10 Greatest "Die Hard On A...." Movies
7. Speed: Die Hard On A Bus
Speed is by no means an exact Die Hard clone. The bad guy hasn't seized control of a set location for example and or hero isn't forced to off his henchman one by one.
However there's plenty in its DNA to warrant a place on this list. Namely we have our loose cannon hero, Keanu Reeves' Jack Traven, finding himself aboard a bus rigged to explode where he is forced into increasingly desperate acts in order to thwart a crazed bad guy with a vendetta. If anything it's a clever new twist on the Die Hard formula, taking the compromised enclosed location on the move, removing the bad guy from the immediate line of fire but maintaining the presence of a determined central hero.
Jan De Bont's movie is blessed with some great stunt set pieces and benefits greatly from Dennis Hopper giving brilliant "psychotic nutjob" throughout.