John McTiernan

What makes a John McTiernan film a John McTiernan film

Across 10 films, they run somewhat more tension, somewhat more energy and somewhat less spirituality than films in general. Their films vary about as much as any director’s do, so this is an average rather than a template.

The line down the middle is the average film. A bar to the right means more of that reading than films in general, to the left less. Drawn from every film of theirs in the catalogue, not a selection.