The franchise, which debuted with the John McTiernan-directed original in 1987, has survived atmospheric highs and truly subterranean lows, awkward series mash-ups and misbegotten attempts at reboots, ...

With Run The Series, The A.V. Club examines film franchises, studying how they change and evolve with each new installment. That movie doesn’t express this sentiment with much poetry, mind, but by ...