Considered one of the greatest action movies ever made, “Die Hard” has made Bruce Willis a bona fide action hero. In this John McTiernan directed movie Willis stars as John McClane, a NYPD detective traveling to LA for Christmas in order to mend the severed ties between him and his estranged wife Holly. There is a big Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza building where Holly works, and John goes there. The party is interrupted by a terrorist group led by Hans Gruber. Gruber holds the party people hostage claiming to demand the release of certain political prisoners, but in reality he is planning to rob the vault in the Nakatomi Plaza containing more than 600 million dollars. While other hostages are contained, McClane manages to escape the terrorists, hide inside the building and notify the police about the events. McClane then proceeds to kill off the terrorists one by one in a number of brutal and spectacular ways. Gruber plans to escape by blowing up the roof of the building and faking his death and the deaths of his men. McClane learns of his plan, but Gruber learns that Holly is McClane’s wife and he takes her hostage. McClane surrenders his weapon to save Holly, but then manages to distract the terrorists long enough to produce a hidden gun taped to his back. He shoots Gruber in the shoulder and sends him flying to the ground, but Gruber holds on to Holly. McClane desperately tries to separate Gruber from Holly, and finally manages to do so, sending he German terrorist down into his imminent death.