One of the best action films will be released in American theaters on December 8.
After James Cameron’s Abyss, it’s the turn of another cult film to be released in American theaters. Crystal Trap by John McTiernan will be released in AMC theaters on December 8. Note that the film will not be released on French screens.
While 35 years after its release in theaters, the debate still takes place as to whether the action film led by Bruce Willis is a Christmas film or not, AMC cinemas have apparently chosen their side. Crystal Trap will be broadcast for 2 days before the end of year holidays.
Rated 4.2 by AlloCiné spectators, the feature film gave rise to 4 sequels, the last part of which was released in 2013. In Crystal Trap, John McClane, a New York police officer, comes to find his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) , from whom he has been separated for several months, for the Christmas holidays in the secret hope of a reconciliation. She is an executive in a Japanese multinational, the Nakatomi Corporation. His boss throws a party in honor of his employees, which McClane attends. While he isolates himself to make phone calls, a commando invades the building and cuts all communications with the outside world. McClane will then take matters into his own hands.
Also starring Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason and Clarence Gilyard, the film grossed $141 million at the international box office for a budget of $28 million and quickly rose to the top of the best films of ‘action. The re-release of Crystal Trap will be an opportunity for American spectators to see Bruce Willis again on the big screen.