Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1164 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-29
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 503 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Now joined by a hit fourth instalment, the Die Hard Quadrilogy is, bluntly, an essential set for any self-respecting fan of action cinema.

The gold, of course, is the original Die Hard, a flat-out five star classic pretty much without equal. Introducing Bruce Willis' John McClane as an ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation, it's littered with great lines, great characters, and genre-defining moments. Plus, in Alan Rickman, it has one of the finest cinematic villains of the past few decades.

Die Hard 2: Die Harder inevitably dilutes matters, this time switching the action to Washington's Dulles International Airport. But with Willis and a good number of characters returning from the original, it's a fun--if at times brutal--ride, that scores highly in the entertainment stakes.

Die Hard: With A Vengeance, the third film in the series, pretty much strips away the bulk of the supporting cast, and replaces them with the not-significant figure of Samuel L Jackson. It changes the dynamic of the film into a buddy-buddy movie, albeit a good one. And again, it's a ride that's hard not to enjoy, with Jeremy Irons giving good measure as McClane's chief foe.

Finally, Die Hard 4.0 is a real surprise. Given the fact that it arrived over a decade after the third film, it finds Willis and relative newcomer Justin Long shouldering an entertaining, old fashioned action film, that papers over its occasional cracks by asking its lead actor to ramp things up a gear when necessary. And watching John McClane do what he does--even when any hint of reality is thrown out of the window near the end--is endlessly entertaining.

So while none of the sequels have matched the peerless original, the Die Hard Quadrilogy nonetheless delivers one classic, and three very enjoyable action movies. And you can't argue with that kind of hit rate. Always, always bet on McClane... --Simon Brew

Synopsis
New York cop John McClane finds himself battling an assortment of terrorists in DIE HARD, DIE HARD 2, DIE HARD WITH A VENGENCE, and DIE HARD 4.0.
In DIE HARD, New York cop John McClane goes to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve to visit his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a huge skyscraper. The building is invaded by terrorists, leaving the cop, who's escaped to the roof, as the other partygoers' only hope for survival.
In DIE HARD 2, Renegade commandos seize a major international airport to rescue a drug lord from justice. Detective McClane, there to meet his wife, must battle incompetent airport security, hard-headed, gung-ho anti-terrorist squads and a deadly winter snowstorm to break the terrorist's grip before his wife's plane runs out of fuel.
In DIE HARD WITH A VENGENCE, a psychotic terrorist targets New York city cop John McClane, who gets help from a civilian explosives expert.
In DIE HARD 4.0, John McClane is after a group of Internet-savvy terrorists who threaten the security of the United States and have kidnapped his daughter. However, McClane is helped along the way by an unassuming computer hacker he has just arrested.

Customer Reviews

Very Good Boxset!
One of the best series of films ever. With cansistantly good acting from Bruce Willis.
Die Hard *****
Die Hard 2: die harder ****
Die Hard: With a vengance ***
Die Hard 4.0 ****

Avoid this box set!
The films are without doubt some of the greatest action films ever made. The two stars is a reflection of the poor quality of this box set. The cover drawings are like those on a pirate copy. The transfer on 1 is very poor, giving a grainy picture throughout (not much better than my original video version!)DH3 has 12 minutes cut out of it compared to other versions! Some of this is in the fight scenes and is the worst cutting I have seen since the old UK versions of Bruce Lee's films. And the extras are virtually none existent.
All in all this is a rushed product, put out in time for Xmas. It does not compare favourably with other contemporary box sets e.g. Bladerunner - 5 discs, loads of extras, pictures etc and as such should be avoided!

diehard cut
the original boxset called trilogy should have been left as it is,and not releasing this cut to ribbons version of 4.0, the tin box version e.g.(ultimate action version)is uncut, with different lines put in.plus taking all the extras from the other discs off as made this the boxset to avoid badley drawn cover. basically if it aint broke dont try to remarket it as a cash in