John McTiernan Films
Pattern Statistics
11
Movies
5.8
Avg Arcplot
117
Avg Runtime
1987-2003
Year Range
6.8
Avg IMDb
58%
Avg RT
51
Avg Metacritic
$1384M
Total Box Office
15.0
Avg Plot Points
John McTiernan - Structural Approach
John McTiernan's filmography, spanning 16 years from 1987 to 2003, exhibits proven facility with classical narrative structure. Across 11 movies studied on Arcplot, the average structural score of 7.0 shows sophisticated plot point execution.
From a beat sheet perspective, the director's strongest examples are Medicine Man (7.7), Last Action Hero (7.5), and Rollerball (7.4).
Genre Exploration
John McTiernan's films frequently engages with Action (9 films), Thriller (7 films), Adventure (6 films), demonstrating concentrated narrative territory.
Maintaining an average runtime of 1 hour and 57 minutes, John McTiernan practices economical storytelling.
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