Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.

Based on the novel by Roderick Thorp.

Bonus features: Disc 1: commentary by director John McTiernan and production designer Jackson DeGovia; scene-specific commentary by special effects supervisor Richard Edlund; subtitle commentary by various cast and crew ; branching version with the extended power shutdown scene cut back in; DVD-ROM features: script-to-scene comparison; Disc 2: two extended scenes: Airplane sequence and Power shutdown scene; the cutting room re-edit and re-mix your favorite scenes; deleted lines and sequences reel; gag reel ; newscasts; interactive articles from American Cinematographer and Cinefex Magazine; full-length screenplay; still gallery; trailers and TV spots; DVD-ROM features: links and game demos.

Disc 1: main feature plus commentaries -- Disc 2: special features.

Editors, Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link ; music, Michael Kamen.

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia.

On Christmas Eve a team of terrorists has seized a building in L.A. and taken hostages. A New York cop, in town to spend the holidays with his estranged wife, is the only hope for the people held by the cunning and savage criminals.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; THX.

System requirements for DVD-ROM feature: PC with windows; some of these enhanced DVD features will not work on MAC; these discs will not work in a CD-ROM drive.

Closed-captioned.