Die Hard Scenario

Die Hard Scenario is an action film sub-genre. The film's settings take place usually in three types of locations - a single building, plane, or vessel - which is seized or under threat by enemy agents, criminals, or terrorists, but are opposed by a single hero who fights an extended battle within the location using stealth and cunning to attempt to defeat them. This sub-genre began with the film Die Hard but has become popular in Hollywood movie making both because of its crowd appeal and the relative simplicity of building sets for such a constrained piece.

List of Die Hard Scenario films

• Die Hard (1988) (NYPD cop John McClaine takes on terrorists inside an L.A. building)
• Die Hard 2 (1990) (John McClaine battles terrorists at a Washington D.C. airport)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) (John McClaine and a shoesalesman hunt a bomber in New York City)
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007) (John McClaine and a computer hacker take on Cyberterrorist in New York)
• Passenger 57 (1992) (Airline security expert John Cutter battles terrorists in a airplane)
• Sudden Death (1995) ( Fire Marshal Darren McCord Takes on Terrorists inside an Hockey Stadium)
• Under Siege (1992) (Casey Ryback a Former Navy Seal battles Mecenaries in a U.S Battleship)
• Under Siege 2 (1995) (Casey Ryback takes on Mercenaries in a Train)
• Con Air (1997) ( Ex-U.S. Army Ranger Cameron Poe Takes on Cons in a Prison Transport Plane)
• Air Force One (1997) (President James Marshall battles terrorists in Air Force One)
• Executive Decision (1996) (Army Consultant David Grant Along with a Special Forces Team, Take on Terrorists in a passenger plane.)
• The Rock (1996) (Chemical Weapons expert Stanley Goodsped And Former S.A.S Captain John Mason Battle Mercenaries in Alcatraz Prison)
• Agent Red (2000) (U.S. Navy Officer Matt Hendricks Battles Terrorists in a Russian Submarine)
• Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero (1995) (Air Force Courier Nick Corrigan takes on Terrorists at a Nuclear Missile Base)
• Against the Dark (2009)(Vigilante Group Battles Mutant Vampires in a Hospital)
• Mean Guns (Highly Skilled Killer Lou takes on Gangsters in a Maximum Security Prison)
• Derailed (2002) (NATO Operative Jacques Kristoff takes on Terrorists on a Passenger Train)
• Snakes On a Plane (2006) (FBI Agent Neville Flynn takes on Snakes on a Passenger Airplane)
• Half Past Dead (2002) (FBI Agent and Convicts take on Mercenaries in the re-opened Alcatraz Prison)
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) (Mild-Mannered, Fat Security Guard takes on Terrorists in a mall)