Die Hard

Die Hard (1988), it's not the best film ever made, it doesn't have the best plot or performances, but it is without doubt my favourite ever film. The story is simple, John McClaine (Bruce Willis) has to defeat a group of terrorists who have taken a group of hostages, including his wife, in an office block, but it's the humour and relentless action that drive the film forward and make it so enjoyable.

It's regularly repeated on terrestrial of satellite TV these days and it's one of the few films that I can watch again and again and still get the same sense of involvement and satisfaction.

The series has now spawned three further sequels which sadly demonstrate the law of diminishing returns, the second is a good films but not up to the standard of the first movie, and the third and fourth fall well short.

But Die Hard, and Bruce Willis, will always have a place in my own personal Hall of Fame.