Die Hard With a Vengeance (2007, DVD)

Usually when a movie starts kicking out sequels, it tends to take away something from the original film in a series. But, then there are other times where the sequels are able to continue the original story, and they bring something new to a set of films. With the Die Hard franchise, I have found the latter to be true, as we are able to see the main character put into new and different situations. With the Die Hard series, we are actually able to enjoy the development of a particular character, while still being able to see the same qualities that makes him great. In this instance, we have...

I really enjoyed Die Hard and Die Hard 2: Die Harder and they are two of my favorite action movies. Since both of those movies were so popular and successful, it wasn't surprising that a third movie, Die Hard With a Vengeance, was made in 1995. A bomb went off in a department store in New York City. The bomber, Simon, called the police and demanded John McClane. Simon wanted to play a game with John and more bombs would go off around the city if John didn t participate. Zeus, a store owner in Harlem, got pulled into the situation when he tried to intervene in a situation that Simon had set up.

Die Hard With a Vengeance reunites actor Bruce Willis and director John McTiernan for a second sequel to their 1988 mega-thriller Die Hard. Adapted from a non-Die Hard script titled Simon Says by screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh, this third chapter in the John McClane saga is more offbeat and just a bit darker than expected. Although it still follows the Die Hard formula - and how could it not? - of McClane versus formidable obstacles, Die Hard 3 wisely avoids the Christmas Crises scenarios from the first two films. Gone also (although the movie never really explains why) is Bonnie Bedelia's...

Die Hard: With a Vengeance was one of the 90's most eagerly anticipated action movies, and depending on who you ask will decide whether this movie was a disappointment or an elation. Myself, I'm on the bench. It sees the return of John McTiernan as director, and tells a story that doesn't completely rip off the original. In it, the brother of Hans, bad guy in Die Hard 1 shows up in New York and plants a bomb, before forcing John McClane to play a sadistic cat and mouse game of Simon Ses. Bruce Willis returns as Detective McClane and gives a performance as charismatic, and human as ever. He...