Die Hard With a Vengeance | | Cast : | Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson | | Director : | John McTiernan | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen | | Released Date : | May 19, 1995 | | DVD Released Date : | July 10, 2001 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | April 02, 2005 | | Summary | Die Hard I; II; and III - Great 5.1 sound | Content
 | Recently, I picked up each single disc version of Die Hard I; II; and III at bargain prices . Since there are plenty of reviews, I will keep this short. All three of the movies are great, with plenty of action. I like the second movie best.
The best part is the transfer to DVD. The video transfer is wonderful and the 5.1 sound is superior. There is excellent usage of the low bass and the surround speakers. All three movies are a definite purchase.
There are rumors of a Die Hard IV..... |
| Rating | | | Date | March 10, 2005 | | Summary | Samuel Jackson joins Bruce Willis for the third "Die Hard" | Content
| There are plans for "Die Hard 4.0" for 2006, with Bruce Willis back for a fourth time and director John McTiernan back for a third as John McClane and his daughter become involved in yet another terrorist plot. I have high hopes for such a film because the "Die Hard" series has been one of the strongest in the action genre. Granted, the best of the bunch remains the original 1988 film, which is the standard by which all subsequent films in the genre have been judged: "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" was "Die Hard" in an airport and "Speed" was "Die Hard on a Bus," not to be confused with "Speed II" which was "Die Hard" and "Speed" on a boat. Apparently Willis only does these movies when he has one that thinks it will work, which would explain why "Die Hard with a Vengeance," the third film in the series, came out in 1995, five years after the sequel.
The best thing that can be said about this movie is that it would have worked even if it was not a "Die Hard" movie. The idea that John McClane is once again on the outs with his wife (who never appears in the film) is getting stale and the idea that he is being targeted by this film's mysterious villain simply named Simon (Jeremy Irons) could just as easily have a different explanation than one that ties this film back to the original. In fact, what makes this third one a solid action film is that it does indeed go back to the original for two of its strongest elements. The first is the idea that the crime is a fairly complex robbery dressed up with a lot of distractions. The second is that McClane's character had a tenuous anchor with another person; in the original it was Reginald VelJohnson's Al Powell, although for most of the film it was merely by radio. That fault is rectified in this film with Willis given a strong co-star in Samuel L. Jackson's Zeus Carver. This time it is Jackson's character who suddenly finds himself in extraordinary circumstances, forced by some nut with a whole lot of bombs at his disposal to jump through a bizarre series of hoops.
One of the key elements in the success of the "Die Hard" movies was that McClane managed to use his brains at opportune moments. That issue is forced to the extreme in this one as the voice at the other end of a long series of phone calls provides one deadly brainteaser after another. This allows the logic of the movie produce a series of stunts and action sequences as the two mismatched heroes race around New York City trying to avoiding anybody getting killed (including themselves). Willis and Jackson work well off of each other, helped by the fact there characters are not stupid, and that despite the yelling and screaming solving problems is the highest priority. We have seen all of these elements before from all the action/buddy movies that Hollywood has produced, and their success remains contingent on how much we like watching the two buddies do what they gotta do. The whole idea of these things is to provide a compelling thrill ride, and by that standard "Die Hard with a Vengeance" delivers. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 19, 2005 | | Summary | Die Hard (spoilerz) | Content
| This is a excellent action movie which is starring Bruce Willis as John McClane, Jeremy irons as the villain and brother of Hans Greuber(from the first one) as Simon Greuber, and Samuel L jackson as Zeus. It starts with a bomb in a NY shop then john being dropped off in Harlem with a sandwich board which says "I hate n----rs" Zeus who is in a shop and notices him goes over to him and says to go before the gang which are down the road see him, well they see him and beat him up then he gets a call to go to the subway in half an hour or he'll blow it up, Zeus gets there before but is late and the bomb blows up. then there is a bomb in the park which is disarmed by John and Zeus. Later there is a bomb in a school in NY and no one knows the code. John and Zeus look for him separately John drives through a dam and gets nearly flooded in. Zeus finds him on his ship and goes to shoot him but he hasnt took the safety capsules off and Simon takes the gun and shoots his leg. Then it is revealed that it is a fake bomb in the school but not on the ship. Oh yeah the terroists are stealing gold from a bank. then john and zeus get blown up and land in the sea. They are rescued by a ship. Then the terrorists are celebrating their stealing of the gold until John and all the cops find him. then John shoots Simon down and then he says yipee ki yay mothaf-cker and it ends
Overall you should watch this if u want a good action movie |
| Rating | | | Date | October 10, 2004 | | Summary | Die Hard 3 (1995) | Content
| John McClane returns to kick serious butt, if he can get rid of his headache. Bruce Willis reprises his star role of John McClane in this third installment of the Die Hard series. Doing battle this time around with Simon Gruber, Hans Gruber's brother. Simon sets out to destory John McClane for throwing his little brother out of The Naktomi building in the first Die Hard. Setting up elebrate bombs all over New York, he almost succeeds in destroying the city. With the mix of humor and heavy action, John T. does a excellent job returning to the director's chair. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 31, 2004 | | Summary | Ever heard of Daz? | Content
| Once again, Bruce Willis pulls out his white vest, makes sure its clean, only to get it dirty all over again. Some people have commented on the fact that Brucie baby is getting on a bit now, but he still looks fine in this movie - they'd be testing our patience if they did a fourth Die Hard.
I've seen the first one (and reviewed it), but haven't seen the second one, due to the fact the first two were based on a very hectic Christmas Eve. And we're in the middle of summer, so instead, the second has been pencilled in for just before this Christmas please :) (Along with Reindeer Games) So I felt a bit out of sorts watching it without even seeing the second one. Although, the first sequel is normally quite bad (Scream 2, Terminator 2, etc). I was wondering what happened to Bonnie Bedelia, who wasn't in this, more's the pity, and the fact that this wasn't based on Christmas Eve was a shame. Although his wife gets mentioned a plenty, there's not much of a valid reason given as to why she features strongly in the first one, but why she's suddenly cast aside for the third. It does lead to many jokes about why can't Bruce can't keep his hands on a woman.
Samuel L Jackson is once again credited as the bit part, the second in command to the terrific Bruce. He never seems to get much of the lead roles, and instead is second to someone much greater. But in this, they seem to befriend each other, even though they hated each other to begin with - such a cliche.
This film involves a character's brother from a previous film, not to give the game away, but it's quite fun. They have to solve riddles, which would have been fun for some people, but most of them, especially the elephant & 4 gallons of water riddles went straight over my head! While everyone's running around, fearing bombs going off any second, it's obvious to the viewer that it's all a trick, and the bomb could go off in a completely different place.
There's some spectacular action scenes, the most memorable one is the train sequence, which thoroughly beats Speed hands down. I think my jaw dropped during most of it.
There are no memorable lines from this - the first Die Hard seemed so quotable, unless you have a brain similar to a sieve like moi, but there's not much memorable about this movie. Unless you like Bruce Willis. Then there's loads memorable! His white vest has become a bit of a trademark.
Overall, it's a good movie, but I sometimes find there's a lot of action, and not much else inbetween. I think it's highly unlikely that there's going to be a fourth, if there is, I'll be highly disappointed. He should just grow old gracefully. |
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