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Die Hard With a Vengeance (Die Hard 3) (1995)

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 22

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55

Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5

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Average Rating: 3.6/5
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Movie Info

Bruce Willis returns as misfit cop John McClane in the third film in the Die Hard series. McClane has fallen on hard times; after moving to New York City and breaking up with his wife, he's developed a drinking problem and has been suspended from the NYPD. However, his past comes back to haunt him in the form of Simon (Jeremy Irons), a terrorist bomber who has been using McClane as his contact as he plants a series of bombs in public places and gives McClane inane "clues" to their whereabouts in

R, 2 hr. 8 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Jonathan Hensleigh

Mar 9, 1999

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (23) | DVD (23)

Degenerates into an improbable, confusing series of chases and an overly involved heist that takes far too long to set up.

June 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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Pure action, with bigger and better explosions and stunts.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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It's a tense, terrifically funny action dazzler with a wow level in special effects that will be hard to top.

May 12, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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The big set pieces don't build, really, they just pile up.

February 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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Explosions aren't so funny anymore.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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Basically a wind-up action toy, cleverly made, and delivered with high energy. It delivers just what it advertises, with a vengeance.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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John McClane takes NYC in this thrilling sequel.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

...ultimately closer in spirit to the original than the first sequel.

June 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Should make us all feel a little queasy after the Oklahoma City bombing.

June 25, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Although the film is not special, this two-disc special edition DVD most definitely is.

June 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

All in all, it's a fun movie, worthy of its predecessors, but ranking third of three.

August 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

There's little wit or originality on offer, just the familiar escalation of car chases and big bangs.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

So concerned with bigness that it forgets to thrill.

April 26, 2004 Comment

Surprisingly more entertaining than you'd expect a third film in a franchise to be.

January 30, 2004 Comment
Needcoffee.com

John McTiernan pulls the stunts off with such finesse that the script problems are almost irrelevant.

January 11, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Rarely are sequels this good

November 18, 2003 Comment (1)
Moviehole

The best of the Die Hard movies -- Jackson and Willis are terrific together.

October 8, 2003 Comments (7)
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Holds its own within the steadiness of the trilogy.

July 12, 2003 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Die Hard With a Vengeance (Die Hard 3)

A much better follow up to the original.

January 10, 2012
StarCrossedVoyager
Sophie Burgess

Super Reviewer

Zeus: So what's up with this L.A. thing? You famous or something? John McClane: Yeah, for about five minutes. Zeus: Don't tell me. Rodney King, right? John McClane: Fuck you. He's back, John McClane is back, and he has some help this time, mister Samuel L. Jackson, who is Zeus, the racist motherfucker who works

January 22, 2011
CreedsDelight

Super Reviewer

    1. Chief Cobb: Have you been drinking, McClane?
    2. John McClane: No, not since this morning.
    – Submitted by Alex W (2 months ago)
    1. John McClane: I know what I'm doing!
    2. Zeus Carver: Not even god knows what your doing!
    – Submitted by Quentin G (6 months ago)

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