
John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McClane is going to play a game called "Simon Says". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll set off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electric... (Full plot summary below)
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John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McClane is going to play a game called "Simon Says". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll set off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electrician, John McClane must race all over New York trying to figure out the frustrating puzzles that the crafty terrorist gives him. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve (the biggest gold storage in the world) things start to get heated.
Leave your thoughts about Die Hard: With a Vengeance.
| EmpireAndrew CollinsDespite 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. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDie Hard With a Vengeance is basically a wind-up action toy, cleverly made, and delivered with high energy. It delivers just what it advertises, with a vengeance. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...ultimately closer in spirit to the original than the first sequel. |
| Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMarylynn UricchioMr. Willis looks like a barbecued chicken during the whole movie -- sinews covered with blood and grime -- but he does the job in top form. |
| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsSurprisingly more entertaining than you'd expect a third film in a franchise to be. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversIt's a tense, terrifically funny action dazzler with a wow level in special effects that will be hard to top. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt should come as no surprise that Jonathan Hensleigh's script was not originally written as a "Die Hard" film. The blend of "Die Hard" and "With a Vengeance" is sometimes smooth but never complete. It's as if "Die Hard" were wearing a rented tux. |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserDirector John McTiernan outdoes the previous "Die Hards" (McTiernan directed the first, Renny Harlin the second) with machinery, stunts, noise, bullets and guts. Hand-held camerawork tweaks the audience's sense of anxiety further, and for the most part it works well. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonAll in all, it's a fun movie, worthy of its predecessors, but ranking third of three. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonCutting to the chase: In terms of summer movie thrills, director John McTiernan's return to the "Die Hard" genre (he made the first one) is a triumph. |