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Die Hard 3: Die Hard With a Vengeance [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Bruce Willis , Jeremy Irons , John McTiernan    DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp
  • Directors: John McTiernan
  • Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, Roderick Thorp
  • Producers: John McTiernan, Andrew G. Vajna, Buzz Feitshans, Carmine Zozzora, David Willis
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, THX, Widescreen
  • Language: English, French
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 9 Mar 1999
  • Run Time: 131 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6305280711
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 110,531 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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The second sequel to the mould-making action film Die Hard brings Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) to New York City to face a better villain than in Die Hard 2. Played by Jeremy Irons, he's the brother of the Germanic terrorist-thief Alan Rickman played in 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, though they can't obscure the rather large plot holes in the film's final 45 minutes. --Marshall Fine

Synopsis

Superhero cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) returns in Die Hard With a Vengeance. Freshly expelled from the NYPD, McClane encounters a number of threatening phone calls from a terrorist calling himself Simon (Jeremy Irons). Simon tests McClane's wits, and allows him the chance to stop each bomb by solving a riddle. In addition to using his previously learned anti-terrorism tactics (Die Hard, Die Hard 2), McClane enlists an angry store clerk, Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson) to decipher Simon's tricky enigmas.

Die Hard With a Vengeance finds director John McTiernan returning to the creative helm of the series he began in 1987 (Renny Harlin directed Die Hard 2). For the third film in the detonative series, McTiernan creates a story line which floats from psycho terror to sonic action to interracial comedy relief. The acting is something to be marvelled at as well. Bruce Willis miraculously evokes sympathy whilst playing the angry police man and Jeremy Irons' performance as the villainous Simon is reminiscent of an Eastern European James Bond megalomaniac. Samuel L. Jackson's is also worth mentioning as he gives an angry discourse in racism and then pops off one liners, both ice cold and slick.


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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a real guy film.

Once again, Willis is back in is his role of the uncompromising, street wise, no nonsense New York cop, John McClane. But this time, McClane is partnered up with an unwitting, Samuel L Jackson. Yes, OK it is starting to smell like another Lethal Weapon movie, but wait, there’s more.

Along comes Jeremy Irons, who for me, and I am a massive Willis fan, steals the whole movie. This guy is true class. Irons plays the brother of Hans Gruber, Alan Rickmans character from the first movie, and baby Gruber is out for revenge, for the killing of his big brother, or so we are meant to believe.

I was disappointed at not seeing William Athertons Dick Thornburg character getting puched again, for me, Die Hard without ‘Thornburg’ being punched, is like McClane without a dirty vest.

The movie marries and superb twisting plot line with some incredible action scenes, and a few almost believable but equally stunning stunts. And coupled with the special effects, this makes this movie, the liveliest of the three. If they had only put the same effort into the second movie.

My only major disappointment with this (15) version, is the cutting of the elevator (lift) scene, where Willis, in the original, takes on three bad guys, resulting in true Die Hard carnage. Unfortunately this scene was so badly cut that, I think by a four year old with play scissors, that if you haven’t seen the original, you are left bemused, scratching your head, wondering what just happened.

Still it’s a great movie, and one for your Die Hard collection, until the proper version is released.

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Well for this price !!!! 15 July 2005
Format:DVD
Die Hard 3 is a great film...... This 2 disc edition isn't bad....made even better by the price....

They only down side is that the UK release is cut and censored, which stands out like a sore thumb when its coming through your 5.1 dolby digital system. You can hear that they have re-recorded alternative word for all the swearing that actually takes place.

The solution is to buy the region 1 edition of this package. The price isn't too bad and the feature is uncensored and so sounds even better. The way it was meant to be!!!!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Die Hard: With a Vengeance is directed by John McTiernan and written by Jonathan Hensleigh. It stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irons, Graham Greene, Nick Wyman, Larry Bryggman and Colleen Camp. Music is scored by Michael Kamen and cinematography by Peter Menzies Jr.

Detective John McClane (Willis) is on suspension and drinking a lot, but when a bomb goes off on the streets of New York, a man named Simon (Irons) calls the police demanding that McClane joins in a game of Simon Says otherwise more bombs will go off.

Although Renny Harlin was unlucky to have the unenviable task of trying to helm a sequel to arguably the greatest action film in the modern era, there is no denying that Die Hard 2 was a considerable drop in quality. We can also say with honesty that to try and come up with a villain half as brilliant as Alan Rickman's Uber Gruber was a thankless task, but that's the primary problem with Die Hard 2, William Sadler's villain is just not interesting, charming or witty enough. So for part three the makers made three crucial decisions, they brought back John McTiernan, they brought in Jeremy irons for villain duties and they gave McClane a side-kick of considerable worth. Back comes high end action, back comes searing violence and back comes the humour.

Die Hard 3 nabs the great ingredients from the first film but still plays out as its own animal, the decision to take McClane out of a confined space set-up and let him loose out in the expansive areas of NYC works really well, as does having him partnered by Samuel L. Jackson's (on fine form) Zeus, a smart mouthed, angry, wise, borderline racist shop owner who winds up as the perfect foil for McClane's machismo and witticisms. If this sounds like a Lethal Weapon type set-up then that's probably because the bulk of the script was actually considered to be one of the Lethal Weapon sequels. But to have it play out as a Die Hard formula brings rich rewards as the plotting has much suspense by way of Simon's death trap riddles and the race against time plot turn that dominates a good portion of the movie. While the dialogue sparkles, allowing the lead actors room to really impress themselves on the story.

It's also great to find that McTiernan and co don't take the easy option of just filling the movie out with high octane action and stunts. There's plenty of that stuff about, with punch-ups, car chases, explosions and outrageous high wire heroics; McTiernan is after all a master director of action scenes, but there's a good twisty plot at the core as well. With grey area motives, deception and mystery elements pulsing away in the narrative. Add in McClane's woes; hangovers and marital strife, Zeus' severe mistrust of the white man, and you find a lot of story that the impressive action is wrapped around. Irons is ace, not in Rickman's villain league (who is), but he gives Simon charm in abundance, a dastard sense of humour and Irons has buffed up for vest wearing duties and gone Aryan blonde into the bargain as well. Yep, this is a cool villain and the film benefits greatly from Irons' turn.

Faults? The roll call of baddies assembled around Simon are standard stereotypes being performed by one note actors. The absence of Bonnie Bedelia as McClane's wife is felt at times, and some of the effects work is shoddy. But this is a treat for Die Hard fans and action movie fans in general. Exciting, thrilling, funny, interesting and featuring characters you enjoy being in the company of. Yippee-ki-yay. 8/10
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5.0 out of 5 stars great
this is a gtreat film i loved every minite of it, cannot wait for the next one to be released, i love Bruce Willis
Published 21 days ago by s hicks
5.0 out of 5 stars ... Wow...
This movie is brilliant in every single possible sense of the word. The action is on top par, the dialogue, story, characters, locations, tension, BASICALLY... TO SAVE TIME... Read more
Published 29 days ago by TheMovieDude
5.0 out of 5 stars Its Bruce, its Die Hard!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bruce is sweet!
Good film and it arrived so quickly! Thanks!
Original film is the best but this is still a good watch!
Published 1 month ago by Miss M A Maddison
5.0 out of 5 stars KEEP THESE FILMS COMING
JUST LOVE BRUCE WILLIS. STORY LINE BRILLIANT, AS WAS ALL THE ACTING. COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN, NO PROBLEM.
Published 1 month ago by Jillian
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible!!
I have seen this film before buying it and really enjoy it. But the copy i got was scratched and doesnt play in most of the DVD
Published 1 month ago by Dom
5.0 out of 5 stars Bruce Willis doing what he does best!
My Teenage son is very into these sorts of films now. He has an acting "bent" himself. He knows bad language and violence is for "acting only". Read more
Published 2 months ago by Edwardian Lady
3.0 out of 5 stars MORE INVENTIVE THAN THE FIRST BUT BORING.
BORING FIL , THERE IS WITTY ACTING AND REPETITIOUS THEME OF STORY WITH VOILENCE AND TERRIBLE MUSIC THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A COMERDY . BAD FILM 4 OUT OF 10 ITS ADISSAPINTEMENT.
Published 2 months ago by juliedilworth
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Bought as a gift, but reports are that it's very good and I cant wait to borrow it for myself
Published 3 months ago by Elisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Die hard 3 die hard with a vengeance
Really good film better than the second one in my eyes would recommend this film to anyone especially if u r s die hard fan like me
Published 3 months ago by Phil1976
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