John McTiernan

Features

The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine

By Marco Lanzagorta

The Die Hard series is a true rollercoaster of visual excesses guaranteed to raise the viewer’s adrenaline levels – while invoking intriguing ideological and cultural subtexts that deal with race, gender, masculinity, and social anxieties. [26 March 2008]

Reviews

Predator: Collector’s Edition (1987)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Taut and relentless, Predator pares down, stage by stage. [9 August 2004]

Basic (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

As its title suggests, John McTiernan's new action-thriller, 'Basic' is not very new. [28 March 2003]

Rollerball (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

PULL. [7 February 2002]