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John McTiernan - what members say


  • Last Action Hero
  • Last Action Hero review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4.0 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 31 August 2005
    ...Arnold Schwarzenegger and director John McTiernan join forces again in, THE LAST ACTION HERO, a heart racing thriller in which a young boy uses a magical ticket to infiltrate...   Read customer review
  • Die Hard
  • Die Hard review by from The Nostromo
    Rated - 5.0 stars Awesome action flick 25 January 2004
    ...ecracking galore, classic action set pieces and a relentless pace from Director John McTiernan (who later made Predator), added to a first class performance from all the cast...   Read customer review
  • Die Hard With A Vengeance
  • Die Hard With A Vengeance review by Al80 from Brighton, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Much, much more like it 11 July 2007
    ...ers to drag this rehash into the same breathing space as the original. Director John McTiernan never shys away from getting his hands dirty, and the breathtaking car chases, ...   Read customer review

John McTiernan - filmography


  • Basic on DVD (2003)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Connie Nielsen,  Samuel L. Jackson
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson team up in BASIC, an action-packed military thriller from director John McTiernan (DIE HARD). Jackson plays Sergeant Nathan West, propagator of a harsh military training programme that appears to have pushed a group of young recruits too far, when an exercise ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 13,112 members
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  • Rollerball - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Chris Klein,  Jean Reno,  L.L. Cool J.
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It's the year 2005; the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in the unstable, ex-Soviet republics of South Asia. Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) invites NHL-hopeful Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) to join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen, in Kazahkstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathon are ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 306 members
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  • Rollerball on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Chris Klein,  Jean Reno,  L.L. Cool J.
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It's the year 2005; the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in the unstable, ex-Soviet republics of South Asia. Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) invites NHL-hopeful Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) to join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen, in Kazahkstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathon are ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 1,421 member
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  • The 13th Warrior on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Diane Venora,  Omar Sharif
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director John McTiernan takes viewers back to 900 A.D. in THE 13th WARRIOR. After courting "an untouchable" Muslim princess, Ahmed (Antonio Banderas) is banished and sent North as an emissary. When traveling from Baghdad to Saqaliba, he stumbles into an encampment of Vikings. At first repulsed by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,583 members
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  • The Thomas Crown Affair on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Rene Russo,  Denis Leary
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the 1968 film of the same name, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR offers a peak into the nefarious lives of the rich and famous. Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) is a man with looks, wit, and millions of dollars, yet the only way he can feel truly alive is during the thrill of the heist. When a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 10,294 members
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  • Die Hard With A Vengeance on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Jeremy Irons,  Samuel L. Jackson
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bruce Willis returns as misfit cop John McClane in the third film in the Die Hard series. McClane has fallen on hard times; after moving to New York City and breaking up with his wife, he's developed a drinking problem and has been suspended from the NYPD. However, his past comes back to haunt him ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 36,607 members
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  • Last Action Hero on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  F. Murray Abraham,  Art Carney
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A Schwarzenegger double-bill.THE 6TH DAY: In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and "virtual girlfriends" can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 11,054 members
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  • The Hunt For Red October on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Alec Baldwin,  Sam Neill
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 12,285 members
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  • Die Hard - Blu-ray (1988)
    Starring: Robert Davi,  James Shigeta,  Alan Rickman
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.One of the greatest action movies of the late ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 3,612 members
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  • Die Hard on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Bonnie Bedelia,  Paul Gleason
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.One of the greatest action movies of the late ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 58,632 members
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  • Predator - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Kevin Peter Hall,  Carl Weathers,  Sonny Landham
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the remote jungle of a Central American country, an elite group of commandos led by Major Dutch Schaeffer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), embarks on a CIA mission to clear out a guerrilla stronghold and rescue the remaining hostages. However, the hunters become the hunted when a highly intelligent, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 3,249 members
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  • Predator on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Kevin Peter Hall,  Carl Weathers,  Sonny Landham
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a code of honour which he will not violate, even when his life depends on it. Paradoxically, his code of honour gives him the backbone to survive as a military special forces operative when he is sent on a covert mission to rescue another group which was sent in to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 34,965 members
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  • Nomads (1986)
    Starring: Adam Ant,  Paul Anselmo,  Alan Autry
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    French anthropologist Jean-Claude Pommier staggers into a Los Angeles emergency ward and grabs Dr Eileen Flax before falling dead. Following the incident, she collapses and has a series of visions where she comes to re-experience the last few days of Pommier's life and realizes that he has somehow ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 120 members
    Not available for rental

John McTiernan facts

5 most recent films

Basic - 3.0 stars
Rollerball - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Rollerball - 2.0 stars
The 13th Warrior - 3.0 stars
The Thomas Crown Affair - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Die Hard - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Predator - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Hunt For Red October - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Die Hard - 4.0 stars
The Hunt For Red October - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Die Hard With A Vengeance - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rollerball - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Rollerball - 2.0 stars
Nomads - 2.0 stars
Last Action Hero - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Arnold Schwarzenegger - 5 times - show films
Bruce Willis - 4 times - show films
Anthony Quinn - 3 times - show films
Art Carney - 3 times - show films
Samuel L. Jackson - 3 times - show films