Bruce Willis turns 70: the films that defined his career

Today Bruce Willis He is turning 70 years, the actor has been withdrawn since 2022 after having been diagnosed with apasia, a language disorder that affects the communication capacity of a person. In February 2023 they reported that their medical condition had advanced and made a more specific diagnosis known: frontotemporal dementia. Since then it is known that the actor is spending his family days away from the reflectors.

It is known that world fame came to him through his role as John McClane in the movie saga “Die Hard” (hard to kill). Although in recent years most of his works were of a questionable quality, it is unquestionable that it has been worth being remembered.

Next we leave you a review for the best of the acting career in cinema of Bruce Willis.

Hard to kill

Without a doubt, the role that catapults the fame as an improbable action hero. Willis was put in the skin of detective John McClane, an off -service officer of the New York Police Department faced by a group of highly organized criminals led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who perform a robbery in a skyscraper of Los Angeles under the pretext of a terrorist attack using hostages, including McClane’s wife, Holly Gennaro (Bonnie Bedelia), To keep the police distracted.

The film directed by John McTiernan It was an absolute success that generated four sequelae Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard With A Vindeance (1995), Live free or die hard (2007) and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), all starring Willis. The saga raised more than US $ 1400 billion, and the first released in 1988 is considered one of the best action films in history.

Look who speaks

The film starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley He had Willis’s voice like little Mikey. The film was successful enough to generate two sequels: Look who talks too (1990) where Bruce put his voice again and Look who speaks now (1993) Already without Willis.

Pulp fiction

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The tape directed by Quentin Tarantino It served to make Willis’s career take a second air after several films that passed without penalty or glory for theaters. He shared a poster with John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Tarantino himself. His role was Butch’s a boxer come unless he refuses to lose a fight that he had to lose. That will lead him to be returned in a life or death situation with the mafious Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) Together they star in one of the most intense scenes of the tape.

Twelve monkeys

Directed by Terry Gilliamthe 1995 tape is starring Willis and Brad Pitt. Bruce plays James Cole, a convict who lives in a sinister post-apocalyptic future. Gilliam chose Willis because he considered that the actor evoked Cole’s personality, such as “someone strong and dangerous, but also vulnerable.” The film was praised by the criticism and had a very good reception from the public.

The fifth element

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Directed by Luc Bessonstarring Bruce Willis, Mila Jovovich and Gary Oldman. The film is framed within science fiction, action and comedy. Mainly set in the 18th century, the central plot of the film involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxi driver and excommanting of the special forces, after a young woman (Jovovich) falls into her cabin. To achieve this, Dallas joins his forces with her to recover four essential mystical stones for the defense of the Earth against the imminent attack of a malevolent cosmic entity.

Armageddon

Beloved and hated equally, the 1998 tape was a world box office. Directed by Michael Bay and starring Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Stormare and Steve Busci. The film is about a group of oil platform perforators that are sent by NASA to a huge asteroid that threatens the planet Earth with the idea of ​​drilling its surface and being able to destroy it with a nuclear bomb. A beautiful madness.

Sixth meaning

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One of the most commented plot of cinema, 100% M. Night Shyamalan. The film that put the director born in India on the map was the first of several collaborations with Bruce Willis. Its premiere caused a phenomenon of public and criticism, something little seen at that time with respect to films of its gender, which mixes the drama with suspense and terror. He won 6 Oscar Awards nominations.

The Protected, Split and Glass

One of the most interesting and strange trilogies of cinema. The first was released in 2000 and its sequels in 2016 and 2019, and show Bruce Willis in the role of David Dunne. The series has been highlighted for its differences with more traditional superhero films, and the work of M. Night Shyamalan It is known as “the first universe of shared author superheroes.” It is the first superhero franchise that is written and directed by a person, compared to other popular films in the genre.

Other works that deserve to be mentioned are “Without City”your special participation in “Friends”your role in the first parts of “The Expendables”, “Moonrise Kingdom” and “Looper”.