Movie #23 of 2016:
Die Hard (1988)
Another old favorite that my wife hadn’t seen (and another “Christmas movie” in that it’s set around the holidays, although that’s honestly not such a huge part of the film). This is a classic for a reason, with great performances from young Alan Rickman and Bruce Willis and some particularly great lines from the latter’s character, who is more of an everyman in over his head here than he ever was in the sequels. But honestly, this movie is worth watching just to catch all the references to it on Brooklyn Nine-Nine – so yippie kayak, other buckets.
★★★★★
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