YIPPEE KI-YAY: "Die Hard," Bruce Willis, and the Reinvention of the Action Movie

A sprightly, incisive, and definitive account of Die Hard-the greatest action movie of all time-and its sequels, combining Hollywood history, behind-the-scenes drama, and criticism, and drawing on extensive research and original interviews with the cast, writers, producers, and filmmakers

When it was released in the summer of 1988, box office prognosticators did not have high hopes for Die Hard. It was up against Rambo III, the most expensive movie in history to that point, a new film from A...