While it is funny and full of spectacular action sequences, Die Hard: With a Vengeance is clearly the runt of this trilogy's litter.
Die Hard 3: Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:19
Rotten:23
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Superhero cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) returns in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE. Freshly expelled from the NYPD, McClane encounters a number of threatening phone calls from a terrorist calling... Superhero cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) returns in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE. Freshly expelled from the NYPD, McClane encounters a number of threatening phone calls from a terrorist calling himself Simon (Jeremy Irons). Simon tests McClane's wits, and allows him the chance to stop each bomb by solving a riddle. In addition to using his previously learned anti-terrorism tactics (DIE HARD, DIE HARD 2), McClane enlists an angry store clerk, Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson) to decipher Simon's tricky enigmas. DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE finds director John McTiernan returning to the creative helm of the series he began in 1987 (Renny Harlin directed DIE HARD 2). For the third film in the detonative series, McTiernan creates a story line which floats from psycho terror to sonic action to interracial comedy relief. The acting is something to be marveled at as well. Bruce Willis miraculously evokes sympathy whilst playing the angry police man and Jeremy Irons' performance as the villainous Simon is reminiscent of an Eastern European James Bond megalomaniac. Samuel L. Jackson's is also worth mentioning as he gives an angry discourse in racism and then pops off one liners, both ice cold and slick. [More]
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irons, Graham Greene
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irons, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp, Larry Bryggman, Sam Philips
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Screenwriter: Jonathan Hensleigh
Producer: Michael Tadross, John McTiernan
Composer: Michael Kamen
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Reviews for Die Hard 3: Die Hard With a Vengeance
Forsakes much of the occasionally clever, somewhat wry dialogue and situations of its predecessors in favor of a more generic action-adventure approach.
Basically a wind-up action toy, cleverly made, and delivered with high energy. It delivers just what it advertises, with a vengeance.
All in all, it's a fun movie, worthy of its predecessors, but ranking third of three.
A tepid continuation of the series saved only by some decent action scenes and Willis trading barbs with Jackson. Jeremy Irons is a poor follow-up to Alan Rickman.
The point of an action thriller like this is that it's supposed to be exciting and keep you on the edge of your seat. Die Hard With a Vengeance does neither.
It makes for dynamic action that feels unstaged. And the fact that it obviously must have been staged makes it an even greater accomplishment.
They killed an interesting gimmick in order to squeeze it into an already tired franchise.
The script has little new in it other than some new ways to destroy people and buildings.
No believable characters are developed. The action sequences weren't believable, either.
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