New york city policeman john mcclane (bruce willis) is visiting his estranged wife (bonnie bedelia) and two daughters on christmas eve. Webthe chief villain hans gruber (the late alan rickman) explicitly invokes the christmas spirit: “it’s christmas, theo, it’s a time for miracles” gruber is a classic bad. Webcrawling around in air ducts and crashing through a number of windows, he takes out the bad guys one by one before dropping their leader hans gruber, played by. Webtheir leader, hans gruber (alan rickman), demands the release of several members of terrorist groups held prisoner around the world and safe passage from the us. Webwe can argue that it occurs christmas eve night, the film’s score encompasses holiday tunes, with hans gruber ( alan rickman) even humming one. Webspeaking of undress, here’s where die hard’s dickensian influence is felt the most. As we all know, scrooge is visited by 3 ghosts, while john mcclane spends.