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| Die Hard With A Vengeance (Two Disc Collector's Edition) [1995] | ![Die Hard With A Vengeance (Two Disc Collector's Edition) [1995]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/318GX6PJMEL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: John Mctiernan
Actors: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
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Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
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Running Time: 135 minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
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 Fast and exciting third instalment August 24, 2008
In the third instalment of the Die Hard series, detective John McClane must obey a bomber's rules whilst trying to get along with electrician Zeus and recover from a really bad headache. br /br /With an explosive beginning, literally, Die Hard with a vengeance starts as it means to go on with top notch action, adrenaline and an amazing appetite for adventure.br /br /Willis (Moonlighting) returns as the iconic McClane and is juxtaposed with Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction) as the nervous but intelligent electrician Zeus and as in Pulp Fiction, the two perform their hearts out in another excellent Die Hard film.br /br /Filled with humour and one liners, both characters are enjoyable to watch and make the plot even more intense with witty dialogue.br /br /Like the previous Die Hard films, there is plenty of action and a fast tense situation to keep you gripped to your seats. This time, there is a mad bomber on the other end of the telephone telling McClane riddles, and these little puzzles make the film intriguing and very intense as the stakes are raised with every puzzle, and include very dramatic national panics. There is a lack of realism, but the fast flowing nature will keep you hooked.br /br /However this time there is less claustrophobia as McClane travels all over New York to solve the many puzzles. Though I loved the claustrophobic surroundings in the first two films, spreading his wings was necessary for McClane to be seen as a more wild and courageous man with more to do with himself, such as driving a taxi across a national park and searching for a bomb on a train, which were pure adrenaline rushes. br /br /Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) is excellent as Simon and raised the bar for Jackson and Willis.br /br /McTiernan returns to direct and uses his knowledge to great effect with the action sequences all perfectly shot to create the right dramatic effect.br /br /The third Die Hard is fast, exciting and beautifully executed by cast and crew to make a memorable action thriller.br /br /8.5/10
Good solid shoot 'em up fare June 20, 2008
This is a very entertaining bit of nonsense, with plenty of action and attitude. A lot of the stunts and setpieces deliver well and the result is well worth enjoying.
 Explosions, 1-liners and an essence of cool March 28, 2008
In my opinion, this is the best of them all. If not because of the plot, then because of Samuel L Jackson who brings a certain cool to everything he does. It's the usual adventure that results in Bruce Willis looking as though he has been covered in honey, stripped to his vest, and thrown in a pit of bears. An extemely clever man wants to play a twisted game of 'simon says' with Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson, the game set on a bigger scale, it isn't the usual 'simon says touch your nose' but more 'simon says get to the other side of new york in 20 minutes or a bomb goes off'. It is set on a hot summer's day in New York and has everything an action movie needs, many explosions, fabulous 1-liners and a sinister baddie. Geremy Irons is extemely good at playing an angry German. One of the most appealing things about this movie is the use of humour, it has a joke every 2 minutes. The pairing of Willis and Jackson makes this film come alive. I also like that it refers back to the first film in the series. It keeps you guessing to the end and leaves you feeling satisfied that yet again John McClane saves the day.
ANOTHER ESSENTIAL DIE HARD MOVIE TO ADD TO YOUR DVD COLLECTION August 7, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Series note: Although the Die Hard films obviously follow one another chronologically in the film's universe, they are not really constructed as chapters in a novel. You could watch them in any order, but to give the characters more depth, and make better sense of a couple minor references, I would still recommend watching them in order.br /br /In my Die Hard 2 (1990) review, I complained (although apologetically) a bit about the lapses in internal logic. It ended up being somewhat excusable, because I read Die Hard 2 as a satire of the genre as much as a serious action film. With Die Hard 3, John McTiernan is back at the helm, as he was for Die Hard (1988), and the result is once again a more serious action film (containing some comic relief, of course) with very taut internal logic. In fact, Die Hard: With a Vengeance is so well constructed, so well acted and so well directed that I like it just as much, if not better, than Die Hard.br /br /John McClane (Bruce Willis) is once again separated from his wife, and he's once again living and working as a cop in New York City. As the film begins, he is on a temporary suspension for some never-specified infraction (it works better that it isn't specified, as it enables us to imagine all kinds of crazy things that this gruff character might have done). After a bomb explodes at the Bonwit Teller department store, a mysterious person calling himself "Simon" calls the police taking credit and asking to speak with McClane--or he'll detonate further bombs in crowded areas. They rouse McClane from the aftermath of a drunken stupor. He shows up at the police station with a hangover, looking haggard. "Simon" is fond of riddles and makes McClane engage in a bizarre game of "Simon Says". The first task is for McClane to head up to Harlem and stand on a street corner in his skivvies wearing a sandwich board that says only, "I Hate Blacks" (using a more inflammatory epithet than "blacks"). Of course, he almost gets killed, but at the last minute, a reluctant savior in the form of a local shopkeeper, Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson), helps save his butt. Unwittingly, Carver ends up embroiled in the Simon Says games with McClane, with increasingly serious stakes. Just who is Simon? Why is he toying with McClane?br /br /I should note that I was predisposed to like this film. I like Bruce Willis a lot, but I especially love Samuel L. Jackson. The combination of the two here is simply magical. They have remarkable chemistry and the characters that scriptwriter Jonathan Hensleigh has drawn enable both deep tension and hilarious comic moments between the two.br /br /But the film succeeds on more than the charisma of its two principal actors. Die Hard: With a Vengeance has a fantastic, intelligent plot. Hensleigh ties his villain to the story of the first film in a semi-satirical way that gives the motivation for the "Simon Says" games great depth. The Simon Says games manage to be silly, smart, humorous and great catalysts for dramatic tension at the same time. There are subtle jokes about New York City, New York City cops, "reverse racism", European opinions of American intelligence, and so on. And of course, there are many edge-of-your-seat, nail-biting action sequences involving a wide variety of environments in the New York City area. The wide variety of environments was a nice change over the more limited settings of the previous two films, and gives Die Hard: With a Vengeance a feel almost like an adventure film.br /br /It's remarkable that Hensleigh and McTiernan were able to sustain such a high level of excellence throughout. If you look at Die Hard: With a Vengeance from a broader perspective, the whole is constructed something like one of Simon's puzzles. Every scene leads inevitably, logically to the next scene, even though the film takes many "left turns", and the solution of one dilemma to the next often involves split-second timing.br /br /It's often said that McTiernan and Hensleigh simply ignored Die Hard 2, and in terms of direct plot and dialogue references, this may be true, but they still give Die Hard 2 a nod by having an attendant humor--often almost "goofy" humor--in many action scenes. One of the most direct nods occurs with McClane "riding" something of an explosion (of water this time). This is one of the more hilarious scenes of the film.br /br /As for subtexts, they are similar to those of the first Die Hard, with some interesting additions. There is an intriguing parallel between McClane's disheveled state, the typical New York City chaos, and the attempts to further undermine stability from the villain. Focusing on this aspect, Carver provides more of a dependable, even-keeled balance.br /br /There are also direct references to very contemporary political subtexts--with foreigners having in mind that the U.S. has socio-economic power disproportionately in its favor. They claim to want to redress the imbalance, although in this film, at least, the claim may end up being a false representation--there appears to be corruption undermining it. However, it's interesting that there is yet another "twist" towards the end that shows the claim may not have been as corrupt as we initially believed, even if it still seems a bit mad and/or megalomaniacal. It's also interesting that the resolution is reached on foreign ground.br /br /But the subtexts in Die Hard: With a Vengeance may be even more minor focuses than in the previous two films. Instead the focus is on the spectacle of a tightly told, thrilling action/adventure story. That's all the film needs to succeed as well as it does.
Great Film September 1, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is one of the best bruce willis movies made, the thing i dont understand is how the reviewer below who gave it two stars and said it was garbage, this coming from the guy who says the baywatch movie was oscar material and gave every other baywatch DVD a five star, i think you need to have a word with yourself son
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