A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.