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Summary: Action at it's fastest
Review: "Die Hard" (produced by "Lethal Weapon" Joel Silver) shot a much needed jolt of adrinalin into the wanning action movie genere. "Die Hard" was pure wall to wall action. Bloody fist fights, long exciting gun battles, crawling around in air shafts were all done before, but never with so much energy. "Die Hard 1" is John McClaine (Bruce Willis) goes to L.A. to visit his wife for Christmas. But terrorists crash the party. McClaine gets away and begins his own gurilla warfare against the smart bad guy Alan Rickman. The next movie "Die Harder" is not as origanal, but it is twice as intense and brutal. Terrorist highjack an airport (again at Christmas) and crash airplanes (ok, that isn't as fun after September 11th, I admit). "Die Hard 3" is the least of the three movies, but it is still a lot of fun, especially with Samual L. Jackson in it. A new terrorist is taking a personal vendetta against John McClaine. As a whole, the series was wonderful action crime thrillers. By far Bruce Willis was the secret to the success. His John McClaine is human, he isn't a stereotypical cop husband, but he is trying hard to keep his marrige together, but he gets caught up in all these crazy situations that would baffle James Bond, and he has a sense of humor about the whole thing that Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, or Clint Eastwood was sorely missing. All in all, this is the action series deserves to be rated up there with Indiana Jones or James Bond. It is that good. Enjoy.
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Summary: quality!
Review: 3 great films in a great 6 dvd package!bonus features are excellent and the films are great. my most viewed dvd to date.
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Summary: pure bloody awesome
Review: me, im a Die Hard fan baby and I love Bruce Willlis in all three. the first one is Willis visiting his wife(Bonnie Bedlelia) in the Nakatomi Plaza in L.A. and then terroists lead by the evil Hans Gruber(Alan Rickman) come and try to steal the money and Willis has to stop them. the 2nd one is when Willis is stuck in a National Airport and then terroists seize up the place as they try to bring back a leader from another country to safety and Willis has to stop them. the 3rd one is when Willis is playing hoops all around New York with Simon Gruber(Jeremy Irons) the brother of Hans Gruber(Aland Rickman in #1), and Willis has a partner Zeus(Samuel L. Jackson) along for the ride a they try not to kill each other. all three deliver grandstandly action packed, well action. the 1st one is great, the 2nd one is good and the third one is heartstopping. hang on for the rides of your life
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Summary: the ultimate die hard pack
Review: This is the best dvd collection to own. If you don't this pack you need to because it will keep entertaining you again and again.
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Summary: encouragement
Review: i just want to encourage you in all you are doing. and i pray the almighty to continue to strenthen you,asyou press forward.
am enjoying your movies,but i will love to have your official magazine.
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Summary: A terrific Action movie series for action movie lovers
Review: I just have to say this, WOW!!!!! The die hard series is one of the best i have seen and the picture and sound quallity are exellexnt ( especially in DTS). The explosions are Astounding you can hear the slightest sound in DTS. There is one review that said the first 15 min of the first one are not very good, but i Didnt notice anything. ( I read the review before i ordered the series and when i read it before i see it i tend to notice the things they say are wrong but i noticed NOTHING wrong). The picture is all 3 of them is VERY crisp and clear, and like i said before the sound quallity is EXELLENT!!!. Well i have nothing more to say aside from BUY THE SERIES. You Will not regret it.
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Summary: GET READY FOR THE ACTION MOVIE THAT STARTED IT ALL
Review: Bruce Willis stars in all three "Die Hard" movies. By now, if you don't know the general synopsis of these trend-setters you must be living on the planet Venus without cable television! Willis is John McClaine, a New York cop who keeps running up against terrorists, in a high rise (part one), at the airport (part two) and in New York City (part three). Given the retro spin of 9/11, these films ring ominously true. But enough about the trilogy. What about the transfers?
In a word - WOW! After the really shaky initial release of these movies on DVD, which were among the worst transfers ever conceived for the digital market, Fox went back to the drawing board, choking their special editions full of extra features and completely remastering the movie elements. The results are amazing.
For all three movies: color separation is superb. Contrast, shadow delineation, fine detail and black levels are amazing. Aliasing, shimmering and edge enhancement still exist but are at a bare minimum and do not distract from your viewing experience. All three movies have had their soundtrack rematrixed to 5.1 surround. The results are explosive. You may need seatbelts on your couch before suiting up for part III.
Separately: PART ONE: the opening fifteen minutes of this movie still suffer from an orangy haze that tends to render the image soft. Although scenes taking place in the limo are quite accurately rendered, those where Willis and the terrorists first enter Nakatomi Plaza are painfully out of focus with a color scheme that is muddy at best. The good news is that after those initial fifteen minutes you will be treated to one of the best transfers Fox has done in a long time.
PART TWO: The most accurately rendered DVD in the three pack. There's really nothing to complain about here except for a hint of edge enhancement and some minor color bleeding (red) in the scenes that take place in the control tower of the airport.
PART THREE: The youngest of the three movies is also the one most inconsistantly realized on DVD. The initial release of Part III on DVD was an embarrassment, so excessively marred by edge enhancement, aliasing and shimmering of fine details and digital grain that one wondered who was in charge of doing the mastering effort - Helen Keller?!? Though this subsequent remastering effort improves on all of the above mentioned problems, there is still a considerable amount of film grain present throughout this DVD. The picture, while not a strain on the eyes, is nevertheless a very intense visual experience. The harsh characteristic is unflattering, though again, not to the extreme levels as before.
EXTRAS: We get documentaries, audio commentaries, deleted scenes, stills and theatrical trailers for each movie. Fox calls the first movie a 2-disc "Five Star" edition but when compared to parts two and three, called "Special Editions" (also 2-disc) there is very little to differentiate the discs by way of their extra features.
All three movies are superb efforts from Fox and one wishes, in hindsight, that more like this would be forthcoming in the future.
BOTTOM LINE: SNATCH THIS ONE UP AND ADD IT TO YOUR LIBRARY. IT'S A KEEPER!
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Summary: Great collection!
Review: I purchased this set for my hubby for a Valentine's Day gift.
He enjoyed it then and still does today! Great for a Bruce Willis fan and anyone looking for action movies!
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Summary: The start of all things action
Review: The ultimate collection is all you need in the action genre for you dvd collection. This has all three of the excellent installments of Die Hard plus it is loaded with extra features. If you like massive blood shed, big and loud explosions and guns, you will definitely like this movie. What makes these movies the best there is, is the fact that an Bruce Willis can actually act. He does a great job and it wouldn't have been the same if Sly Stallone or Arnold Swarzennegar (sp?) starred. A moust have for eveyone!
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Summary: What every action fan needs....
Review: The first Die Hard movie can best be described as the mother of all action movies, spawining many clones from "Die Hard on a Boat" (Under Siege) to "Die Hard on a Bus" (Speed). Not since the Terminator has a series been so consistently good. Though the three movies have different settings, the elements are basically the same. Bruce Willis plays John McLane, a NYC cop who always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the first movie, terrorists took over a highrise building, along with hundreds of hostages. In the second movie, "Die Harder", mercinaries take over an airport and threaten to crash planes, and in the third, "Die Hard with a Vengance", a bomber is terrorizing NYC (not a good movie for people still recovering from September 11). McLane, not totally on his will, gets involved as the "one man against all odds", and he must single-handedly take the bad guys. He is not your prototypical action hero, in that he is perfectly human, and doesn't excatly want to be doing what he is doing. The role of John McLane fits Bruce Willis like a glove, and he is perfect in every respect. This DVD set is what "Die Hard" fans should have. Not only does it have perfect transfers of all three films, in Widescreen no less, but loads of extras. The first "Die Hard" DVD is a bit disappointing. There are no documentaries or featurettes, but there are some nice bloopers, gag reels, outtakes, and extended scenes. The commentary on the first disc is also not very good, with especially boring and slow-moving commentary from Production Designer Jackson DeGovia. Overall, the extras alone are nice to have, but I wanted more, especially from the best entry in the series. "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" is more like what the first one should have been. There are three very entertaining featurettes, some nice interviews, 4 deleted scenes, and insightful commentary from director Renny Harlin. This is a much better package, and although many fans consider this to be the worst in the series, I quite liked this one. "Die Hard With A Vengence" is a fine third installment, with Willis teaming up with Samuel L. Jackson to fight mad bomber Jeremy Irons. This is also a fine DVD package, with some very entertaining featurettes (one hosted by Reginald VelJohnson, the Twinkie-loving cop from the first movie) and great interviews. The commentary from this one is good as well, though I have yet to sit through the whole thing. While fans of the series probably own these movies in many other formats, this is the most complete and definitave collection on the market. The extras are plentiful, but most importantly, this is the best quality prints of these movies currently available. The the first movie package could have been much better, the overall set was worth every penny spent.
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