Die Hard With a Vengeance: A Quick Review

Picture this: several Hollywood executives are talking about making another sequel in the Die Hard franchise. But they don't want it to get stale. How can we make Die Hard even awesomer without doing the same thing for the third time? It's impossible several of them say. But one pipes up, "What if we put Samuel L. Jackson in the movie?" The executives look at each other and collectively go to the bathroom to change their pants.

And lo and behold they put in a racial tension gimmick to keep the series fresh without making it stale. I love it when a plan comes together.

This time, finally, McClane is in New York. A mysterious man starts phoning the police making McClane and his new black sidekick run around the city trying to keep bombs from going off, while meanwhile they try to pull off the biggest bank heist in history. It's a little more believable than the second one but it's still a little bit out there.

But god it is just as funny and awesome. I would say there is significantly less action/shooting in this third one but the tension and the pacing is just right throughout the film; giving the audience that edge of seat feeling throughout. I'm starting to think that the makers of Die Hard really hate Germans though. Or Aryan looking people in general. Because they are always the bad guys, and they get killed. A lot.

Die Hard 3 is just as good as the other Die Hard's with the added bonus of Mr. Jackson smack talking Bruce Willis. I laughed and clapped the whole way through.

3.5 out of 4 stars

-Christopher O'Connell