Directing

Paul Abascal

Born September 13, 1958 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 67)

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Known For

Die HardDie Hard · 1988
Die Hard
7.81988
MovieActionThriller
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.
Lethal WeaponLethal Weapon · 1987
Lethal Weapon
7.31987
MovieActionThriller
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
Predator 2Predator 2 · 1990
Predator 2
6.31990
MovieScience FictionAction
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Die Hard 2Die Hard 2 · 1990
Die Hard 2
7.01990
MovieActionThriller
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
Point BreakPoint Break · 1991
Point Break
7.21991
MovieActionThriller
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Lethal Weapon 2Lethal Weapon 2 · 1989
Lethal Weapon 2
7.01989
MovieActionThriller
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Ferris Bueller's Day OffFerris Bueller's Day Off · 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
7.61986
MovieComedy
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
Demolition ManDemolition Man · 1993
Demolition Man
6.81993
MovieCrimeAction
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

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