# Please identify this Bruce Willis movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816 "2003-12-18T18:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/1 "2003-12-18T18:46:30Z")
Someone help me, quick. What’s the name of that Bruce Willis movie where he fights off a bunch of terrorists? It was set in New York at Christmastime. No, not _Die Hard_. It was some other movie. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/2 "2003-12-18T18:49:46Z")
Hudson Hawk? ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/3 "2003-12-18T18:50:33Z")
The Seige? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/4 "2003-12-18T18:51:29Z")
_Die Hard II_? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/5 "2003-12-18T19:03:38Z")
_Die Hard II_! That’s the one! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aleong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@aleong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aleong)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/6 "2003-12-18T19:10:28Z")
Wasn’t “Die Hard II” set in Washington DC’s Dulles Airport? “Die Hard III” was set in New York, but the story takes place during the summer. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/7 "2003-12-18T19:20:38Z")
Ah, so it was. My error. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/8 "2003-12-18T19:22:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aleong \* > \*\*Wasn’t “Die Hard II” set in Washington DC’s Dulles Airport? “Die Hard III” was set in New York, but the story takes place during the summer. \*\* yes. And i’ve read one of your magazine articles. nice stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/9 "2003-12-18T21:03:25Z")
I think it was _The Siege_ with Willis as a military commander, Denzel Washington as somebody, and Warren Beatty’s wife as a CIA operative. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/10 "2003-12-18T21:57:12Z")
[The Siege](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133952/) remains the only movie involving terrorists, New York, and Bruce Willis that I can think of. I remember that it was in winter, but I don’t remember any Christmas element, and I don’t think you could really say he was fighting off terrorists. It was more about how far one would go to prevent terrorism. Are you sure it was Bruce Willis? Any sense of how old the movie is? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/11 "2003-12-26T02:55:28Z")
The Christmas season featured in the first Die Hard movie. Maybe you’re mixing up several BW movies? ---
**Author:** ![richardb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@richardb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richardb)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/12 "2003-12-27T01:58:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 11811 \* > \*\*The Christmas season featured in the first Die Hard movie. Maybe you’re mixing up several BW movies? \*\* But the first Die Hard movie does not meet the conditions of the OP: It does not involve terrorists. To explain more (and to explain what **obfusciatris** means, requires a spoiler tag: [spoiler]The criminals Bruce Willis is fighting in Die Hard are robbers. They are stealing millions of dollars in Bearer Bonds that is located in the safe at the bottom of the building where Bruce Willis’s wife works. The criminals CLAIM to be terrorists, as this facilitates their clever scheme both to be able to get into the safe and to be able to get away.[/spoiler] However, to someone who has not actually seen the film or remember the details of the plot at all, it seems at first glance that Die Hard is about Bruce Willis fighting a bunch of terrorists in New York at Christmastime. I can never hear “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” sung without thinking of that great movie ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/13 "2003-12-27T07:28:17Z")
Plus **Die Hard** was set in Los Angeles, not New York, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/14 "2003-12-27T08:53:12Z")
Yes, _Die Hard_ was in LA. _Die Hard II_ was in DC. _Die Hard III_ was in NY. Of the three, the only one that took place during Christmas was _Die Hard_. _The Siege_ took place in New York, involved terrorists, but was not during Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Petter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Petter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petter)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/15 "2003-12-27T21:13:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vandal \*\*\* > Of the three, the only one that took place during Christmas was _Die Hard_. > \*\* No, Die Hard II also took place during Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/16 "2003-12-27T21:30:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by richardb \* > \*\* > > The criminals Bruce Willis is fighting in Die Hard are robbers. They are stealing millions of dollars in Bearer Bonds that is located in the safe at the bottom of the building where Bruce Willis’s wife works. > > \*\* Eh, it’s my favorite movie, more or less. I might as well nitpick. The vault is located on the 30th floor, up the stairs. \*\* > [@](#): > > I can never hear “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” sung without thinking of that great movie \*\* Every time I hear an elevator go _Bing_, I think it’s doors are going to blow off. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-bruce-willis-movie/219816/17 "2003-12-27T21:31:41Z")
. . . _its_ doors . . . , of course. :smack: