John McTiernan

Arnold Schwarzenegger is movie idol Jack Slater. A magic movie ticket blasts 11-year-old Danny (Austin O'Brien) out of his theatre seat and into an action movie. There he teams up with Slater, living his wildest fantasies in a celluloid world where anything is possible.

Schwarzenegger's 1987 sci-fi actioner about about a team of commandos who find themselves the prey of an extra-terrestrial warrior in a Central American jungle.

Oscar winner Sean Connery captains a supreme Soviet submarine in this adaptation of Tom Clancy's action thriller. Co-stars Alex Baldwin and Sam Neill, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard).

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective in this cat-n-mouse thriller starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson lead this thriller mystery following a DEA agent’s search for an Army drill sergeant and several of his cadets, who all disappear after a training exercise turned into a bloodbath. Directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard).

Die Hard spawned its own franchise and influenced other action movies. Few of the spin-offs were able to match the sublime blend of ironic humour and suspense of the original...

The third Die Hard film with Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons as Colonel Gruber.