YMMV / Die Hard (First Draft)

• Complete Monster: Hans Gruber is an arrogant, vicious terrorist who kills a security guard to take over the Klaxon Oil Building, intending to destroy its vault. Taking over 30 people hostage and intending to murder them with his explosives, Hans kills one for so much as showing defiance and later has the responding SWAT team massacred. When Detective John McClane steals his detonators, Hans delights in murdering a friend of his amongst the hostages. Discovering John's wife amongst the hostages and mocking her for being unaware of Klaxon's corruption, even when John offers to trade the detonators for her safety Hans still attempts to kill both out of spite for their interference.
• Crazy Is Cool: John may seem to be mentally unhinged for choosing to face off against armed terrorists alone, but it only manages to make him even more charismatic.

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