Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Original title: Die Hard with a Vengeance

1995
15
2h 8m

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7.6/10

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Dark Comedy One-Person Army Action Urban Adventure Action Adventure Thriller

John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.

Director
- John McTiernan
Writers
- Jonathan Hensleigh
- Roderick Thorp
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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

415K

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POPULARITY

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Director
- John McTiernan
Writers
- Jonathan Hensleigh
- Roderick Thorp
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations

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Trivia
Bruce Willis suggested Samuel L. Jackson for the movie. Jackson was thrilled. He says he's "seen the first Die Hard (1988) maybe thirty times."

Goofs
The German spoken in the movie is pretty poor. Most of it is spoken by actors trying to speak German. Only the actor giving orders in the Stadium seems to speak German. He speaks with a Bavarian accent. He is the only one in the entire movie whose German is somewhat correct. Besides the accent, the grammar is often incorrect. It seems that they just took the English words and replaced them with German ones, without any regard for the real German grammar, which is often quite different. Furthermore, they often have people speaking English with a fake German accent. No native German speaker would sound like that when speaking English.

Quotes
Zeus: [13:02] Why you keep calling me Jesús? I look Puerto Rican to you?
John McClane: Guy back there called you Jesús.
Zeus: He didn't say Jesús. He said, "Hey, Zeus!" My name is Zeus.
John McClane: Zeus?
Zeus: Yeah, Zeus! As in, father of Apollo? Mt. Olympus? Don't fuck with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your ass? Zeus! You got a problem with that?
John McClane: No, I don't have a problem with that.

Alternate versions
The original release of the UK DVD version in 1999 was actually even more cut than the British video and cinema versions. Because the content did not exactly match the officially classified version, this much-sanitized release fell foul of British censorship laws, and was withdrawn. It was later reissued on DVD in an officially sanctioned BBFC version.

Connections
Edited from Die Hard (1988)

Soundtracks
Summer in the City
Written by Steve Boone, Mark Sebastian, John Sebastian
Performed by The Lovin' Spoonful
Trio Music Co., Inc. and Alley Music, Inc. (BMI)
Courtesy of RCA Special Products

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9/10

This Die Hard is the fastest moving of the trilogy.

I like this one about as much as I like the first one. The first one had a better plot and was more tense, but this one moves at a very fast rate and it seems like it is over before it begins. A vast improvement over part two, this movie once again finds McClane in the middle of an emergency situation. This time, unlike part two, though it is very reasonable that he is involved as Irons character is the brother of the lead villain of the first Die Hard. Throw in a very funny Samuel L Jacksoncharacter and you have the makings of a great film action wise andcomedy wise too. This one centers around a mad bomber, threatening to blow up several places including a school if officer McClane does not play the game. McClane must do whatever the bomber says and boy does the bomber do a lot to get our hero down. Great action is a given as our hero desperately must try to find the bombs. Multiple car scenes a cool scene on a boat, and loads and loads of gold thrown in for an exciting ride. Irons is great as the villain, as was Rickman in the first one. Truly this is one fast moving ride that will keep you well entertained throughout.