John McTiernan's Die Hard is rightfully credited with changing the face of action movies forever. The unstoppable killing machines that reached their apex with 1985's Rambo: First Blood, Part II had outworn their all-too-indulgent welcome when John McClane showed up for that fateful Christmas party. In the wake of it, vulnerable everymen replaced gun-toting John Wayne types, with the likes of Speed and Point Break following and the John Rambos of cinema quietly stepping aside. McTiernan's The Hunt for Red October also introduced Jack Ryan to that mix.
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