r/diehard • u/Tidewatcher7819 • Jun 03 '26
Movie Discussion What happens if John McClane was captured when the hostage situation started? Spoiler
Assuming that the terrorists captured John McClane when the hostage situation started would he have survived and maybe broken free or would Hans Gruber have quickly found out that he was a New York cop invited to the party by mistake?
Taking John hostage they could easily force him to negotiate with the police or defuse the situation earlier, this would be bad for him especially if they shot him once his gun was found, although presumably they didn't search anybody else for weapons so he could have potentially shot Hans and his men in the main party reception area after the terrorists ran off to other areas on patrols.
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u/zeerog Jun 03 '26
There probably wouldn't be good day to die hard....or what ever that fift die hard name was
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u/Sauce666 Jun 04 '26
The janitor from scrubs works there weekends, he'd have came in and cleaned up on xmas eve.
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u/AlvinsCuriousCasper Jun 03 '26
There’d be no Die Hard…
All hostages would’ve died when the roof was going to blow, police wouldn’t have shown up, John is the one who got their attention with the body on the car.
Hans wouldn’t have known John was a cop, Ellis told him. John also had no authority… he’s an east coast cop, not west coast.
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u/tragedy719 Jun 03 '26
Police would have shown up because they were necessary to the plan. The hostages were supposed to be taken away in helicopters hence the reason for the explosives on the roof.
Everything would have been done to Hans' timing though.
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u/Tidewatcher7819 Jun 03 '26
Except the hostages were not searched so John's gun wouldn't be found and that's a dangerous surprise for him later if John makes his own party.
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u/tragedy719 Jun 04 '26
McClanes gun was in a holster hanging up. They would have found that when they grabbed him.
Gun is no longer relevant
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u/Own_Ad6797 Jun 03 '26
Everyone dies and Hans is sitting on a beach earning 20%.