What is Die Hard / Bad Santa about?

Name: Die Hard / Bad Santa
Genre: Comedy,Suspense/Thriller

DIE HARD, 1988, 20th Century Fox, 131 min. Dir. John McTiernan. Bruce Willis plays wisecracking cop John McClane, an endearing everyman who becomes an unlikely hero when a group of professional thieves holds his wife’s building hostage at Christmastime. One of the most purely entertaining movies ever made, this fast, funny, and visually elegant thriller set the template for the Hollywood action flicks that followed it, and made Willis a movie star. BAD SANTA, 2003, Miramax, 91 min. Dir. Terry Zwigoff’s underground variation of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, with Billy Bob Thorton as a completely foul- mouthed alcoholic con man posing as a mall Santa, who teams up with his friend Marcus (Tony Cox) to rob the store just before Christmas. A rare intelligent adult comedy. Hysterical and bold, Thornton is reminiscent of W.C. Fields, only more drunk and worse to children. Partner and elf Tony Cox is the perfect foil.

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What is Die Hard / Bad Santa about?: DIE HARD, 1988, 20th Century Fox, 131 min. Dir. John McTiernan. Bruce Willis plays wisecracking cop John McClane, an endearing everyman who becomes an unlikely hero when a group of professional thieves holds his wife’s building hostage at Christmastime. One of the most purely entertaining movies ever made, this fast, funny, and visually elegant thriller set the template for the Hollywood action flicks that followed it, and made Willis a movie star.
BAD SANTA, 2003, Miramax, 91 min. Dir. Terry Zwigoff’s underground variation of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, with Billy Bob Thorton as a completely foul- mouthed alcoholic con man posing as a mall Santa, who teams up with his friend Marcus (Tony Cox) to rob the store just before Christmas. A rare intelligent adult comedy. Hysterical and bold, Thornton is reminiscent of W.C. Fields, only more drunk and worse to children. Partner and elf Tony Cox is the perfect foil.