

In those earlier films, however, he was shown getting badly injured and worn down by the action such that they ended with him just grateful to still be alive, preventing him from coming off as an Invincible Hero protected by Plot Armor. The first film had numerous moments of him showing fear, exasperation, and screaming a Cluster F-Bomb to highlight the difference between a Rambo-type and an average cop, but there were moments such as the elevator shaft explosion and the kick to the throat where he should've died. The central conceit of John McClane being more of a Part-Time Hero always had a few holes in it, as he's just a normal cop dealing with marriage problems who happens to be the Right Man in the Wrong Place.Or William Sadler in the nude in the second film.This trope is pretty much a given when your villain is being played by Alan Rickman.Thomas Gabriel and his team of cyber-terrorists (including a French acrobat named Rand and She-Fu Dark Action Girl Maggie Q) in 4.0.Simon, his team of Former Regime Personnel soldiers and his mute Knife Nut Katja in With a Vengeance.The martial artist Big Bad Colonel Stuart and his special forces-trained henchmen (including a Retroactive Recognition Robert Patrick, in a role that would lead him to his Star-Making Role one year later in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and a voice-dubbed John Leguizamo) in the second film.The Ax-Crazy Karl and the Big Bad Hans as well as their multi-national team of mercenaries in the first film.Evil Is Cool: Most of the badass villains in the films:.
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Die Hard 2 and Live Free or Die Hard had some decent reviews, but A Good Day To Die Hard was wildly panned. With a Vengeance, directed again by John McTiernan, is the least contested. Contested Sequel: All of the sequels, to some extent, due to lacking the freshness of the first film.In the first movie, the triumphant sounding music that plays near the end when Powell guns down Karl? It's actually an deleted section from "Resolution and Hyperspace" from Aliens.In terms of music actually written for the movies, Michael Kamen (the first three movies) and Marco Beltrami (who took over following Kamen's untimely demise) turn in some fine work such as Kamen's "The Battle" in the first one and "Shootout And Snowmobile Chase" from the second one, and Beltrami's "Truckzilla" in the fifth.It's also featured in the trailers for all the sequels.

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