] Die Hard (1988)d.John McTiernan, 131 minutesFilm Plot SummaryNew York detective/cop Lt.John McClane (Bruce Willis) ook a flight to Los Angeles, arriving on Christmas Eve, 1988, with plans to join his estranged wife (of six months) Holly Gennero/McClane (Bonnie Bedelia) at a holiday party in her place of business, the 40 story high-rise Nakatomi Plaza Towers in Century City.[Later in the ghetto massacre scene, other flashes of light in window frames are the firings of machine-guns.They came into conflict with a growing tribe of sentient apes with genetically-enhanced intelligence, led by Caesar (CGI- Andy Serkis again).They begin to find fault with everything he does and they harrass him endlessly.He receives "the Treatment" in order to break his spirit - undesirable tasks, emotional harrassment, physical abuse, extra marching duty from Sergeant Baldy Dhom (Claude Akins), and double-time laps around the track for having a poorly-assembled rifle during gun inspection.