Die Hard On A Blank

About Die Hard On A Blank

Welcome to the party, pals! This is DIE HARD ON A BLANK, the podcast that explores the influence of DIE HARD on action cinema -- one action movie at a time. In each episode of DIE HARD ON A BLANK, hosts Philip Gawthorne and Liam Billingham discuss one major mainstream action movie that was released after DIE HARD.  Phil and Liam break down the story, heroes, villains, action, humor and the 'DIE HARD DNA' that infuse each film, including common cast and crew members. They rate each film and hand out DIE HARD-themed awards. For casual fans and action movie die hards, DIE HARD ON A BLANK is a fun movie discussion podcast that treats the action genre with real respect and love. DIE HARD ON A BLANK is produced by Liam Billingham and Philip Gawthorne. Mike Mayer and Michael Sugar are the executive producers. Tyson Hubley makes our artwork and videos. You can follow Die Hard On A Blank on Twitter and Instagram here. Follow @liamgbillingham and @philipgawthorne on twitter. You can e-mail us with questions at diehardoab@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Philip Gawthorne and Liam Billingham

Category

tv & film · tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Dec 2022

Latest episode

13 May 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 99 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   48HBM Season 4 Announcement!

   Hosts Alex and Ben announce the exciting, and possibly final, fourth season of "48 Hours of Buddy Movies," revealing the culmination of their cinematic journey.

2. 

   29 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD with Steven E. de Souza!

   It’s Die Hard in Mother Russia! Well pals, it’s finally here…the final episode! We started with the original DIE HARD, we’ve covered 80 subsequent films that were influenced by it in some way, and so it only seems fitting to booked this project with the fifth and final DIE HARD film that we’ll be covering in this episode. But…we’re also going a step further than that. Because to honor the culmination of the show we have a very special guest…a multi-talented director, producer and screenwriter, whose extensive credits include such films as 48 HRS, COMMANDO, THE RUNNING MAN, RICOCHET, DIE HARD 2 and of course the original DIE HARD…Mr. Steven E De Souza! Aging New York cop John McClane travels to Russia in search of his estranged son Jack (Jai Courtenay) only to discover that Jack is entangled with a complex espionage plot, wherein corrupt politician Viktor Chagarin (Sergei Koslesnikov) plains to railroad imprisoned billionaire and whistleblower Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch) in a rigged trial, unless Komarov turns over a mysterious file. When Komarov refuses to give up said file, the courthouse is attacked and blown up by well-armed mercenaries. Jack escapes with Komarov in tow, only to encounter his dad – John McClane himself - during the apparent extraction attempt, which is soon revealed to be a clandestine CIA operation. With the delicate mission now in jeopardy, father and son must team up to fight the bad guys who are now after them both, working through their estrangement issues in the process. The guys talk about the original DIE HARD film, the series as a whole, and where and how it may have gone astray as a franchise. Steven provides his unique opinions about what makes a good sequel versus a bad one, and regales the boys with stories of his work on DIE HARD and DIE HARD 2. Their wide-ranging discussion encompasses all manner of topics relating to the DIE HARD films, his career as a whole, and action cinema in general. As always the show ends with the final editions of the Die Hard Oscars and the Double Jeopardy Trivia Quiz, before the boys sign off with an emotional mailbag section, where they read a variety of the best letters sent in by listeners of the show, from all around the world. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQ0IzY0YrY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQ0IzY0YrY) At the time of release, A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV/iTunes, YouTube, Fandango and all the usual platforms! It is also available on physical media! Click here to subscribe to our Patreon feed 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES! www.patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies (http://www.patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   DREDD!

   It’s Die Hard in a dystopia! For our penultimate episode, this week we’re hopping on our lawmasters and cruising into Mega City One, as we discuss the 2012 version of DREDD aka DREDD 3-D! In the futuristic crime-ridden dystopia of Mega City One, roving patrols of ‘Judges’ are permitted to dispense on-the-spot justice with the power of judge, jury and executioner. In this context, the hard-bitten, highly experienced Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is reluctantly partnered with rookie candidate Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), who has psychic abilities due to a genetic mutation. In the process of investigating a triple homicide in the towering high-rise building known as Peach Trees, the two Judges incur the wrath of the culprit – ferocious and powerful local gangster MaMa (Lena Headey) – who seals off the building and declares war on the pair of them, meaning that the two vastly outnumbered Judges must use all their skills and guile to survive an onslaught of attacks from the building’s seemingly infinite number of marauding criminals. The boys put this awesome movie in its full context by discussing the entire history of the Dredd character and it’s life across popular culture (including the 1995 Stallone movie version). They go deep on this icon figure’s complex appeal, and what this adaptation got so right, and what the distributors got so wrong (remember the 3-D craze?! Ah…good times) in translating this challenging source material to the silver screen at the second attempt. The guys hand out awards in a hotly contested edition of the ‘Die Hard Oscars’ and wrap things up with a challenging edition of the ‘Double Jeopardy’ Trivia Quiz. But will Liam pass or fail?! TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w) At the time of release, DREDD is streaming on Tubi and Vix and is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV/iTunes, YouTube, Fandango and all the usual platforms! It is also available on physical media! Click here to subscribe to our Patreon feed 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES! www.patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies (http://www.patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies) NO ESCAPE on 4K (featuring our commentary track) is OUT NOW! Order here! https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/no-escape-1994-4k-blu-ray?srsltid=AfmBOoqnRCaCPMg02WCWvNPTkK_8_fwYeelYFr90HpRlEuQQZ0025adT (https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/no-escape-1994-4k-blu-ray?srsltid=AfmBOoqnRCaCPMg02WCWvNPTkK_8_fwYeelYFr90HpRlEuQQZ0025adT) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Inside a recent episode

48HBM Season 4 Announcement!

Published 13 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I went under the radar who directed it Ron Shelton it's a bat. It's an interesting companion piece to training day because it's it's also it's set in LA It's set in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict Um, it's very like intense and provocative it touches on the LA riots Very much in keeping with what what the series has ended up kind of unintentionally being about Which is kind of identity relations and race relations in America through the prism of The you know these body movies. Yeah, I'm excited. I'm really excited because it was one of my movies that I was like I should check that out, but you know, it kind of got buried it kind of went under the radar All I got related. […]

Who has been a guest on Die Hard On A Blank

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• Jason Bailey
• Rob Hackett
• Richard Donner
• Mel Gibson
• Danny Glover

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

12,180

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

46 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

46 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

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Quality

69

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

85

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