In this Christmas classic, the Arizona senator John McCain hears that his wife and some friends are captured by a German terrorist named Hans at a Christmas party in LA. *looks away from camera* wait, his name's John McClain? Why? That's so dumb. Ugh, let me restart. A police officer named John McClain doesn't get any response from the police, so he then goes to rescue his comrades by himself, Home Alone style. Except there were guns. Well, there were guns in Home Alone too, when that guy on the TV says "keep the change, you filthy animal", but that doesn't count. Anyways, this paragraph rambles because I just took in the simple version of the story and paid more attention to all of the action. I miss Action September.
Okay, this movie was amazing. I kind of included it into December as a joke, since everyone always argues if this is a Christmas movie, but I'm glad I did. I loved the centralized conflict that only took place in the plaza I believe. This made for some smart use of the space they were given. My favorite scene by far was when John walked towards the camera while Hans pointed his gun at his head. That one got my heart pumping. The gun scene right after Hans escaped was amazing. This movie is another case of 80's films that have aged really well. If compiled with a few modern CGI effects and enhanced quality, I think this could pass off as a movie in 2018.
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