dvd movies, new dvd releases for everyone
ACTIVE NOV-07
Total: $0.00USD
Your Cart is Empty
Movies
On Demand
Adult
Music
MP3 Downloads
Title
Actors
Director
And
Or
Exact
Fuzzy
Starts
SUB SECTIONS
DVD Movies
Blu-ray DVD
HD DVD Movies
Adult DVDs
Adult Novelty
Anime DVD
5.1 Audio DVDs
Music CDs
MP3 Downloads
Video On Demand
Vinyl LPs
UMD Movies
BD QUICK LINKS
New Releases
Top Sellers
Coming Soon
Cheap Blu-ray
Recently Added
BD BY GENRE
Action
Anime
Comedy
Cartoons
Childrens
Documentary
Drama
Horror
Sci-Fi
Suspense
TV Shows
view all
BD BY STUDIO
20th Century Fox
Anchor Bay
BBC
Dimension
HBO
Lions Gate
MGM
Miramax
New Line
Sony
Touchstone
Universal
Walt Disney
Warner Brothers
view all
MY ACCOUNT
Login/Register
Adjust Account
Shipping Profiles
Order History
Current Invoices
Email Subs
My Currency:
My Email Alerts
My Wishlist
My Shopping Cart
Checkout Now
SITE MATTERS
Help & Support
Shipping Info
RSS Feeds
HiDef Blog
Sitemap
Resources
dvd cohorts
Die Hard Collection (Die Hard/ Die Hard 2: Die Harder/ Die Hard with a Vengeance/ Live Free or Die Hard) [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray
R (Restricted) :: 20th Century Fox ::
Released:
2007-11-20
zoom box image
$78.79USD
In Stock
$61.49
In Stock
Amazon Marketplace New:
$37.00
38 Available
Amazon Marketplace Low:
$35.74
21 Available
Amazon Marketplace Collectible:
$129.98
1 Available
Buy.com:
$67.83
In Stock
CD Universe:
$79.49
In Stock
Deep Discount DVD:
$61.39
In Stock
DVD Boxoffice:
$99.99
In Stock, Ships in 1 to 5 days
Rent Die Hard Collection (Die Hard/... at BLOCKBUSTER (USA)
Rent Die Hard Collection (Die Hard/... with Zip.ca (Canada)
Rank:
#3979
Rating:
4.0/5 (38 Reviews)
5/5
A classic action franchise.
by John Q Public (Long Island, NY)
The Die Hard films have been reviewed so much that all the critical points have been covered, so I'll leave the critical review of the movies to others. This collection is more geared towards those who have already seen the films and would like to have the blu-rays in their collection. To that end, the blu-ray set is an excellent value if you can find it for around $40 or less. I was thrilled to see that Amazon offers it for a reasonable price, and I picked mine up for $45 including shipping (though I've seen it in the past for as low as $35). Obviously the transfer quality improves with the each subsequent movie, and the last one (Live Free or Die Hard) looks excellent in 1080p. Great trip down memory lane for those who enjoy the franchise.
5/5
If you have a blu ray player, you should own this
by M. Herzog (chicago)
The die hard movies have been reviewed to death. Obviously most considered the first one of the best action moves ever made, if not the best. It's the sequels that cause debate and get the additional reviews. The second flick is usually considered the least favorite, and with good reason. The plots more silly than usual, the action is not the best, with long periods where nothing interesting occurs. Oh yeah, and Bruce willis is only allowed to by funny about two and half times in the entire movie. Thought its not the worst movie, its hardly up to die hard standards.
As to the third, while it is far more entertaining, with great action and dialogue, the one thing missing is the claustrophobic nature of the first. While the second flick wasn't great, at least it felt like a sequel. This one feels like its own movie, with John McClane thrown in. Though this may not be a bad thing, depending on what you're hoping from a sequel. Overall a pretty fun movie, that I've watched quite a few times over the years.
Then there's the hotly debated fourth movie. Was it necessary? Probably not, but frankly I think it's the better of the sequels. The action is top notch, John is wise cracking, but the thing I like most about it is that they didn't provide a huge cheat in the use of technology. John doesn't do technology. He admits it, and can't get it right even when he needs to. His character is older, and the world is starting to out grow him, though not his usefullness. I was particularly fond of seeing the older john mcclane still beating bad guys and saving the day, but acknowledging he couldn't do everything.
As to the blu ray, it is certainly a great deal. All four films and a ridiculous amount of special features. While I admit the transfer of the first two flicks is nothing special, I did compare to my dvds unconverted, and noticed a difference, thought not that great. The fourth however is my demo movie as it looks AMAZING. There are also a ton of special features, though I note alot of those that were on the dvds for the first movie are missing, outtakes and such.
While I'm sure there will eventually be a re-release (there were three or four releases on dvd), I'm thrilled with what I have. Tons of features, pretty picture, and some really great flicks. If you have a blu ray player give it a shot.
5/5
Great Collection
by D. Marston (Reno, NV USA)
Great product, delivered on time and in perfect condition. Perfect quality for any Die Hard fan...
5/5
A must have collection
by C. Goff
This is a great set to have in your collection. Blu-ray is great. A good value and most of this series is great.
5/5
DIE HARDER
by Samuel R. Burns
Being a huge Die Hard fan, I have to say that the new blu-ray disc set is a perfect buy. Good price and great quality. The first three are re-mastered to 1080 picture and even the sound quality has been enhanced. This is a must buy for action movie buffs and a must to have in any real man's collection. "Yippee ki yay mother$@^#&*!"
Die Hard Collection (Die Hard/ Die Hard 2: Die Harder/ Die Hard with a Vengeance/ Live Free or Die Hard) [Blu-ray] Summary
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: t
Disc 1: Die Hard Blu-ray Disc 2: Die Harder Blu-ray Disc 3: Die Hard With A Vengeance Blu-ray Disc 4: Live Free Or Die Hard Blu-ray
Die Hard
is the movie franchise that made a movie star out of TV star Bruce Willis, and created an entire action-movie genre of its own. In the original 1988 film, Willis plays wisecracking New York cop John McClane, who arrives at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles to meet up with his estranged wife, Holly (Bonny Bedelia), at her office Christmas party. As luck would have it, the company ends up in the middle of a terrorist plot led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his gang of expert killers, and with little help coming from outside, McClane has to pick off his enemies one by one. Thus was born the "
Die Hard
genre," epitomized by such films as
Under Siege
("
Die Hard
on a ship"),
Passenger 57
("
Die Hard
on a plane"),
Speed
("
Die Hard
on a bus"), and
Cliffhanger
("
Die Hard
on a mountain"). But few measure up to the explosive brilliance of
Die Hard
. Director John McTiernan develops the action at a fast and furious pace, culminating in some fantastic set-pieces on the top of the building, in the elevator shaft, and in the building's outer plaza. Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza's script, based on Roderick Thorp's novel
Nothing Lasts Forever
, is smart, funny, and full of memorable lines (among them "Welcome to the party, pal!" and of course "Yippee ki-ay, motherf*****"), and the cast is perfection, especially Rickman as the cunningly evil villain, and Willis, whose McClane character--bloodied, beaten, bruised, and barely breathing, as he battles both bad guys and bureaucrats--is someone audiences could genuinely cheer for.
Directed by Renny Harlin, the 1990 sequel,
Die Hard 2
(unofficially referred to as Die Harder), doesn't match the level of the original, but it's still an exciting thrill ride with some terrific action sequences. One year after the Nakatomi incident, McClane (Willis) is awaiting his wife's (Bedelia) plane to arrive at Dulles Airport when he stumbles onto a plot to paralyze the entire airport, including all the planes trying to land. It's up to McClane to take on the cadre of bad guys despite all the bureaucrats standing in his way, and before the planes run out of fuel and crash to the ground. The cast includes William Sadler as rogue military man Col. Stuart, Dennis Franz as the latest bureaucratic cop to get in McClane's way, Richard Thornburg as the annoying reporter from the original movie, John Amos as a special-forces commander, early-in-their-career John Leguizamo and Robert Patrick as terrorists, and future politician and
Law and Order
actor Fred Thompson as the head of air traffic control.
The third film in the series,
Die Hard with a Vengeance
(1995), was again directed by John McTiernan and uses a different concept. The villain (played by Jeremy Irons) claims to have planted bombs all over New York City and gives John McClane (Willis), now alchoholic and separated, a series of clues to try to track them down. Along the way, he's aided by, and eventually teams up with, a Harlem shopkeeper named Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson). The interplay between Willis and Jackson is engaging, but better suited to the
Lethal Weapon
franchise it was previously considered for, and not till the end does the movie return to the familiar McClane-vs.-villains-showdown format.
Twelve years after
Die Hard with a Vengeance
, the third and previous film in the
Die Hard
franchise,
Live Free or Die Hard
finds John McClane (Bruce Willis) a few years older, not any happier, and just as kick-ass as ever. Right after he has a fight with his college-age daughter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a call comes in to pick up a hacker (Justin Long, a.k.a. the "Apple guy") who might help the FBI learn something about a brief security blip in their systems. Now any
Die Hard
fan knows that this is when the assassins with foreign accents and high-powered weaponry show up, telling McClane that once again he's stumbled into an assignment that's anything but routine. Once that wreckage has cleared, it is revealed that the hacker is only one of many hackers who are being targeted for extermination after they helped set up a "fire sale," a three-pronged cyberattack designed to bring down the entire country by crippling its transportation, finances, and utilities. That plan is now being put into action by a mysterious team (Timothy Olyphant,
Deadwood
, and Maggie Q,
Mission: Impossible 3
) that seems to be operating under the government's noses.
Live Free or Die Hard
uses some of the cat-and-mouse elements of
Die Hard with a Vengeance
along with some of the pick-'em-off-one-by-one elements of the now-classic original movie. And it's the most consistently enjoyable installment of the franchise since the original, with eye-popping stunts (directed by Len Wiseman of the
Underworld
franchise), good humor, and Willis's ability to toss off a quip while barely alive. There was some controversy over the film's PG-13 rating--there might be less blood than usual, and McClane's famous tag line is somewhat obscured--but there's still has plenty of action and a high body count. Yippee-ki-ay!
--David Horiuchi
Die Hard Collection Blu-ray Techincal Details
Cast:
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Rated:
R (Restricted)
Running Time:
494 mins
UPC:
024543482499
Binding:
Blu-ray
Studio:
20th Century Fox
Release Date:
2007-11-20
Region Code:
1
Specs:
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound
Language & Subtitles
English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
You may be interested in..
::
Ocean's Trilogy (Ocean's Eleven/ Ocean's Twelve/ Ocean's Thirteen) [Blu-ray]
::
Rambo 1-3 Boxset [Blu-ray]
::
Mission Impossible - Ultimate Missions Collection (Mission Impossible / Mission Impossible II / Mission Impossible III) [Blu-ray]
::
The Rock [Blu-ray]
::
Spider-Man - The High Definition Trilogy (Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Spider-Man 3) [Blu-ray]