Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst & Weirdest Die Hard Knock Offs (Part 1)

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The first of two batches of Try Hards tests a variety of fake McLanes against a plethora of phony Grubers. Will they both lose?
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00:00 Introduction
01:15 Die Hard in a Skyscraper
11:23 Die Hard in a Powerplant
15:36 Die Hard in a Mall
18:54 The History & Tropes of Die Hard
23:23 Die Hard on a Military Base
28:55 Die Hard on a Plane
41:31 Die Hard in a Town
45:05 Outro

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@thestokes91 Год назад

I can't believe Allison Pregler isn't the one to tell me that a David Hasselhoff Die Hard ripoff exists

@Alucard-A-La-Carte 8 месяцев назад

And that Film Brain/Diamanda Hagan didn't tell us about the Steve Austin/Stephen Seagal crossover!

@nal101 Год назад

I loved Executive Decision as a kid. I was blown away that Seagal was killed off so early.

@jeremyseaton4898 11 месяцев назад

Executive Decision is a great movie. Its one of the best action movies of all-time, IMO, because of how it keeps you guessing after killing off a big-name so early on.

@gantz22ify 10 месяцев назад

So was Seagal.

@BrainDamageComedy 4 месяца назад

seagul was well liked even back then it seems. the writer/director were aware of his "legendary" status.

@seewhativescene 2 месяца назад

He was written out for being abusive and never allowed back into mainstream Hollyweird @@BrainDamageComedy

@arri275555 Год назад

I worked with Eric Roberts on a project several years ago. He was so kind and down to earth.

@TheSmart-CasualGamer Год назад

Everyone's second favourite Master!

@Panzerkampfpony Год назад

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer More of a Sir Derek Jacobi fan but each to their own.

@teejjames3173 5 месяцев назад

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer😊

@seewhativescene 2 месяца назад

Hey! Come back! Can you tell the story about working with Eric Roberts again?

@DonnieBrook69 Месяц назад

Hardest working man in show business.

@Belgand Год назад

The takeaway I have from this is that Jurgen Prochnow really got around in this particular sub-genre.

@emitindustries8304 Год назад

WoW! That's 100 points for the win!

@hellbenderdesign 8 месяцев назад

...it just now occurred to me that 'McGruber' is a combination of John McClane and Hans Gruber, and all it took was hearing the names McClane and Gruber said eight dozen times.

@Hardworlder Месяц назад

Hate to break it to you, but MacGruber is just McGyver.

@wimvanderstraeten6521 Год назад

Sudden Death (1995) is a really good Die Hard rip-off. It has some great stunts.

@venomous6593 Год назад

Because you said that I am going to watch it on dvd thank you I needed something to watch have a nice day man

@WildFungus Год назад

@@venomous6593 check out Space Ice the youtube channel while you are at it.

@trouty606 Год назад

@@venomous6593 Jean Claude Van Damme fights a terrorist who's dressed in the Pittsburgh Penguins mascot costume. The movie is stupid as hell and super entertaining for it!

@poppers7317 Год назад

That is the first movie that comes to my mind when I think at "Die Hard in/on an x".

@greenkoopa Год назад

Van Damme kicks an entire hockey team in the face at the same time while doing the splits between 2 trucks

@craigjay6820 Год назад

Glasses off, eyepaint on...I cried when I saw that... comedy gold.

@armamentarmedarm1699 7 месяцев назад

"I just missed dinner!" "You also missed the point." That's a good line.

@cen7ury Год назад

Fun fact: the F-117 Nighthawk isn't actually a fighter jet, despite the "F" designation. The Nighthawk is strictly a bomber, as it has no onboard radar, and no capability to carry air-to-air missiles, and no cannon or gun, either. Definitely a minor detail in an otherwise brilliant video. Love your work, man!

@KassFireborn Год назад

Holy *crap* that Born to Fight near-miss woke me right up. Death was absolutely on-site just in case the coin toss went the other way there.

@harish1105 Год назад

Just want to point out that the guy who wrote and directed Baazi didn't make another movie for 6 years, but his next film 'Lagaan', was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won awards at the Berlin, European and Locarno Film Festivals. Moral of the story: if at first you fail, keep trying.

@martinwright1358 Год назад

Lagaan is a great movie by any standard - and has a lot of English fans

@hangonsnoop Год назад

I think that I've watched this at least 3 times. It never gets old. Your editing and humor are consistently on point.

@nignamedmutt7270 10 месяцев назад

Easily the best channel of the "so bad it's good" section of youtube. Redlettermedia is good, but my god does Rich Evans laugh get so fucking irritating, and anytime I find myself watching too much of them, they start to come across as pretentious(which isn't ENTIRELY their fault, but sometimes they do seem to take themselves too seriously)

@J0MBi Год назад

Taking of Beverly Hills 41:51 - did that not get hurt by the collapse of Orion? The behind the scenes stuff on that movie is pretty interesting, the production built a huge chunk of replica city in the desert of Mexico - then just blew it up! The scene with Branscombe Richmond's mulleted bad guy chasing the hero around firing a flame thrower out a pick up makes it worth the effort to track it down alone.

@mikes5637 Год назад

Just to clarify: none of us cared that Anna Nicole Smith couldn't act.

@mihalekhale2590 Год назад

there were only two reasons anyone ever watched a movie with her in it

@frankowalker4662 Год назад

True dat !!! :)

@DNOstalgia Год назад

She can't act? Huh! I never noticed 😜

@bigbearkat2010 Год назад

@@mihalekhale2590 the producers seemed to figure that out too

@J.S.3259 Год назад

She serves a purpose in The Hudsucker Proxy (still the best film from the Coen Bros.)

@mirvjournal1693 Год назад

This is my third watch of this video The film analysis, depth of research and humor at off the charts. Great channel

@marcsmith285 Год назад

Fantastic! I worked at a cinema when Turbulence was released and it sold 26 tickets, all of whom clearly walked away with the memory of watching Ray Liotta do whatever he fancied.

@keyaamabrahams7984 Год назад

I can remember Turbelance being very popular on video.

@reubenseldo1048 Год назад

Ray Liotta just doing Ray Liotta things is worth the price of admission alone tbh.

@DeathMetalDerf Год назад

Gary Oldman just makes everything he's in that much better. It usually takes me a minute to recognize him, given he looks wildly different in each film. Sure, some are easier than others to suss out, but seriously, I always enjoy whatever he does, even if I don't the rest of the movie that much.

@BadWebDiver Год назад

Same.

@murciadoxial8056 11 месяцев назад

Reading this comment after watching oppenheimer

@juniorjames7076 5 месяцев назад

Gary Oldman is the Boris Karloff of our era.

@maskoolio5824 Год назад

Drink every time Jurgen Prochnow turns up.

@youtubeletmeintoyoutube4580 2 месяца назад

“It wants to be disaster 🦐 but can’t afford it” 😂😂

@kyleolson8977 Год назад

The hero of "Nothing Last Forever" is a "geriatric cynic", and the tone and motivation of the characters is very different, but all of the major action set pieces, including jumping off the building with a firehose, climbing through the ventilation, jumping inside the elevator shaft using his machine gun to hold himself, and the fall at the end. The novel is so similar it's like the darkest timeline version of Die Hard.

@MrPolicekarim Год назад

Interesting Fact: In The Detective, there is a scene set in a cafe or bar. A group of people enters and walk past Frank Sinatra. One of them is a young Bruce Willis.

@brandonginsburg3120 Год назад

Thorough, organized, unique. Fantastic.

@ACab05050 Год назад

I have met Steven Segal before but the funny thing is it was when I was getting Danny Trejo"s autograph. They were sitting at the same table in a bar. I walked up to both told Danny I was a huge fan of his work. I asked for an autograph (which I stiil have) Trejo thanked me; we shook hands and I walked away barely acknowledging Segal. Funny but true story.

@toolbag-sy9ij Год назад

That makes you cooler than Segal!

@alecb8509 Год назад

@@toolbag-sy9ij It doesnt take much to be cooler than Segal.

@jesseowenvillamor6348 Год назад

Nah these "making fun of Segal" jokes are just getting old

@ACab05050 Год назад

@@jesseowenvillamor6348 Nah he deserves it. The reason I didn't care about meeting Segal was because I had learned what type of person he is. Just Google "Steven Segal s*xual misconduct" and see what I mean. He is also a bully to co-stars and stuntmen behind the scenes. A legendary stuntman named Gene LeBelle once guillotine choked Segal until he passed out and pissed himself because Segal was not pulling his punches while choreographing a scene. Also his martial art aikido is useless in an actual fight and his "acting" skills suck. Bullies and women predators SHOULD be ridiculed and exposed, in my humble opinion.

@ACab05050 Год назад

@@toolbag-sy9ij Gene LeBelle was the cool one for choking that POS out and not putting up with his crap!😎👏👍

@bonvoyageauLSD Год назад

Panna Rittikrai had quite a long history of doing crazy stunts by the time he got involved in Ong Bak. He headed a stunt team in the 80's and 90's who made a lot of ultra low budget action movies. One of the members of his team was Tony Jaa, who he put in Ong Bak and also recycled a lot of his old stunts and ideas into that movie. If you want to see some raw and crazy stunts I recommend his "original" Born to Fight from the mid 80's.

@larshansson1953 Год назад

it's really funny to me how Craig Sheffer is in both Turbulence 2 and Turbulence 3 but in different roles.

@Satsujinki1973 10 месяцев назад

I'm surprised you didn't mention that when Arnold was offered the role, it was going be a sequel to Commando with him reprising the role of John Matrix, with the Holly character originally being his now grown-up adult daughter as she was in the book. Also, Commando and Diehard 2 both refer to writer Steven de Souza's fictional South American country Val Verde. Meaning they take place in the same universe. He has a pet theory that Predator also takes place in Val Verde.

@thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527 Год назад

Actually my 2 favourite Die Hard copycats are the Peter Hymes Sudden Death and the Star trek the next generation episode Starship Mine which is really fun and kinda showed where Patrick Stewart would go in the films as an action man.

@TheBadMovieBible Год назад

At one point I had a bit on that Trek episode. Big fan. Always having to pull back from wandering into TV and doubling the runtime!

@FlyingHeadbutt100 10 месяцев назад

Trilithium Resin...

@sodadrinker89 Год назад

You know in Star Trek First Contact the A plot was Die Hard on a Starship.

@wyldemusick 8 месяцев назад

TNG also did a straight up Die Hard On A Spaceship episode.

@alexr4208 9 месяцев назад

35:32 That's when movies could still surprise you. I was in the theater thinking "Did Stephen Seagal just die?"

@rahulthekkedath8923 Год назад

What a great discovery !! 😁 Thank you Oliver Harper!!

@TheBadMovieBible Год назад

Thanks, and I'd also like to thank Oliver Harper.

@theeflake Год назад

Man I always felt Ken Wahl should of been way bigger. Every time I watch The Wanderers I always think he just has that leading man vibe about him. Haven't seen the The taking of Beverly Hills however but I will be now. Thanks for showing that.

@stevegeorge6880 Год назад

I think one of the great mysteries will forever be what happened and what could have happened with Ken Wahl. He was also in a movie shot around the same time but released later called The Favor where he was the sexy alternative to the quiet safe option of.. Brad Pitt. That's how high the higher-ups in Hollywood were on his potential at one point. My summary theory is that he coasted on natural ability and metabolism as long as one could before injury and alcoholism took him down without hope of a Brad Pitt style comeback. But I'm sure there's a deeper dive to be made.

@MrPolicekarim Год назад

He did his back in, didn't he? Slipped outside a female friend's house. He didn't want to name her, I seem to remember.

@VERMISIMILITUDE Год назад

Sent here from Oliver Harper!!! Amazing channel!!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@kw9172 Год назад

"Which isn´t how embassies usually work" made me spill my tea!

@glenharper3875 Год назад

Jesus u must have one hell of a movie collection, I’ve only seen Air Force one , passenger 57 & executive decision oh and die hard obviously great work mate

@TheBadMovieBible Год назад

Thanks, Glen!

@MatadorShifter Год назад

A pre Die Hard Die Hard in a building: an episode of The Equalizer made and released over 2-3 years prior to Die Hard. A terrorist group led by Detective Monk's Tony Sholboub take over a building during a wedding ceremony. Among the guests is McCall - a retired spec ops commando who doesn't show his cards and plots on eliminating the terrorists and liberating the building. One of the best episodes of The Equalizer

@jeremyseaton4898 11 месяцев назад

Wow! That's awesome! I've gotta check that out.

@jussing 10 месяцев назад

What an absolutely amazing video, thank you. I want to see all of these. My wife ran into the room and asked what I was so cracked up about.

@andrewgwilliam4831 7 месяцев назад

I saw "Turbulence" at a cinema in Mexico for the equivalent of around 75 US cents. I still regret paying that much!

@mtank30 Год назад

Oliver Harper turned me on to this channel... and I now have a new drug. I can't get enough. Highly entertaining. I love the dry cheeky humor and I looooove the nostalgia feels I'm getting. I worked in video stores all through the '90's so I was familiar with most of these D-grade titles (which were very popular rentals with our customers, believe it or not), but had not thought of them in so long. Now I have tons of new flicks added to my Must Watch (again) list. Thank you so much for such a great fun ride. Cheers!

@TheBadMovieBible Год назад

Thanks for the kind words, Mike!

@briansinger5258 Год назад

Well, this channel is undervalued. Is the stock public? I want in.

@AnomalyINC 9 месяцев назад

I used to wonder why people kept taking shots at Steven Seagal. I thought it was unnecessary and mean-spirited. Then I learned more about him, and it all started to make sense.

@tommylakindasorta3068 Год назад

Everything about your videos is so well thought out and so elegantly constructed. You're a consummate professional.

@kurtfranklin2680 10 месяцев назад

In the opening of the “active war“ segment; the line about “the embassy is located in the heart of the country, which isn’t usually how embassies work.“ part got me good.😂😂😂

@macrograms 10 месяцев назад

14:14 - at which point the script is killing me but your breen joke restarted my heart.

@erika8214 Год назад

Several years ago, My mom and I were on the same flight as Jurgen. She was so happy. Of course, we didn’t bother him. Thanks for this review of movies. I’ve seen many of them. I’m thinking about looking some of them up for rewatch for fun.

@Yaksniffer2 Год назад

Excellent video as always! Can’t wait for part 2, I want to check out a ton of the movies you mentioned here!

@theflyingninja1 Год назад

There were Die Hard type movies before Die Hard. Films where one man takes on a structure full of bad guys. I remember the film Pirates of the 20th Century from 1981.

@nagyzoli 8 месяцев назад

Maaaan I love Turbulence 3, where the Heavy metal band battles the bad guys and at the end the rocker says "i want one myself"

@4Everlast Год назад

7:27 Best window dive I've ever seen. Looks like a hard landing to pull off safely.

@calowenby1654 Год назад

Faith No More playing over a car crash? Okay I honestly have to see the movie now.

@TheeGrumpy Год назад

42:45 The way music is used in the set pieces is "Epic."

@calowenby1654 Год назад

@@TheeGrumpy Nice.

@arashimiyazawa8165 Год назад

34:49 Right at this time-stamp I said "GET OFF MY PLANE!" and then that exact scene popped up and I cheered like the easy mark I am :D

@CinnamonGrrlErin1 Год назад

This has quickly become one of my favorite channels and I can't wait for part 2!!

@Vertabreaker3 Год назад

Another amazing video my man, keep up the great work!

@Arrowsmith86 Год назад

This is the greatest channel, pure gold, I wish we blasted this into space as a message to future aliens, what humans are all about

@wonderboy76 Год назад

This is super! Irresistible Force with Cynthia Rothrock was actually a TV movie pilot for a TV show that never happened. A shame as it's one of her best roles and acting performances.

@ianfryer8386 Год назад

Yes, I remember that one - she was partnered with Stacey Keach

@Belgand Год назад

Best in North America or best in Hong Kong? Because I feel like her HK work was significantly better.

@DrWhom Год назад

Fox Force Five

@EICKonaHIKE 10 месяцев назад

This is important work documenting these films. Thank you for doing this.

@CapntSpankey Год назад

So glad i found your channel. This video was amazing! You nailed everything. Excited to see more!

@jkb2016 Год назад

4:35 No matter how bad or boring it gets, you know that at least Bryon James will deliver! R.I.P.!

@damienstegman5667 Год назад

Love your videos! Incredible that you mentioned whiteout and born to fight. Really good ones.

@TheBeird Год назад

Good stuff dude, you got a subscriber

@powercage Год назад

This one finally did it. Subbed. Thanks for all your hard work.

@oragamiowl5031 Год назад

Brilliant. Can’t believe this doesn’t have more views!

@ScreamingScallop Год назад

Fingers crossed for Jeph Loeb's _"Die Hard_ in a forest fire" misfire in Part 2...

@thorstendr.krings2209 Год назад

Charles Huber was a very well known face on German television, I had no iedea that he did a stint in Hollywood. In 2013 he actually became a Member of Parliament. Nowadays, he's a special advisor to the President of Senegal.

@wyldemusick 8 месяцев назад

There's room for a third part if you look at all the Die Hard knockoffs in TV series (as well as TV movies.)

@Lucky_Chase Год назад

37:18 That chick just ambles toward the door!!🤣🤣😂😂

@coolidgp 6 месяцев назад

I realize that the scene in Hijack with the stair car was technically well done, all i could hear in my mind was the arrested development background music.

@qbatmobile Год назад

DMN mate! Your channel is awesome! I had to sub. GJ!

@serrisvalentine6225 10 месяцев назад

Lol i had this on in the background and the Seagull shade made me laugh 😂

@matthewstoneback9 10 месяцев назад

38:00 WHOA! WHOA! Eric Roth, the same Eric Roth who would go on to write Forrest Gump, The Insider and Dune.....wrote Airport 79?😂

@rjd_frostcor3 10 месяцев назад

These are great, gotta say. Sadly, this is the second to the last "Borrowing Blockbusters" I could find. What's a little more sad, but a bit heartwarming at the same time is thanks to my older brother and stepmom. I've seen at least 2/3rds of everything you threw at us in most of the BBs and it brings back memories. Thank for that and for the vids.

@VorpalDerringer Год назад

4:25 If I had a nickel for every time Brion James was an albino bad guy, Id have two nickels. That's not a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

@martinwright1358 Год назад

you would have had 15 cents - yu forgot Tango and Cash

@VorpalDerringer Год назад

@@martinwright1358 I guess I need to rewatch Tango and Cash, then, thank you!

@Emulous79 Год назад

Funny how the same actors keep getting in these rip-offs. Well researched.

@michaelmartin4874 Год назад

You missed "No Contest," a cheesy, yet oddly competent, Die Hard clone that starred Robert Davi, Andrew "Dice" Clay, Shannon Tweed, and the ever awesome Roddy Piper. 90's cheese at it's finest.

@TheBadMovieBible Год назад

It's in Part 2 (along with the sequel, in which Lance Hernriksen plays a nazi nerve gas dealer).

@michaelmartin4874 Год назад

@@TheBadMovieBible My bad. I didn't know there was a part 2 (pun intended). I do, however, applaud your bad movie knowledge.

@i.m.evilhomer5084 Год назад

Hehehe... Mock McClane. Can't wait to see Part 2!

@trukeesey8715 Год назад

"'Try Hard 2: Try Harder' will be up Friday" -- I can hardly wait until Friday!

@TOOFUTURETV Год назад

The Last Starfighter is onboard. 😎

@ScooterinAB Год назад

"In the 6th movie of the Bloodfist series..." That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this video and the apparently 50 000 Die Hard ripoffs.

@MegaCunnie Год назад

‘What’s the matter piss eyes, you need a fresh jump start ?’ Hahahaha

@jonothanthrace1530 8 месяцев назад

37:05 I was delighted to see William H. Macy in one of these, then disappointed to realize that's not him at all.

@owie4070 Год назад

Oliver Harper sent me here 😊

@archangel1of7 Год назад

Likewise.

@FILMCANPRODUCTIONS Год назад

Same here.

@Joecbg100 Год назад

Same.

@JV-qh7ix Год назад

Same here!

@TheBadMovieBible Год назад

Thanks for heeding is advice! (Also thanks to Oliver himself... not for the first time.)

@Janika-xj2bv Год назад

I love it when you see actor about to spin kick the other guy, and then what you actually see is a foot hitting his face because actor can't really do it him/herself.

@thatpart Год назад

I suspect that a recent dive into recent Seagal movies and knockoff mob movies with Sopranos folks brought me this in the algorithm. Happy it did. 😂 Your narrative style is like buttah. 🙏

@DaboooogA Год назад

Excellent series, and I must commend the breadth of your film knowledge!

@repugnus Год назад

Great video thank you

@GrizzlyDaddams Год назад

This is a great video. Far more entertaining, than I thought it would be. Also, Kim Coates is f*cking awesome. lol

@Shiirow Год назад

A Die Hard, Trie Hard.

@Wes_Snipes Год назад

You said "fist pumpery." HAHA! I enjoyed this YT video so much I might watch it again, which says a lot. Freakin well done man!

@chrisperry7963 Год назад

Oh man, this is fantastic!

@johns8369 Год назад

I watched The Taking of Bev Hills late on TV one night, and years later stumbled across the VHS. Love it to bits - though have never found anyone else who has seen it. Nice mention!

@lonewolfjoshp5165 Год назад

Kinda fun to see the McClain in one movie become the Gruber in another one

@EurDawg Год назад

Another fantastic video! Nobody researches these movies like you do!

@doctornonsense4726 10 месяцев назад

Hilarious that you used Ben Stiller clip. I immediately thought of it when I saw the video title.

@markandrewpaul4233 8 месяцев назад

43:30 This movie is insane crazy. If you don't care about plots and love action this movie is for you!

@djmobman1727 Год назад

Most relaxing movie review channel love the suggestions kind of want to watch all these riffed and unriffed

@geofff.3343 Год назад

Diehard (or Die Hard as originally titled) was so popular for elevator pitching action movies that: Diehard on a [or in a] X was quite common, presumably until someone said, "It's like Diehard but in a skyscraper." of course.

@StuntFan Год назад

26:10 - After the first two or three films, all the Bloodfist movies are completely unrelated to each other. XD Oh and I agree, The Taking of Beverly Hills was a LOT of fun. I felt as much excitement as when I watched Commando. ^^

@Crazy_Borg 9 месяцев назад

Charles M. Huber playing a card carrying villain in a Die Hard Knockoff? Never knew that, now I have to watch Skyscraper. Same goes to Heaven's Fire, there aren't many movies with Eric Roberts as the good guy. Thanks for bringing all these obscure movies we never knew existed to our attention.

@paul1153 Год назад

Just found your channel. A great video. Subbed.

@thunderwarrior1759 2 месяца назад

The Taking Of Beverly Hills is one of my Top Ten B-Movies of all time. I’ve still got my original big box vhs copy i bought back in the day brand new from a local video shop and the blu ray release. I loved it then a still love it today