for an action hero who was a little more sensitive. >> do you really think you have a chance against us, mr. cowboy? >> yippee-ki-yay, [bleep] >> "die hard" is as perfect in its own way as "casablanca". it is an action movie where the action is great. it is a heist movie where the heist makes sense. you have john mcclane, who is not a superhero, who is a regular new york cop, who is not only out of his element, but he's out of his shoes. >> that's a great thing to do in an action movie, is include something which everybody can sympathize with. i don't know what it's like to throw a chair with explosives down an elevator shaft, but i have accidentally trod on glass, and it hurt. >> you watch him and you go, "i see myself in him, this person who is flawed, but can overcome it," which is, i think, a narrative that we all have about ourselves. like, "well, if push came to shove, i would show up." >> alan rickman's performance as