Die Hard Quadrilogy [Blu-ray] [2017]

A masterclass in how action films should be made, the Die Hard Quadrilogy contains some of the most exciting scenes ever put to film.It must be hard to see it from its release date point of view now, but back in the late 80's Die Hard was a visceral, thundering and amazingly inventive new approach to the action film, deservedly launching Willis into superstardom on the back of a superbly funny and wry turn as nervous off-duty cop John McClane catapulted against his will into a face-off against brilliantly played terrorists in a series of breathtaking set pieces.Die Hard 2 almost matched the magic, going a little camper with its villains but still shocking with a body count that made the papers and some incredibly stylised and exciting action scenes (if the sadistic air controller moments following Willis' SWAT team shootout dont have you on the edge of your seat, you're watching the wrong movies).Die Hard With a Vengeance tried a twist on the genre, playing it across a city instead of in a locked-down terrorist-held locale with limited success, helped by Samuel L Jackson's surly store manager and both helped and hindered by a too-camp Jeremy Irons playing a lethal game of Simon-Says with McClane in a very personal vendetta. It's a little preachy and some of the set pieces suffer from a lack of tension (surprisingly since this is original Die Hard director McTiernan returning to the series). However, many find this one of the most appealing.Die Hard 4.0 rockets back with a cyberterrorism threat and Willis fighting organised chaos with the help of good comic foil Justin Long as an asthmatic hacker dragged (literally) along for the ride after an exhilerating apartment-block shoot-out. Maggie Q and Timothy Olyphant provide the lethal kicks and glowers as the bad-guy couple with Olyphant especially worth his weight in comic but vicious gold, ably assisted by freerunning henchmen and some breathtaking stunts. An F-35/freeway stunt nearly pushes the believability bar too far, but Willis and co bring it back. A terrific return to form that feels as old-school as promised.Buy it - its the best action ever made.

Just loved thes movies.DIE HARD: is an amazing movie, great story and action throughout made all the more by the late (and sadly missed) Alan Rickman with his voice and style he really stole the movie from Bruce.This is the Best of them all.DIE HARD 2 is again good, not as good as the first one but still a lot better then most other action movies could ever hope to be. This time it happens at an airport.DIE HARD WITH A VENGENCE, this to me was the last of the great Die hards again with "Train" loads of action. This time with Jeremy Irons as the villian with an equally great story that you don't "get" till it unravels, slowly.DIE HARD 4.0, It's not bad, better than "Okay" but not as good as the first 3 but still "WAYYY" better then DIE HARD 5, hence the reason I bought the boxset that doesn't have "5".The action and story in "4" are good. Maybe the action is a little "Over The Top" compared to the earlier ones but it's okay to dismiss logic for a couple of hours and just lose yourself in over the top action, yes, it's good.There are a few boxsets out there for these movies and if you like the 5th installment, then there is a boxset out that has all of them. I didn't like number 5 and decided to just buy this boxset with the first 4 and it is good. there are no extras here, just the movies, but thats fine as I only need the films.If your a fan then this is a great boxset. Enjoy!.

I think the transfers of the movies are very good.Not perfect, but easily enough to encourage buying the Blu-Ray-versions instead of the DVDs.All 4 are great movies, but I think number 1&3 are a bit better than the other two.I am also going to join the "Die Hard With A Vengeance is uncut"-club.Before I watched the movie I checked out a video which shows many or probably all cuts made by the BBFC.The first scenes shown are definitely not censored. Neither the lift scene nor the scene with a woman stabbing a police officer to death are cut.I can't guarantee everything is uncensored, though, because there are too many scenes to remember.