1. BRUCE WILLIS, DIE HARD (1988)
He's just a guy. That's the amazing thing about Bruce Willis' John McClane, a NYC cop in L.A. to reconcile with his corporate-ladder-climbing wife, who gets trapped in a skyscraper with money-hungry ''terrorists.'' He's not thick with muscles, he's often afraid, and he forgot his shoes. But Willis' street-smart insouciance, along with McTiernan's high-tension camerawork, help make McClane one of the greatest action heroes of all time.
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