Die Hard With A Vengeance Reviews

Best of the trilogy

This is without a doubt the best of the three. Some very nice plot twists with this time Bruce Willis co starring as the action hero with Samuel L Jackson. A mysterious criminal is placing bombs all round New York hiding there location with mysterious riddles that only Bruce Willis and his new unwilling sidekick must solve before they go off; but the mysterious european criminal is not all he seems...pulling the shroud over the NYPD to make his real task much easier.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Much, much more like it

Easily the finest of the Die Hard sequels, this rough and relentless thrill ride comes as a massive relief after the monotonous disaster-movie stylistics of the previous flick. Although prone to a few of its predecessor's somewhat precious screw-ups (the cheap, aurally signposted multiplex gaggery; the lack of any overt violence) the ingenious double-bluff plot and peerless, gritty direction work wonders to drag this rehash into the same breathing space as the original. Director John McTiernan never shys away from getting his hands dirty, and the breathtaking car chases, all filmed, amazingly, on location in downtown New York, are a testament to that. Jeremy Irons is a sketchy antagonist, and the finale is peerlessly unsatisfying, but if this caper doesn't thrill you for at least 100 of its 135 minutes, then you deserve to be locked in a dungeon for all eternity, with only a DVD of Die Harder for company.

Cracker

a cracking film not one to be missed A+

[Highly rated reviewer]

McLean back with a vengeance! sorry!

This third offering in the Die Hard series of movies does not disappoint. Bruce Willis easily steps back into his role as Detective McLean like he'd never been away. The cast is strong and the storyline interesting. The on screen chemistry and banter between Willis and Samuel L Jackson is brilliant. Jeremy Irons also does an admirable job as the baddie who is bombing the city.

This is a must for all Bruce Willis fans, or indeed fans of action movies.

[Highly rated reviewer]

The best of the three

This is in my opinion the best of the three films. Samual l Jackson adds characer to the typical plot line and makes it far more interesting to watch

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Died Hard with a vengeance

No, the title isn't a typo, is a clever quipp about my true feelings on this film. It has to be the weakest offering of all three. It's a stretch and ze Germans are just cliched but I can promise you, that whenever and wherever this film is available I will watch it. It's Die Hard, and if you don't like Die Hard, you've not lived and even if, at the end of a long day, you can't bring yourself to sit through the contrived drivel that is the scipt at times, theres enough action and explosions to gently numb the brain and if all else fails, the following lines make it all worthwhile:

Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's 13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?

John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Crawl out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.

Simon: [on the phone] (pause) How colorful.

Genius.

4 and a half stars

better than the second but not quite as good as the first. Sam Jackson rocks as does bruce willis. same old story but that never gets boring so never mind. watch this film.

Simon Says

Can't touch Die Hard 2, but has the best opening sequence of all 3 die hard films though.

Beware

This was a good film, maybe better than the second but nowhere near as good as the first.

Learning from all 3 films, if you were an american the one man you would want to keep well away from would be John McClane. I mean the man is a disaster waiting to happen!

Perhaps the best two action movie actors?

Who can expect anything but a fantastic movie when you combine Samuel L Jackson and Bruce Willis.

This is a witty, action packed and at times, funny movie leaving you thinking. The whole idea of the riddles is great and there are many death-defying moments.

However, why is the Chief of Police guy so 'uncool'? Also, the baddies aren't very...sinister.

A bloody fantastic movie which still seems up to date 10 years later.