10 Bruce Willis Movies That Were Basically Die Hard Sequels

1. The Fifth Element (Die Hard with a Spaceship)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKssDjs64o And our glut of increasingly absurd Die Hard sequels finally reaches its apex with Luc Besson's The Fifth Element, a film so far removed from the reality of Die Hard that I fear this one's going to be a tough sell. Though the framework is obviously radically different, it still has Bruce Willis playing the likeable everyman thrust into an absurd, impossible situation. This time he's not a cop, but a cab driver called Korben Dallas, who is called up for what would be John McClane's biggest challenge yet; preventing the end of the world. Full of hilarious quips, a typically exasperated Willis performance, and a quirky romance with Milla Jovovich's alien Leeloo, it's another fun "What If" scenario; what if John McClane was a badass intergalactic hero. No? Well, you've always got 16 Blocks... Could Die Hard work as a sci-fi? What's your favourite non-Die Hard Die Hard film? Let us know in the comments below.
 
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