Die Hard With a Vengeance

Starring:Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene (II), Colleen Camp, Larry Bryggman, Anthony Peck, Nicholas Wyman, Sam Phillips, Kevin Chamberlin, Sharon Washington, Stephen Pearlman, Michael Alexander Jackson, Aldis Hodge, Mischa Hausserman, Edwin Hodge, Robert Sedgwick, Tony Halme, Bill Christ, Anthony Thomas (IV)
Director: John McTiernan
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

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The second sequel to the mold-making action film Die Hard brings Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) to New York City to face a better villain than in Die Hard 2. Played by Jeremy Irons, he's the brother of the Germanic terrorist-thief Alan Rickman played in the original film. But this bad guy has his sights set higher: on the Federal Reserve's cache of gold. As a distraction, he sets McClane running fool's errands all over New York--and eventually, McClane attracts an unintentional partner, a Harlem dry cleaner (Samuel L. Jackson) with a chip on his shoulder. Some great action sequences, though they can't obscure the rather large plot holes in the film's final 45 minutes. --Marshall Fine

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The third installment of the hugely succesful Die Hard series, reteams Bruce Willis and director John McTiernan in a new action/adventure extravaganza of special effects, unexpected comedy and non-stop thrills.

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Best of the series.......2007-05-17

One of my guilty pleasures is watching action films that have good honest putrid to the core villains who are so smart that I can actually start pulling from them. Such films are rare. The reason for this is simple. So much time is spent working in tough guy cliches' and wild stunts that the creators of such films don't pay much attention to character development. In "Die hard with a Vengeance" The writers give us stunts galore. They give us the standard macho commentary to the hilt. But they also came up with bad guy who is clever you just got to like him.

This last installment of the trilogy that launched Bruce Willis' career is undoubtedly as entertaining as the first. Reprising his role as director, John McTiernan guides Willis and Samuel L. Jackson through New York City in a deadly game in which all odds are stacked against them. Recurrent in the movie is the theme that in life things may not always be what they seem, as racial relations are explored through the unlikely friendship of Willis and Jackson and the mystery of `Simon' is revealed-and of course the means by which he seeks his vengeance. Truly a great movie and I recommend all parts.

Die Hard with a Vengence (Special Edition).......2007-05-08

I have always enjoy Die Hard movies, and like the first 2 episodes, it's always pack with endless actions.

A mad bomber is in New York and wants McClane, why?.......2007-03-04

After the huge and growing success of the first two "Die Hard" movies, the world clamored for a third. But how do you keep it fresh? This story is not on Christmas, moves us to McClane's home turf in New York, splits him off from Holly (she is still in California and they haven't spoken for a year), and instead of the pleasant African-American cop Sgt Powell, we get Samuel L. Jackson as a proud and a tad angry African-American named Zeus Carver (which leads to an early misunderstanding, "Hey, Zeus" sounding like the Spanish pronunciation of Jesus, right?).

During the opening shot establishing that we are in New York, the title sequence ends in a rather stunning way and we are off to the races. However, in this movie McClane doesn't impose himself into the situation, he is dragged in by the villain, who calls himself Simon and who seems to have a some kind of personal grudge against him.

The way Zeus is pulled into this mess is also quite interesting and I have to say that Samuel L. Jackson adds as much to the movie and keeping it fresh as I am sure the writers and the producers hoped. He is terrific and makes a great foil and partner for Willis' McClane.

We expect explosions and impossible stunts in the "Die Hard" movies and get them aplenty here. They found ways to stick them in (and don't) where we don't often expect them. Jeremy Irons is fine as Simon. His army seems to be composed of people who believe in the story he tells about why he is doing this, but some seem to be there as mercenaries without any belief. It is quite a fascinating weave of textures in character.

Pay attention to even the little details in the beginning because they come back. Nothing is in there for idle chat even if it seems like idle chat.

The production budge of this movie was even bigger than the first two, but the U.S. gross was down a bit from Die Hard 2, however, the gross overseas was about has big as the total gross fro the second film. It was huge.

I will say that there is an awful lot of swearing and f-words in this movie that I found grinding after awhile. Really, writers, you can use other words. We do not need a curse every other word to know that these guys are under stress. Graham Greene's does a great job and his character is under just as much stress and you found a way that he didn't swear (I don't believe). Thanks for that at least.

There are some extras on the making of the film, the director's voice over commentary if you like watching the film that way, and stuff on how the special effects were done.

If you like this kind of thing, it is pretty good and part of a now classic series.

The Greatest.......2007-01-08

The Greatest Die Hard Movie. This one never stops with the suspense.

An Under-rated Die Hard film.......2006-12-17

Most fans don't seem to like this one and although I don't think it's as good as the first 2, I think it's still a fun film. A man named Simon (well played by Jeromy Irons) says he wants to play a game with John Mclaine or he'll continue to cause mayhem in the city. So the police have choice but to call a hungover John Mclaine to do whatever Simon says. Samual L. Jackson plays a shopkeeper who Simon makes team up with Willis after he prevents Willis from getting killed. Well since Simon makes him wear a sign in the middle of the city that says I hate black people, well not in those words but worse actually. They than have to solve Simon's riddles and get hints to where he planted bombs all over the city. The film has an inventive plot that at least is different than the first 2. It also sounds a lot better than the upcoming plot of part 4. I mean in that one John Mclaine is to team up with a hacker (Justin Long) against....internet terrorists. I'm not kidding, that is the plot lol.

Part 1 and 2 have more heart and emotion than this one and his wife Holly is nowhere to be seen. But still it's a good pop corn flick and I can't really say that it's not a smart film. Samual L. Jackson makes a good partner for Willis too even if the script has either complain or argue with Willis too much. I mean there's one scene where they are trying to find a bomb while Jackson accuses Willis of wanting to call him a prejudice name. Probably the best thing about the movie is that it links it with part 3. Where Mclaine learns that Simon is the brother of Alan Rickman's villian from the first film.

Die Hard with a Vengeance (Widescreen Edition)

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Die Hard with a Vengeance (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Bruce Willis , Jeremy Irons , Samuel L. Jackson , Graham Greene (II) , and Colleen Camp
Director: John McTiernan
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Die Hard with a Vengeance (Special Edition)

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Customer Reviews:

Best of the series.......2007-05-17

Die Hard with a Vengence (Special Edition).......2007-05-08

I have always enjoy Die Hard movies, and like the first 2 episodes, it's always pack with endless actions.

A mad bomber is in New York and wants McClane, why?.......2007-03-04

The Greatest.......2007-01-08

The Greatest Die Hard Movie. This one never stops with the suspense.

An Under-rated Die Hard film.......2006-12-17

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Christmas is not a good time of year in the McClane family. Especially for John McClane, who always happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But if it weren't for the heroics of this rugged, resourceful cop, many lives would be lost and megalomaniacal terrorists with various European accents would be having their evil way. In 1988, director John McTiernan and the phenomenal hit Die Hard introduced the world to maverick Sgt. John McClane (Bruce Willis) of the New York Police Department, and in the course of this film and two blockbuster sequels McClane was frantically saving lives, buildings, airports, schools, cities, and even his marriage from the threat of international terrorists, psychopaths, and cagey mercenaries. Now you can watch antihero McClane blast his way through all three movies. Witness his transition from a happy-go-lucky, slightly cranky cop to extremely burnt-out, partially alcoholic cop with a propensity to attract extreme violence and catastrophe. Yet the one thing that always overshadows his character flaws is his uncanny ability to spoil the schemes of stylish villains with slick names such as Hans Gruber (the nasty terrorist from the first film, played to perfection by Alan Rickman). Sit down, pop some corn, grab a bottle of Coca-Cola, and get ready to watch (in any order you please) the Die Hard Trilogy--a must for any action buff or fan of Bruce Willis, who owes his film career to the enduring appeal of these global box-office hits. --Jeremy Storey

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Bruce Willis' Crowning Achievement!.......2007-02-26

The Die Hard Trilogy may be the best action/adventure series of the last two decades (vastly more enjoyable than the sporadic Bond films, and the self-indulgent Lethal Weapon movies), and a lion-share of the credit must go to Bruce Willis, the wise-cracking, superhuman yet humane hero. Willis became a superstar with the first Die Hard, and he is riveting as John McClain, the New York cop in L.A. With the always watchable Bonnie Bedelia as his wife, and the flashy Alan Rickman as the mercenary/entrepenour, the film is a non-stop rollercoaster ride! Die Hard 2 lacks Rickman's charisma as the villain, but Willis again gives a dynamite performance, and Bedelia is even better than in the first film. Spectacular special effects abound! Die Hard With a Vengence, the weakest of the trio, was originally intended as Lethal Weapon 4, but was rewritten for Willis and Samuel Jackson. Bedelia's absence hurts the third film a great deal, but Jeremy Irons (as Rickman's equally greedy brother) is an excellent villain. Incredible pyrotechnics highlight this film, and Willis is still a joy...And rumor has it, there WILL be a Die Hard 4!

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Best of the series.......2007-05-17

Die Hard with a Vengence (Special Edition).......2007-05-08

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A mad bomber is in New York and wants McClane, why?.......2007-03-04

The Greatest.......2007-01-08

The Greatest Die Hard Movie. This one never stops with the suspense.

An Under-rated Die Hard film.......2006-12-17

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