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So, it’s no surprise to see 20 th Century Home Entertainment kick off the Holiday gift giving season with the release of Nakatomi Plaza: Die Hard Collection. All five films in the series along.

“ You’re the wrong guyin the wrong place at the wrong time.”“ Story of my life.”It’s that time of year when studios package up their hitfranchises in interesting ways, usually boosting their holiday wish list valuewith oddities like the flask that comes with “Justified: The Complete Series,”or the eye-catching box for the just-released “Die Hard: Nakatomi PlazaCollection,” which comes complete with a towering replica of the titularlocation from “.” Show off your love for John McClane by letting hisfranchise take up a lot of space on your shelf. It’s one of the ways thatcollectors indicate their fandom—I like this movie enough to put a plastictower on my DVD shelf. Of course, a release like “Nakatomi Plaza Collection” alsoallows for a bit of reassessment and appreciation. Have the “Die Hard” filmsheld up?

Is the set worth picking up for the films alone or is it more of acollector’s item for a franchise that doesn’t deserve it? I went back throughthe five films in the “Die Hard” series, surprised a few times by my responseto them in 2015, and sat through the bonus disc “documentary” (it’s really aseries of featurettes strung together in Play All fashion) “Decoding Die Hard.”Let’s get to it.“Die Hard”I’ve long attested that “Die Hard” isn’t just one of themost effective action movies of all time, it’s one of the most influential.

Inan era dominated by muscle men like and SylvesterStallone, the star of TV’s “” was a refreshing change of pace. It helpedusher in the era of the everyman action hero, the guy who finds himself in adangerous situation and responds accordingly, in ways we like to hope we would.Few of us grew up honestly thinking we could be John Rambo, but the appeal ofJohn McClane was that if we weren’t quite as clever and brave as he was, weknow somebody who was. Part of that was due to ’s grounding of thecharacter in family.

McClane had marriage problems. He wasn’t perfect. Hesimply did what needed to be done under pressure. And, of course, one needn’tlist the number of films that followed “Die Hard”’s gloriously simplisticstructure from “” (“Die Hard” on a bus) to “” (“Die Hard”in the White House).What most people don’t know about “Die Hard” is how manyelements had to click into place for it to even happen. Stuart’s script cameabout when he was asked to adapt ’s novel “Nothing Lasts Forever,”which was a sequel to “,” which had been turned into a 1968 filmstarring. This means that Sinatra, believe it or not, accordingto, had to be offered “Die Hard” first.

He turned it down. Thestudio then wanted for the lead role, but he hesitated. Even JohnMcTiernan, whose grounded direction would define the franchise, balked atfirst. It felt like just another action movie. And when the studio heard that’s pregnancy was delaying shooting on “Moonlighting” and Silverwanted a TV star named for the lead—well, no one had highexpectations. It’s one of those great movies that almost never happened.

Thank God it did. To say that “Die Hard” has held up betterthan most action films from the late ‘80s would be a massive understatement. It’sstill a perfect action movie, driven by its tactile, relatable approach to thegenre.

Willis, McTiernan, and establish theridiculousness of their narrative in something so broadly and widely appealing.“Die Hard” is one of those rare action films that transcends demographics,appealing to both young and old people, men and women. It is proof thatcharacter, performance, and visual language matter as much as stunt work—a factthat is still too often forgotten. Action directors should be forced to watch “DieHard” before production starts. The genre would be greatly improved.“Die Hard 2: DieHarder”’s follow-up is undeniably fun, but plays almostmore like a parody of the franchise, even more so than it did in 1990. Harlin,Willis and Silver knew that they couldn’t give John McClane another “very badday” without acknowledging the ridiculousness of it all. And that element of “DieHarder,” while overplayed a bit, is forgivable. What’s less satisfying isHarlin’s '80s aesthetic, right down to the villain played by beingintroduced naked, spinning and turning off a TV as the sound design produces agunshot sound with the click.

He’s a bad guy straight out of “Rambo” casting,and one of several elements that almost make “Die Harder” feel like a productof the era that “Die Hard” ushered out the back door.Still, through all of its Harlin-esque excess, there arethings that work about “Die Harder,” including Willis’s fun performance, strongsupporting work by character actors like and Fred Thompon, andsome great stunt work. It’s ridiculous, but in a fun way, and that won’t be thelast time someone says that about a “Die Hard” movie.“Die Hard with aVengeance”When a script called “Simon Says” was quickly turned into a “DieHard” sequel, many people rolled their eyes. A third “bad day”? This can’twork. However, “Die Hard with a Vengeance” is the most underrated “Die Hard” film by somestretch, and a movie that has held up shockingly well. The main reason for thatis McTiernan returning to the franchise, pulling back on the parody throttlefrom Harlin’s film and demonstrating his action movie skill again. “,”in which the entirety of New York City basically replaces Nakatomi Plaza, is anon-stop action flick, propelled by Willis, and ’commitment to the glorious insanity of it all.

It’s a real NYC movie that oftendoesn’t come up in the conversation about flicks set in the Big Apple. One of many reasons that “Vengeance” works, and somethingthat other action movie producers could look at, is that McTiernan and writernever betray how seriously they take their larger-than-lifenarrative. Sure, there are plot holes in Simon Gruber’s silly plan, but theyalso get the details of the Federal Reserve Bank vault so right that thegovernment called Hensleigh during production to find out how he knew so much.That’s an oft-forgotten key to great action—we will forgive ludicrous plotlinesif we believe the details—both in character and location.“Live Free or DieHard”Ludicrous is a good word for ’s 2007 reboot ofthe thought-dead franchise, but I have to admit that I was a bit harder on itwhen it came out than I am today. Perhaps it’s something that works best in abox set like this one, as we’re more able to see how it plays off the threefilms that came before it. Wiseman is still too flashy a director for thisfranchise, but his love for the character comes through, and some of the actionset pieces—especially the tunnel sequence that ends with a vehicle basicallybeing thrown at a helicopter—are phenomenally staged.Once again, a script that had been floating around (with thehorrible title of “WW3.com”) was reconfigured to be a “Die Hard” movie. One ofthe biggest problems with “” is it often doesn’t feel like a JohnMcClane movie. In structure, it’s the least “Die Hard”-esque film, reallydiscarding the whole singular location thing (which one could argue “Vengeance”did but McTiernan used NYC so well it didn’t matter).

One can tell this didn’tstart life as a “Die Hard” flick, and that can be frustrating. However, Willis,and are having fun, and it can becontagious.

“”What to say about this film from 2013, the fifth in thefranchise? It’s one of the worst films of the last several years, a movie thatfails on absolutely every level, especially when compared to the rest of theseries. It’s an unqualified disaster, a flick in which Willis looks bored byhis own iconic character. In the “Decoding Die Hard” feature, we hear fromWiseman about how much Willis felt nervous about “Live Free” because he was the“keeper” of this character. I said out loud, “What happened with five?!?!?” Theaction is lazy. The characters are non-existent. The dialogue is horrendous.

“DecodingDie Hard” doesn’t even recognize its existence (it was produced before). You’dbe wise to do the same.“Decoding Die Hard”The set isn’t just pretty to look at. It also includes abooklet of trivia, some character cards, and a bonus disc with the film’strailers and a series of featurettes. They’re filled with interviews withalmost all of the major players, although, believe it or not, Bruce Willis isn’tone of them.

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They got Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, all three directors of thefirst four films, all of the writers, even —but no Bruce. That’s atragic problem as it’s his face that people think of when they hear the words “DieHard.” There are still some great interviews here—McTiernan, Rickman, Harlin,Sadler—but you feel Willis’ absence every time his name comes up.Another “Die Hard” movie might be on the way. Maybe even a prequel. Maybe when thatcomes out, those behind 'Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza Collection' will release another “Die Hard” set (a replica of theairport from the second movie perhaps?) and someone can get Bruce Willis to talk about the franchise that made him a star.

Watching the movies in2015, it’s not hard to believe we’ll still be talking about them in a fewyears.