This Video Game Ad Is the First Film in 14 Years From the Director of Die Hard

John McTiernan helms Ghost Recon spot

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What happens when a group of heavily tattooed thugs, a precocious snow-white cat and a team of special ops assassins appear in the same ad? Don't fret—the feline emerges unscathed. The drug dealers? Not so much.

Ubisoft continues its full-scale marketing assault for the hotly anticipated title Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands with a 90-second mini-movie from action maven John McTiernan, the filmmaker behind Die Hard, Predator and The Hunt for Red October.

The sleek and muscular live-action commercial, created by DDB Paris with a touch of whimsy, centers on a righteous execution that would be at home in any blockbuster flick.

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