Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
While Die Hard with a Vengeance is very exciting and action-packed, Bruce Willis’s character starts the movie incredibly stupid, blaming his lack of thinking on a bad hangover. Maybe the filmmakers thought the audience would have forgotten all about the first movie seven years earlier, but was that really likely, since that movie was so beloved it was the reason everyone came back to watch the sequels? When the featured terrorist in the third movie starts speaking in a German accent, that’s a clue to the audience to remember the first movie. Everyone in the police station keeps hammering it into Bruce’s head that this bad guy has a personal beef with him, and they ask him repeatedly if he knows if anyone with a German accent might have a score to settle. How can he be that much of an idiot not to remember?
Anyway, once you get past that, and once the bad guy is revealed, you can rest assured the movie will be very entertaining. Teaming up in an innocent bystander, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce has to jump through impossible hoops set up by the German villain to stop bombs from exploding all over New York City. Expect the usual from the third installment in the Die Hard series: tons of action, violence, explosions, broken glass, chase scenes, and of course, comic relief one-liners. Since this is the first time Bruce Willis gets a teammate, the comedy is far more easily scattered between two people interacting than one person shouting into a walkie-talkie. This one’s really fun, so don’t miss it if you’re having a Die Hard marathon with your friends. Plus, Jeremy Irons is the bad guy, and as you know if you’ve ever seen him in a movie, he plays a villain very well.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to violence and racial language, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. There are a bunch of swirling camera movements scattered throughout the action scenes, and it will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
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Anyway, once you get past that, and once the bad guy is revealed, you can rest assured the movie will be very entertaining. Teaming up in an innocent bystander, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce has to jump through impossible hoops set up by the German villain to stop bombs from exploding all over New York City. Expect the usual from the third installment in the Die Hard series: tons of action, violence, explosions, broken glass, chase scenes, and of course, comic relief one-liners. Since this is the first time Bruce Willis gets a teammate, the comedy is far more easily scattered between two people interacting than one person shouting into a walkie-talkie. This one’s really fun, so don’t miss it if you’re having a Die Hard marathon with your friends. Plus, Jeremy Irons is the bad guy, and as you know if you’ve ever seen him in a movie, he plays a villain very well.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to violence and racial language, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. There are a bunch of swirling camera movements scattered throughout the action scenes, and it will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
More Bruce Willis movies here!