Barefoot in the PlazaIt's all in the feet. If you remember one thing about John McClane, let it be this: dude is barefoot for almost the entire movie. No shoes, some shirt, all kinds of problems. T...

Hans Gruber Is Not Your Average Terrorist…… Mainly because he's not a terrorist at all. When the siege of Nakatomi Plaza begins in earnest, and we see Hans addressing his hostages, he goes off...

Working GirlAll hail the 80s career woman. Holly is the quintessential working girl, fresh off second wave feminism and ready to take on the boardroom. She's even got the shoulder pads. It's Holly'...

Sergeant PalShmoop has a confession to make. When we were little, and would watch Die Hard over and over again while home sick from school and slurping chicken noodle soup, we seriously thought tha...

We wish we had something nice to say about Harry Ellis, but if we're being honest, the dude's a butthead. There, we said it. Greed is GoodHarry Ellis is slimy, opportunistic, and coke-addled. He's...

Poor Mr. Takagi. Director John McTiernan calls him "the one victim of this story." While that's not entirely fair—Ellis may be a butthead, but he didn't deserve to die—it is worth noting that h...

Karl. He of the golden locks. If we had to sum up Karl's character arc in one sentence, it would be this: the blondest guy in the world is a one-man revenge machine. Well, that's not quite accurate...

Most folks, when thinking of all the so-called terrorists on Gruber's team, remember Karl and Theo and…… that's about it. But, frankly, there are a lot of henchmen to keep track of. In the begi...

ArgyleGuys. Where would we be without Argyle? As McClane's fast-talking, wisecracking limo driver, Argyle enters the movie early and stays with us throughout. To be fair, he doesn't do much but han...