A team of terrorists has seized a building in L.A. and taken hostages. A New York cop, in town to spend Christmas with his estranged wife, is the only hope for the people held by the savage criminals.

MPAA rating: R.

In English or dubbed French dialogue, with optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.

Based on the novel : Nothing lasts forever / by Roderick Thorp.

Container insert includes production notes.

Special features(disc 1): Optional feature commentary by John McTiernan and production designer Jackson DeGovia; optional scene commentary by visual effects producer Richard Edlund; optional text commentary by cast and crew; "Branching version" with extended building shutdown scene; DVD-ROM script-to-screen comparison.

Special features (disc 2): "The vault" outtakes (7 min.); "Turning off the power" outtake (4 min.); "The newscasts" outtakes (8 min.); "Sophisticated visuals" review by film writer George Turner; "Exaggerated reality" effects review by film writer Adam Eisenberg; "Scene editing workshop" interactive studio; interactive slide show of stills; film script text; original theatrical trailers (6 min.); original tv spots (4 min.); promotional featurette (8 min.).

Director of photography, Jan De Bont ; editors, Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link ; music, Michael Kamen.

Bruce Willis, Alan Ruckman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia.

DVD, region 1; dual-layer, NTSC; Dolby digital DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, or Dolby digital surround in English or French.

These DVDs are copy protected.

[disc 1. Feature film (132 min.)

disc 2]. Yippee ki yay : bonus disc (61 min.).