Die Hard With a Vengeance [M]

He’s on suspension, he’s having problems with Holly, and he’s hung-over: so the last thing John McLane wants it to be roped into some terrorist scheme. But, unfortunately, he’s the personal target of a terrorist known as Simon who is threatening to blow up the entire city should his commands not be met. With the reluctant help of an unwilling civilian, John is really racing against the clock this time to save his life as well as those of half the city. 

The first one is still my favourite but THIS MOVIE IS PRETTY FUCKING AWESOME! The first of the Die Hard series to have some intellectual intrigue as well as all its acclaimed action, explosions, and violence, Die Hard With a Vengeance comes pretty close to scaling the heights of the first movie. Armed with its good story, great cast, and balanced screenplay and script, it’s pretty fucking amazing: one that will make it into the collection for sure. 

He’s on suspension, he’s having problems with Holly, and he’s hung-over: so the last thing John McLane wants it to be roped into some terrorist scheme. But, unfortunately, he’s the personal target of a terrorist known as Simon who is threatening to blow up the entire city should his commands not be met. With the reluctant help of an unwilling civilian, John is really racing against the clock this time to save his life as well that those of half the city. 

What can be said to be a drawback to this movie is the foreseeable twist/clincher of the story. As soon as you see that this terrorist has got it in for McLane, you know what it’s going to be about, but I think it was that that made the casting of the villain all the more brilliant! I’m not willing to say more on the subject, you guys will have to rent and watch the movie, but I will say that Jeremy Irons was a perfect choice for the baddy… very sexy phone voice! I mean, come on, it’s the voice of Scar on the end of the line, how can you not love that!? 

Joining Bruce Willis on the action ladder is Samuel L. Jackson who delivers a knockout performance, providing not only verbal abuse and attitude to the movie, but a fair amount of comedy as well. I have a bit of a thing for Samuel L. Jackson I have to say, I loved him in this flick. 

Starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irons, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp, Anthony Peck, and Larry Bryggman, Die Hard With a Vengeance is a fantastic movie and a great third instalment: not a similar story but one that is interlinked with the first movie. 

I like also too that in this film there is a greater sense of danger and suspense because instead of being confined to a building or an airport, the protagonist is literally running all over town trying to catch the bad guy. Everything was bigger and it had much stronger sense of racing against the clock. 

Literally beginning with a bang and filled with action, comedy, suspense, cryptic puzzles, intellectual intrigue, explosions, car chases, fistfights, and heaps of blood, it’s pretty fucking awesome!