Try Hards
In 1988 Die Hard was released into an action movie landscape cluttered with super-jacked good guys, commie backed bad guys and jingoistic success. John McTiernan's film rejected many of the decade's dominant genre archetypes and rewrote the book on what heroes should look like, how villains should behave and whether montages need to be a thing. Popularity lead to imitation, estranged wives will be menaced, bad guys will lose their C4 and you won’t believe how many mock McClaine's will crawl through air vents.
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- DirectorSandor SternStarsDavid HasselhoffMiguel FernandesKathy IrelandNew York. Some explosions destroy all the bridges connecting Manhattan with the rest of New York. The authorities attribute the disaster to a terrorist organisation. But Jake Gorki, a policeman of the New York Police Department, flying over the Federal Reserve Bank with his helicopter, suspects something else: a robbery.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAamir KhanMamta KulkarniParesh RawalA tough and honest police officer wages a one-man war against terrorists and a corrupt politician who have planned to assassinate the chief minister of the state.
- DirectorRobert LeeStarsMichael DudikoffSuki KaiserBrion JamesMichael Dudikoff stars as an ex-cop who must confront his old enemies when a software company is taken over by cyber terrorists in search of a world-dominating computer virus.
- DirectorDavid Warry-SmithStarsEric RobertsJürgen ProchnowVenus TerzoTerrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the building is an ex-treasury agent, who just happens to be there with his wife and children in a tour group. Having to fight the terrorists and fires that breakout in the high rise...
- DirectorJing WongWai-Lun LamStarsJet LiChingmy YauJacky CheungAfter failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong hotel, and when the Doctor's gang take over the building in attempt to steal them, Kit is the only thing standing in their way. Will Frankie regain his courage? Will romance blossom between Kit and the nosy reporter? Who has the best Kung-Fu?
- DirectorRaymond MartinoStarsAnna Nicole SmithRichard SteinmetzBranimir CikatiæA helicopter charter soon turns deadly when the female pilot finds that she is on a building held by terrorists. It is up to her and her husband to save the hostages.
- DirectorJohn EyresStarsMartin KoveMeg FosterFrank ZagarinoTerrorists with an indestructible robot take over a high-rise hospital in order to kidnap the president's daughter.
- DirectorJohn EyresStarsFrank ZagarinoBryan GenesseBeth ToussaintTerrorists led by an android take over a nuclear plant and threaten to launch a missile at Washington. While the authorities desperately attempt to negotiate, the terrorists pursue their real goal. A plant worker, her son and a tough-guy repair man have other ideas, and attempt to stop the terrorists from inside the plant.
- DirectorKurt AndersonStarsJeff WincottMimi CravenPatrick KilpatrickAs a group of mercenaries hold an entire city in the grip of terror, a force of one unleashes an all-out assault to stop them.
- DirectorJohn BradshawStarsJeff FaheyKim CoatesCarrie-Anne MossBad guys are poisoning drinking water, and there is only one man who can stop them, Jeff Fahey.
- DirectorDamian LeeStarsDon WilsonMichael Anderson Jr.Roddy PiperA local cop tries to save his father and several others who have been taken hostage by terrorists at Hoover Dam.
- DirectorSetsurô WakamatsuStarsYûji OdaNanako MatsushimaKôichi SatôA group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded JPY$5 billion from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
- DirectorAnthony HickoxStarsEddie GriffinVinnie JonesBreckin MeyerA terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the US.
- DirectorKevin HooksStarsStacy KeachCynthia RothrockChristopher NeameA disgruntled retiring cop and his new butt kicking female partner must take on a well-armed terrorist group that holds up a supermarket.
- DirectorMatt Earl BeesleyStarsMickey RourkeDanny TrejoFrederic ForrestConvicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) before making their demands. Only Rudy, a former mercenary and brother of one of the fugitives, can take out the criminals before more of the hostages die.
- DirectorCharles Robert CarnerStarsDean CainErika EleniakRoman PodhoraIn the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsJerry TrimbleJillian McWhirterVernon WellsDeep inside the nation's top chemical weapons facility, a brilliant terrorist takes a Congresswoman hostage. The Navy can't stop him. The Air Force can't reach him. The Coast Guard can't kill him. Only one man can do the job: special agent Ryan Cooper. He's in a race against time to save the world, facing his greatest challenge yet!
- DirectorRick AveryStarsJeff SpeakmanRon SilverRochelle SwansonA terrorist group lead by Colonel Baron has taken over an Israeli biochemical weapon laboratory. Colonel Baron wants to get his hands on a new secret weapon developed by Dr. Allie Levin. Dutton Hatfield from the U.S. embassy must help Dr. Levin keep her invention away from the bad guys.
- DirectorRick JacobsonStarsDon WilsonMarcus AureliusMichael BlanksTerrorists take over a nuclear weapons launch site, but don't count on a humble military courier, who happens to be making a visit.
- DirectorRobert LeeStarsJack ScaliaDouglas ArthursIngrid TorranceJack Gracy, a former security guard at the American Embassy in Russia, has shown up uninvited to a party at the embassy in the former Soviet Republic of Bazrhikistan, where his estranged girlfriend is working. As the two are talking upstairs, a group of terrorists disguised as caterers burst in and take all the guests downstairs hostage. The terrorists are threatening to launch nuclear missles at America if their demands are not met, but they haven't planned on Jack being their to spoil the party.
- DirectorGustavo Graef MarinoStarsPeter WellerDaryl HannahTom BerengerTerrorists take over the US embassy in Bucharest, executing one hostage every hour until a war criminal is released. Plus - 2 specialists are there trying to disarming a secret nuclear bomb.
- DirectorSimon FellowsStarsJean-Claude Van DammeJulie CoxAlan McKennaThe new military attache is also second in command at the US embassy in "Moldavia". The loser at the recent presidential election isn't letting that stop him. The president seeks protection at the US embassy bringing it under attack.
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsSteven SeagalSteve AustinMichael ParéTwo former black ops operatives are required to transfer two female convicts to a prison. While on their way, unknown assailants attack them.
- DirectorMichael CohnStarsJürgen ProchnowAndrew DivoffElizabeth MoreheadA U.S. Air Force officer tries to stop a murderous group of terrorists who are trying to steal two top secret F-117A Stealth Fighters from the cargo hold of a gigantic C-5 Galaxy Transport flying at 30,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
- DirectorKevin HooksStarsWesley SnipesBruce PayneTom SizemoreAn airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsRay LiottaLauren HollyBrendan GleesonAfter a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.
- DirectorDavid MackayStarsCraig ShefferTom BerengerJennifer BealsA flight carrying a group of people returning home from a course to help with their fear of flying is hijacked by a terrorist. One aviation-wary passenger is forced to land the airliner, while the rest fear that a bomb is on board.
- DirectorJorge MontesiStarsZak SantiagoMonika SchnarreSharon AlexanderTerrorists hijack an airplane that is broadcasting a rock concert live on the Internet.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsHarrison FordGary OldmanGlenn CloseCommunist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
- DirectorStuart BairdStarsKurt RussellHalle BerrySteven SeagalWhen terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
- DirectorRick JacobsonStarsMichael DudikoffPaul WinfieldRichard NortonRick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsIce-TCyril O'ReillyKimberly OjaA Marine Colonel and his men are sent abroad on hostage rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the hostages dead and decide to get payback by massacring the village. Upon return home to the US, they must face the consequences.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsBrian BosworthShannon WhirryMichael DornSecret Service agents target a presidential candidate by hijacking the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde.
- DirectorAlain JakubowiczStarsDean CochranAlan AustinEli DankerWhen terrorists hijack a flight, one man must find a way to save everyone on board.
- DirectorKunal ShivdasaniStarsShiney AhujaMona AmbegaonkarAnanya ChadhaAfter the passing away of his wife, Pooja, Delhi-based Vikram Madan, enrolls his daughter, Priya, in a boarding school in Amritsar, and re-locates to work as a Mechanic at Chandigarh Airport. His daughter informs him that she is on her way to Amritsar on a hostel-trip on Indian Airlines Flight IC147. Shortly thereafter, Vikram will be informed that the flight has been hijacked to Dubai by Islamic terrorists, who want the Indian government to release one of their comrades, Rashid Omar, or else they will start killing the passengers and crew one by one at half-hour intervals.
- DirectorBrandon NuttStarsVinnie JonesRob SteinbergCraig FairbrassA special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsKen WahlMatt FrewerHarley Jane KozakA group of embittered ex-cops use a chemical spill to raid the banks and homes of Beverly Hills.
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsMorgan FreemanChristian SlaterRandy QuaidThe partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.
- DirectorPanna RittikraiStarsNappon GomarachunSantisuk PromsiriDan ChupongA group of athletes helping a poor village must stop an evil tyrant and his men from terrorizing the village.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJean-Claude Van DammePowers BootheRaymond J. BarryA former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the Vice President and others hostage during the seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.
- DirectorDallas JacksonStarsMichael Jai WhiteMichael EklundSabryn RockA security guard (ex special forces) brings his two kids to work at a basketball arena on the day, the governor, mayor, thousands of other spectators and 8 terrorists are there.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsLinden AshbyAndrew DivoffKimberly WarrenTerrorists are holding the U.S. Olympic swim team hostage, and only janitor Jack Bryant (Linden Ashby) can stop them.
- DirectorDolph LundgrenStarsDolph LundgrenMelissa MolinaroHristo ShopovWhen the Russian Premier is taken hostage at a rock concert in Moscow, it's up to a drummer, an ex-biker, to save him.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsShannon TweedRobert DaviAndrew Dice ClayAndrew Dice Clay takes over a hotel during a beauty pageant taking several pageant contestants hostage since one of them is a rich senator's daughter.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsLance HenriksenShannon TweedBruce PayneSharon Bell is back, this time she must stop a terrorist plot to smuggle Nazi nerve gas.
- DirectorRic MoxleyStarsLaci SzaboSuzanne KarserasBas RuttenA band of mercenaries overtake the city's largest museum to steal its most prized possession, "The Star of Nefertiti." However, they didn't expect a notorious jewel thief to be there for the same job.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsEric RobertsBryan GenesseIce-TA staged kidnapping of the President of the United States becomes very real, forcing a lone hero to save the day.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsPeter WellerDennis HopperTia CarrereA just-paroled ex-cop and his soon-to-be-ex-wife wander into a Las Vegas casino, become suspects in a robbery, and take a gamble with their lives.
- DirectorDavid GiancolaStarsSean AstinBruce CampbellStacy KeachAt the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster to save the day - and his fiancé.
- DirectorMichael MazoStarsThomas Ian GriffithNastassja KinskiChristopher PlummerA cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
- DirectorRobert LeeStarsJudge ReinholdCarol AltMichael SarrazinA policeman working alone must rescue his girlfriend and a trainload of other hostages from vicious criminals in a mountain tunnel hideout.
- DirectorLloyd A. SimandlStarsBo SvensonOlivier GrunerLeo RossiA group of retired spies once former enemies, are forced to work together in an attempt to retrieve a neutron bomb stolen by a group of new-wave, high-tech operatives who have supplanted them in the post-Cold War intelligence game.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsLoni AndersonHulk HoganJim VarneyThe three unstoppable Ninja brothers fight to save their hero (Hulk Hogan) and Mega Mountain Amusement Park from the vicious kid-hating Medusa (Loni Anderson).
- DirectorDaniel Petrie Jr.StarsSean AstinWil WheatonKeith CooganA group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsPatrick StewartVincent KartheiserBrenda FrickerTrapped in a school in which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsCorey HaimAlan ThickeDick Van PattenA high school is taken over by terrorists with deadly far reaching intentions but one heroic, resourceful student decides to take the fight right to them.
- DirectorKevin TenneyStarsCorey HaimAmi DolenzLaraine NewmanA college student and his friends try to thwart a deranged war veteran's plan to poison the city's water supply.
- DirectorJan de BontStarsSandra BullockJason PatricWillem DafoeA computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsDylan WalshIce-TErika EleniakThis is the story of a modern day pirate mad man and his crew of 8, searching for fortune on a cruise ship but a small group of passengers fight back.
- DirectorJean PellerinStarsRob LoweLarisa MillerHarry Van GorkumA car ferry carrying a valuable artifact is sunk by a group of international thieves.
- DirectorJing WongStarsJackie ChanRichard NortonJoey WangA self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsKenny HoChristy ChungElaine LuiA group of terrorists murder the captain of a cruise ship and take everyone hostage. Their plan is to steal the uranium being stored in the ship's safe. It's up to a security officer and a pickpocketing cocktail waitress to stop them.
- DirectorAndrew StevensStarsMichael DudikoffFrederic ForrestReiner SchöneNuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, who turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL can save the day by sliding aboard while the sub is underwater.
- DirectorDamian LeeJim WynorskiStarsDolph LundgrenMeilani PaulAleksandr KuznetsovCaptain Matt Hendricks and Dr. Linda Christian are locked in a submarine with Russian terrorists that threaten to launch a chemical virus on US territory.
- DirectorPasha PatrikiStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDolph LundgrenAl SapienzaA deep-cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsSteven SeagalGary BuseyTommy Lee JonesAn ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsSteven SeagalEric BogosianEverett McGillCasey Ryback hops on a Colorado to LA train to start a vacation with his niece. Early into the trip, terrorists board the train and use it as a mobile HQ to hijack a top secret destructive US satellite.
- DirectorBob MisiorowskiStarsJean-Claude Van DammeTomas AranaLaura HarringOn an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff (Van Damme) becomes a one man army to derail the terrorists and save the lives of everyone on board!
- DirectorYossi WeinStarsBryan GenesseBentley MitchumMichael Anthony RosasA runaway train barrels through the Mexican countryside, hijacked by escaped prisoners, and it's only a matter of time before they begin to execute the passengers. Enter Ryan, a special agent with one gun and a whole bag of tricks.
- DirectorRobert LeeStarsColin CunninghamMonika SchnarreMatt FrewerA soldier on a space station is assigned to the "freezer," for prisoners as a result of a botched operation. When the prisoners escape, he must stop them from taking over the space station.
- DirectorPhillip J. RothStarsOlivier GrunerAlicia CoppolaKen OlandtA cop framed for murder is the only one not in cryosleep when a team of thieves boards the armored treasury spaceship he's on to steal its load - 40 billion universal dollars - and then ram the ship into a comet to cover their tracks.
- DirectorGilbert PoStarsJoseph CulpBruce CampbellJocelyn SeagraveThe mad terrorist Alex Windham takes over a small scientific community on another planet and forces Dome 4's inhabitants to build him some bombs. Windham is unaware, however, that futuristic "peacekeeper" Chase Morran is on Dome 4 and plans to foil Alex's evil plot.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsChanning TatumJamie FoxxMaggie GyllenhaalWhile on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsGerard ButlerAaron EckhartMorgan FreemanSecret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
- DirectorBabak NajafiStarsGerard ButlerAaron EckhartMorgan FreemanIn London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsGerard ButlerFrederick SchmidtDanny HustonMike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsLiam NeesonJulianne MooreScoot McNairyAn air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes.
- DirectorSheng DingStarsJackie ChanYe LiuTian JingA man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
- DirectorAlain DesrochersStarsAntonio BanderasBen KingsleyLiam McIntyreA security guard protects an eleven year-old girl who is being targeted by a gang for participating as a trial witness.
- DirectorJared CohnStarsBruce WillisPatrick MuldoonMatthew MarsdenAn ex-military man working at a Georgia power plant has to spring into action to prevent disaster when a group of rogue soldiers gain control of the plant and take the employees hostage.
- DirectorKanishk VarmaStarsVidyut JammwalKiran KarmarkarNeha DhupiaSanak is an action-thriller film, summarizing the emotion and journey of a lone hero, who fights overwhelming odds in a restricted environment, to save his wife and other unfortunates, helpless hostages, from the perils of evil.
- DirectorGlenn BerggoetzStarsGlenn BerggoetzBaird LefterLauren von EngelnWhen a gang of terrorists invade a campus building, it's up to English professor Joe McCann to save the day.
- DirectorSteve CarrStarsKevin JamesKeir O'DonnellJayma MaysWhen a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsKevin JamesRaini RodriguezEduardo VerásteguiAfter six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Las Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers.