Marcus has referred his cousin (and his romantic interest) Trina to the dentist - he brags to her about McTeague""s strength: "Trina, Mac""s the strongest duck you ever seen - - by damn!" To prove he point, he makes a fist and grips his own bicep arm muscle to demonstrate.It appeared that an elite band of armed, hired terrorist mercenaries, led by former U.S.Army Special Forces Colonel Stuart, were converging on the airport and awaiting Esperanza""s arrival.McClane was also awaiting the arrival of his wife""s inbound plane from Los Angeles, about a half hour late in landing.His ultimate crazed goal was to create a freezing engine powered by giant diamonds to encase Gotham City in ice - and hold the city ransom for billions needed to complete his research (he wished to ""find a cure" to revive his frozen wife, suffering from advanced Macgregor""s Syndrome, from a vertical-standing, cryogenic sarcophagus-like liquid chamber).Notice that behind he gaslight is the static shadow of a man strangling a woman!The film opens with a short sequence to set the scene.