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Die Hard is the 132nd episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer GilbertDan Murrell, Joe Starr and Andy Signore. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the 1988 American action film Die Hard. It was published on December 29, 2015, to coincide with the Christmas season. It is 4 minutes 28 seconds long. It has been viewed over 3.9 million times. With an approval rating of 98.9%, Die Hard is one of the top five highest-rated Honest Trailers of all time.

Watch Honest Trailers - Die Hard on YouTube

"Amazing action, great heroes, fantastic villains. hilarious comedy, suspense, romance, excellent stunt work, a rich supporting cast and awesome one-liners. What? You thought we were gonna crap on Die Hard? The guy's tank top is in the Smithsonian for crying out loud! This movie is frigging perfect!" ~ Honest Trailers - Die Hard

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Trivia

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Honest Action - Die Hard

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  • Screen Junkies have also produced two "Honest Action" videos about Die Hard, in which they asked a doctor to describe the injuries the characters would sustain if they suffered the film's violence in real life. Watch Honest Action - Die Hard on YouTube.

Reception

Honest Trailers - Die Hard has a 98.9% approval rating from YouTube viewers, putting it among the top five highest-rated Honest Trailers of all time. Many media sites commented on the overwhelmingly positive tone of the Honest Trailer. IndieWire wrote that the Honest Trailer was an "enjoyable and funny tribute" to Die Hard. Slash Film wrote that "the snarkmongers at Screen Junkies... heap praise" on the film. In the same article, SlashFilm commended the Honest Trailer for highlighting the cultural significance of Die Hard and the way it has become "a source of endless ridiculous knockoffs, including actual Die Hard sequels." Uproxx said the Honest Trailer provided "a pretty great breakdown of why Die Hard more or less defined the action movie for a solid decade."

Nerdist used this video to praise Screen Junkies more generally and underscore the significance of this Honest Trailer:

Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers series is some of the funniest, pithiest, and most well-reasoned film criticism on the internet and it’s housed inside a skewering of the old trend of overblown, exaggerating, and often hilarious movie trailers. Armed with their Epic Voice Guy and the ability to poke fun while still appreciating what’s good, these trailers have become some of the most-watched on the web. They’ll make fun of anything! Except 1988’s Die Hard. (Kyle Anderson, The Nerdist, December 20, 2015)

Production credits

Voiceover Narration by Jon Bailey

Title design by Robert Holtby

Series Created by Andy Signore & Brett Weiner

Written by Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell, Joe Starr, and Andy Signore

Edited by Anthony Falleroni

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