...did Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Glen Close associate themselves with this absolute tripe of a movie?
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Well they were laughing all the way to the bank since AFO was the fifth most successful movie of 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw
shareI have never seen this movie. I avoided most of the wave of "Die Hard on a" movies from this period.
-- Sent from my 13 year old P.O.S. Desktop®
Some of them are really good imo like Speed, Under Siege, and Cliffhanger.
shareYep, some of the best action films of the last three decades are Die Hard copycats.
In addition to the ones you mentioned, I'll also add Olympus Has Fallen and The Rock. Perhaps we could also broadly define Executive Decision as another "Die Hard on a Plane." It's a little different, but was certainly influenced by Die Hard.
I always wondered about the same thing.
shareI saw this as a teen and loved it. Not in theaters though. I saw it on VHS.
sharecommaspace9 It's not that bad and much better than the shitty Summer action films you see nowadays. Your opinion/taste is tripe.
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