DIE HARD – john mctiernan – 7.5 / 10

Why doesn’t anyone in this film believe anyone else?  All interactions start out antagonistic and every once in a while resolve themselves to being civil (but only sometimes).  When we first see Sgt. Al Powell he’s buying Twinkies for his pregnant wife but the store clerk doesn’t believe him.  When John McClane calls dispatch for help, they think he’s a crank caller.  When Powell suggests McClane might be trying to help, his boss says he’s probably just a bartender.  Even smarmy asshole reporter Thornberg is met with disbelief when he tells his boss there’s a terrorist attack underway.