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Universal acclaim- based on 75 Ratings

  • Starring: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson
  • Summary: In this third installment of the Die Hard series, hard-luck New York cop John McClane realizes once again that trouble always has a way of finding him. This time it comes in the form of Simon, whose brother Hans Gruber was the villainous mastermind killed by McClane in the first “Die Hard.” ” (Fox) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Reviewed by: Andrew Collins
    100
    Despite a final, tacked-on helicopter denouement, it remains a gripping, relentless, supercharged slab of fun that knows no bounds - New York is its playground and the sky's the limit.
  2. 75
    It's a tense, terrifically funny action dazzler with a wow level in special effects that will be hard to top.
  3. Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    60
    So little wit is expended on the dialogue and so much on the imagination of disaster that you may as well sit back and enjoy the jolting ride.
  4. Reviewed by: Caryn James
    60
    The movie turns two hours of bombings, subway crashes, car chases and helicopter pursuits into the ultimate roller-coaster ride.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From the star of Blind Date, the first two Die Hard flicks, and Pulp Fiction comes this masterpiece that will blow your mind. Detective McClane and an shopowner named Zeus Carver track down the mysterious Simon, who is Hans Gruber's brother (if you didn't understand that part you need to see the first one as well) and an soldier. Simon's plan is to destroy McClane, but he should have known he's an lethal weapon with an side of amazing skills and dangerous power. Can McClane catch Simon before he bombs an school hidden somewhere in New York? Expand
  2. The "Yippy Ki Yay" is used at the right time. Die Hard With a vengeance was pure perfection from beginning to end. Samuel l Jackson makes the perfect partner in race against the time gritty thrillers. Hooking from the begging. Expand
  3. Loved it more then I did the first Die Hard. Jeremy Irons is an amazing villain and definently helps bringing this movie to the next level. It's a classic. Expand
  4. The movie is overall fun as the 2 prequels, but decent at its own.

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