Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2516 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

"COME FOR CHRISTMAS SHE SAID, A LITTLE EGGNOG SHE SAID ......" - WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME !
When Bruce Willis secured the role of John McClane in DieHard he was little more than a wisecracking TV comedian - star of the successful American show Moonlighting. A few minor lightweight film roles including Blind Date and The Return of Bruno had done little to extend his career any further than the small screen. For Willis life without Moonlighting wasn't looking great.
Then came DieHard. The role of officer John McClane, unwittingly caught up in a daring skyscraper set robbery, was the perfect fit. Violent, beautifully directed and full of jawdroppping stunts and mayhem. Willis wisecracked his way through the film and onto the Hollywood A list.
The first DieHard still remains one of the finest action films ever. The one man against overwhelming odds idea has been copied many times since (most successfully in Speed) but officer McClane still rules the action roost. Alan Rickman's brilliant performance as head bad guy Hans Gruber is the other reason why DieHard remains such a great film. Rickman chews the scenery and almost steals the entire movie. A classic.
Diehard 2 moved the action to an airport and upped the scale of destruction and greatly increased the body count. It's a fine film but lacks the punch and originality of it's predecessor. Willis still swaggers in the role though and there are some spectacular action sequences.
Die Hard With A Vegence teamed Office JM with Samuel L Jackson and turned the DieHard franchise into a buddy movie. Fortunately it's a great buddy movie and Jeromy Irons impresses as bad guy Simon Gruber. The violence is diluted somewhat and the comedy allowed to shine through slightly too much but the action is still breathtakingly good.
The final DieHard is better than the reviews and box office takings suggested. Willis plays McClane as grumpy old man and it works. The scene where he takes on a jet fighter single handed is so ridiculous it borders on genius.
As with all big film franchises the quality of the DieHard movies vary from classic to merely good, but they are never less than entertaining and Willis IS John McClane - dirty vest, bald head and shoeless.

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!