Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 16 11:01

''Have you been followed at all during the last few days? Any suspicious phone calls? Any kind of surveillance at all? Anything?'' ''Well, now that you mention it, I have, sort of, been feeling this burning sensation between my toes.'' John McClane and a store owner must play a bomber's deadly game as they race around New York while trying to stop him. Bruce Willis: John McClane Die Hard With A Vengeance is probably the most fun film of the definitive action trilogy of the 80s and 90s. While Die Hard was certainly a gripping adrenaline-fuelled action thriller, and Die Hard 2 stuck closely to that formula, the third film decided that, whilst retaining the action, to cut loose and have fun. The third Die Hard film sees John McLane (Bruce Willis) tearing round New York tryin...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 7 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 8 23:21

"Hot in here, or am I just scared to death?" The first Die Hard instalment hit cinemas back in summer 1988. Produced by Joel Silver (whose name is also attached to the Lethal Weapon series and The Last Boy Scout, just to name a few), Die Hard set a new paradigm for action films. Gone was the indestructible hero capable of shooting his enemies with infallible precision while bullets magically skirted around him. In its place was an ordinary bloke who gets involuntarily entangled in circumstances that necessitate his heroics. Die Hard was also set in a claustrophobic location. This formula proved popular as it was soon applied to incalculable other action films including Air Force One, Passenger 57, Under Siege, and so on. Fox enjoyed the critical and commercial success of Die Hard, and w...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Apr 18 18:48

The one winning formula that Die Hard has come up with is casting legendary British actors as German mastermind criminals. It's a strange idea, not one that immediately springs to mind at least, but it works. The Grubers have been McClane's greatest enemies and spawned the greatest Die Hard films as a result. I don't think anything can beat the legendary original, but this is still a thoroughly entertaining action film. I've heard people criticise it because the plot is too difficult to follow, but it really isn't. It's your average heist affair with a simple twist at the end. Luckily, America's greatest ever cop is there to thwart the proceedings and this time he has an accomplice in the shape of the reluctant Samuel L. Jackson. I have seen this film so many times that it's permanently...Read more

Rating : 8/10