An action film series centered around the character of John McClane, a New York City police detective who finds himself fighting a group of terrorists in each film.

Denzel Washington has been an intermittent action star since the 1990s, but few people remember his foray into the 'Die Hard' universe.

The infinitely quotable everyman cop John McClane first appeared onscreen in 1988 with ... later in 1990. Die Hard with a Vengeance followed and became the highest-grossing movie of 1995, earning ...