... doesn't slow down until the end credits. McTiernan is a master of pacing, and on those few occasions when the script lets him down, the camerawork comes to the rescue. This film is explosive in more ways than one, a lavish, noisy extravaganza that gets the adrenaline flowing. Bruce Willis is perfect as the wisecracking John ... is quite clearly the heroine, as she knows what John is doing and she knows how his mind works. With this, she knows how to keep the terrorists at bay in order to let John do what he needs to do to save the workers. The Nakatomi workers represent the society, as ...

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