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Director Renny Harlin took the reins for the 1990 sequel, Die Harder, which places Willis's New York City cop in harm's way again with a gaggle of terrorists. This time, Willis awaits his wife's arrival at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC when he gets wind of a plot to blow up the facility. Noisy, overbearing and forgettable, the film has none of the purity of its predecessor's simple story; and it makes a huge miscalculation in allowing a terrible tragedy to occur rather than stretch out the tension. Where Die Hard set new precedents in action movies, Die Hard 2 is just an anything-goes spectacle --Tom Keogh
The second sequel, Die Hard with a Vengeance brings Detective John McClane to New York City to face a better villain than in Die Hard 2. Jeremy Irons is the brother of Alan Rickman's Germanic terrorist-thief from the original film. But this bad guy has his sights set higher: on the Federal Reserve's cache of gold. As a distraction, he sets McClane running fool's errands all over New York--and eventually, McClane attracts an unintentional partner, a Harlem dry cleaner (Samuel L Jackson) with a chip on his shoulder. Some great action sequences can't obscure the rather large plot holes in the film's final 45 minutes. --Marshall Fine
All three films are excellent and follow the unfortunate happenings to cop John McClane (Bruce Willis), who is at home in the role and plays his part excellently. The plotlines are fairly straightforward but effective, which lets face it is exactly what you want when watching action films. The action is gripping and you get the requisite explosions, gunfights and crazed terrorists that you would expect. Perhaps the strange thing is that all three of the films are of a good standard and perhaps the third is the best just for the games that are set. These movies are, in my eyes, much better than the usual action movies that get churned out time and again and definitely worth buying as they all stand up to further viewings.
To be honest I do not really watch the extras with any films I have, although the ones included with this trilogy do seem to include a decent amount and are more than the audio commentaries that are often just thrown in.
In giving 5 stars I have judged these films on value for money entertainment and within the action genre, not within the whole movie field, as there are definitely better films out there. If there was a down side it could only really be that maybe just maybe the films are starting to look a little dated but the quality of the action is still there. If you are after an action movie to sit down and relax with you really cannot go far wrong with this set and at this price it is surely a bargin.
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