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Die Hard 3: Die Hard With a Vengeance

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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

US Box Office: $0

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

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Newsweek
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06/30/07
Almar Haflidason
Almar Haflidason
BBC

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

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06/26/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

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

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06/25/07
Brian Lowry
Brian Lowry
Variety
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Should make us all feel a little queasy after the Oklahoma City bombing.

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06/25/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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08/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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

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01/26/06
Time Out

Pure action, with bigger and better explosions and stunts.

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08/30/04
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times
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So concerned with bigness that it forgets to thrill.

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04/26/04
Mark Robison
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal

No review available.

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03/11/04
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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

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01/30/04
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

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

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01/11/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

No review available.

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01/06/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

No review available.

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12/17/03
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Rarely are sequels this good

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11/18/03
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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

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10/08/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Holds its own within the steadiness of the trilogy.

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07/12/03
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

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06/29/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

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05/16/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
 
 
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