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Title: Deja vu
Review: LA cop (formerly New York cop) John Maclaine (Bruce Willis) is in Washington DC waiting for his wife's (Bonnie Bedelia) flight to land, when history suddenly repeats itself. Another Christmas. More terrorists. Wife in peril again. More dunderheaded authorities who won't listen to common sense. More crawls through ductwork and hammering fist fights with powerful opponents. More guns. Another very entertaining film.The amazing thing about this movie is the way all these repeated elements play like sly tributes to the original rather than examples of creative poverty. This is no doubt largely due to director Renny Harlin. This was the film that brought him to America's attention for a while before he faded away again. Willis is also uncommonly effective at coming across like an everyman even while he is performing feats that James Bond would be hard-pressed to pull off.
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