Transporter 2/Die Hard

TRANSPORTER 2: A former Special Forces agent Frank (Jason Statham) now works as a driver for a family in Miami. But when their young son is kidnapped Frank will stop at nothing to find the criminals who are holding the boy for ransom and to get him back. This high-action adventure is directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Luc Besson.DIE HARD: One of the greatest action movies of the late 1980s DIE HARD ushered in a new standard for the genre. With the dissolution of the Cold War both the stereotypical Russian threat (represented in movies such as TOP GUN and RED DAWN) and the destructive egoist (as seen in OCTOPUSSY) became less fearful. With DIE HARD director John McTiernan introduced Hollywood to a new type of villain: the terrorist entrepreneur. Alan Rickman stars as Hans Gruber a relentless businessman whose lethal tactics achieve his goals. Unlike most '80s film villains who committed globally dangerous acts for liberty genocide or megalomania DIE HARD s Gruber uses guns explosives and cunning to storm the Takagi Corporation s Christmas party and heist millions of dollars from the company. In addition DIE HARD also saw the development of the clumsy or bad-luck hero with John McClane (Bruce Willis) a man in the wrong place at the wrong time who chooses to intervene. Action fans would see this misfit hero archetype again in UNDER SIEGE (Steven Segal) and THE PHANTOM MENACE (Jar Jar Binks). Although DIE HARD contains many action-movie cliches (one-liners pyrotechnics) it also broke new ground in its genre.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 024543230755 Manufacturer No: 2233075