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Overall Rating
3.65

Awesome: 21.67%
Worth A Look41.67%
Average: 18.33%
Pretty Bad: 16.67%
Total Crap: 1.67%

1 review, 54 user ratings


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by spork-girl

"Why didn't they call it Die Hard 3?"
3 stars

Shouldn't it mention a "3" in there somewhere?

The third installment of the Die Hard series is a slight removal from the other two, and that formula. Instead, it uses the "racially charged buddy action flick" because they got Samuel L. Jackson to spice it up.

Summary: John McLane is getting divorced from Bonnie Bedilia. The brother of the first villian is back for vengence, and he's blowing up buildings to get Jon's attention, and to steal a lot of money. That "Blowing up building and skipping out with the cash" plan must be in that Gruber blood. John enlists the help of electronics repairman Samuel L. Jackson who is in it to protect his kids. And to make it funny. Since there is a 4th die hard in the planning, I'm not giving anything away by saying John comes out alive, but battered as per usual.

This is not a bad movie. But it's nothing special, it's nothing we havn't seen before. Therefore i reccomend it for Bruce fans (me!) and for action flick die-hard (har har) fans, but it's not really much to offer to the average movie goer

Bruce Still rules, so he gets my 3 sporks up. You know what I mean...

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User Comments

1/13/10 Quirinius Snobb Four words: Samuel L. Freaking Jackson 4 stars
8/20/09 PAUL SHORTT SO CONCERNED WITH BIGNESS THAT IT FORGETS TO THRILL 2 stars
8/20/09 Jeff Wilder Thanks to Samuel L Jackson, an improvement over the second. Still not as good as the first. 4 stars
3/30/08 Pamela White Bruce has a job forever with the Die Hard movies 5 stars
2/08/08 Anthony Feor It becomes obvious that Willis himself doesn't care so why should we? 3 stars
8/19/07 Vincent Ebriega It's like a terrific game wherein you get involved with every chase and explosion. 4.5/5. 5 stars
6/29/07 Quigley John McClane saves this average movie from death. Some good action and great lines, too. 4 stars
3/09/07 johnnyfog No tension. It's lame. Waste of Jeremy Irons. 2 stars
12/02/06 brett I loved the first 2, but this just bored me, don't know why. 2 stars
10/20/06 MP Bartley Entertains but grates at the same time 3 stars
10/01/06 Jeff Anderson Some good action & the B.W./S.L.J. teaming's fun, but ending ruins it. Weakest of the three 2 stars
7/26/06 Sepi53 Good action! And Samuel L. Jackson is always GREAT! 4 stars
5/11/06 rabdalas Certainly not as good as 1, but a subtantial step up from 2. 4 stars
2/24/06 ES It's a Die hard so if you liked the other two... 4 stars
9/02/05 Eden Its good but forgetable 4 stars
5/28/05 tony Great way to end an exellent trilogy 4 stars
4/01/05 Richard Box Some say that this is the best one. IT'S NOT ! Still Excellent though. 4 stars
6/02/04 Stuart Best out of the three 5 stars
4/07/04 Sig Lets Just Say... We Wait Untill 2005 for "Die Hard 4: Die Hardest" 4 stars
11/27/03 John a truly magnificent sequel to the original DIE HARD 5 stars
9/15/03 Mr adventure one of the best action movies ever made 5 stars
5/21/03 Nevz Best one of the series 5 stars
3/15/03 Maurice "The Predator" i agree with tad, this movie is awesome!!!! 5 stars
3/09/03 Jack Sommersby Messy, with awful supporting perfs. Yet, hey, it's entertaining. 3 stars
2/03/03 Turtle Not as good as the first two, but still great and action-packed. Jackson adds to the fun! 4 stars
10/30/02 Stefan Halka Was it clear to anyone by the second half of the film that they had run out of ideas? 3 stars
7/25/02 CVJ Bloody good can rival the original 5 stars
7/21/02 Croweater Leave your brain at the door and just enjoy it, its rip roaring violent fun 4 stars
7/12/02 KMG Pretty fucking good....WILLIS AND JACKSON=CHEMISTRY 4 stars
6/16/02 R.W. Welch Over-the-top action/comedy with Irons as intriguing villain; fun movie. 4 stars
10/07/01 jawsboy bad ending and plot holes keep this from being the best.one of the best action movies!!!!! 4 stars
8/24/01 Michael Flynn It dies hard with no vengeance. Action scenes can't live to 1 and 2, and no solid plot. 2 stars
8/09/01 E-Funk Call it: TRY HARD. With the exception of a few genuine scenes, this is re-hash shit. 2 stars
8/07/01 Joe Zappa Almost as good as the first. If you're looking for PURE ACTION, this is where to find it! 4 stars
7/28/01 Henry Ginsberg great villian 4 stars
6/30/01 Geebo Still not like the first, but still good, entertaining, better than the second. 5 stars
4/12/01 fifu entertaining 3 stars
2/04/01 Turtle An action-packed super thrill ride! Bruce Willis is great. 4 stars
11/14/00 The EVIL Penguin close but no cigars 2 stars
8/17/00 Elvisfan Brill/Sprite is either six years old or a total idiot; this SUCKED goats 1 stars
4/02/00 Maxwell Shreck The most fun I had at the movies in a long time. LONG LIVE DIE HARD! 5 stars
3/25/00 Richard Wright Tragically,the fine name of"Die hard"now means just another routine action buddy movie. 2 stars
3/11/00 David Rogers Havn't seen the first two, but I saw this. Good SFX but no story. 2 stars
3/06/00 Ed The trilogy is still going strong 5 stars
6/10/99 Homer J. Simpson This one was good,but still not as good as the original 4 stars
4/10/99 Shelley awsome movie. really looking forward the the 4th one!!!!! 5 stars
2/18/99 Piz Great chemistry b/w Willis and Jackson, a believable unbelievable movie, great visuals. 4 stars
1/29/99 Scott Stipe Best Movie Ever, can't wait for 4 5 stars
12/13/98 Carl I couldn't stop lauging every time Jackson and Willis got into an argument! Hilarious! 4 stars
12/07/98 Shadow Raider A very cool flick, better than Mercury Rising. Irons makes one hell of a great villain. 4 stars
11/12/98 Lord Of The Dunce They built this film around Jackson, then gave him shit lines. Worst of the three DH films. 2 stars
11/10/98 Hugh Jass Still a kick-ass movie, nice action/humor scenes... 4 stars
10/03/98 Armageddon Not as good as first two, but still a very cool flick. 4 stars
8/30/98 Johny Entertaining enough 4 stars
IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS FILM, RATE IT!
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