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Die Hard : Sergeant Al Powell shoots Karl Vreski.

The terrorist Karl Vreski (Alexander Godunov) emerges from Nakatomi Plaza and aims his gun at John McClane (Bruce Willis). John tackles Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) to the ground before Karl is shot multiple times by Al (Reginald VelJohnson) and killed.

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Film Language

act 3 (three-act structure), beat, action, beat, general, character, character development, close-up, continuity editing, crescendo, cut on action, diegetic sound, dolly in, editing, exterior, external diegetic sound, extreme close-up, focus, hard lighting, incident light, lighting, low angle, low-key lighting, medium close-up, music, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, one-shot, payoff, prop, rack focus, reaction shot, shallow focus, shot/reverse shot, slow disclosure, sound effects, source lighting, suspense, symbolism, traveling shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, White: White American

"Sergeant Al Powell shoots Karl Vreski." in Die Hard. Directed by John McTiernan, Gordon Company, 1988, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3442

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