire marshal Jean-Claude Van Damme is at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena and stops an unhinged ex-CIA officer from blowing it up during the Stanley Cup. on a Mountain: Everyman mountain climber Sylvester Stallone stops an international gang of criminals out to steal lost fortune. on a Boat: Naval chef Steven Seagal stops an unhinged ex-CIA officer from hijacking a naval vessel.Ĭliffhanger (1993), aka Die Hard. on a Plane: Airline worker Wesley Snipes stops a European terrorist hijacking an international flight. Meaning, they take an honest, humble-but-deadly hero and pit him/her against obvious bad guys in a single location. ![]() In the 30 years since its release, "Die Hard" has taken on many incarnations (and I am not even talking about the four crappy sequels), where filmmakers have woven the formula with slightly different threads. In 1988, director John McTiernan helped define the modern-day action flick with an iconic everyman hero by the name of John McClane, a beat cop who must save his family and single-handedly takes on European terrorists in a large building in the classic "Die Hard." ![]()
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