Following the success of their masterful TV show Dark, Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese return to Netflix with another mind-bending creation.
Released in 1988, the film stars Bruce Willis as John McClane, a police officer who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when terrorists take over a high-rise office building on Christmas Eve. McClane must use his wits and skills to save the day, despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned.
Since Top Gun, Tom Cruise has arguably become THE number one film star. Much has been made about his all-involved approach to film-making and from the off the film announces itself as a meta-statement on the state of film-making. This is a film that had to be made, a film that Cruise had to deliver to us fans.
Since Christopher Nolan's monumental Batman trilogy, we have seen various attempts to reimagine and incorporate the titular character into all sorts of work, from the Justice League films to the Gotham TV show.
A stellar movie, that whilst doesn’t leave a lasting memory in terms of narrative and critical thinking, was an absolute joy as a cinematic experience. Make sure you see this at sometime with the appropriate amount of popcorn.
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