Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2808 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-03-25
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 135 minutes

Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Audio Commentary With Director John Tiernan
Behind The Scenes Footage
Die Hard 3 Featurette
Storyboard Sequence
Alternate Ending
Interview With Bruce Willis
Villains Profile Featurette
Visual Effects Sequences
Theatrical Trailers
Easter Egg Reel
English

Synopsis
The much put-upon John McClane is targeted by a psychotic terrorist who uses New York City as a dartboard for his bombing strikes while McClane tries to avoid becoming the bull's eye. This time the wily cop is assisted by a civilian explosives expert named Zeus Carver (Jackson).

Customer Reviews

Fast and exciting third instalment
In the third instalment of the Die Hard series, detective John McClane must obey a bomber's rules whilst trying to get along with electrician Zeus and recover from a really bad headache.

With an explosive beginning, literally, Die Hard with a vengeance starts as it means to go on with top notch action, adrenaline and an amazing appetite for adventure.

Willis (Moonlighting) returns as the iconic McClane and is juxtaposed with Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction) as the nervous but intelligent electrician Zeus and as in Pulp Fiction, the two perform their hearts out in another excellent Die Hard film.

Filled with humour and one liners, both characters are enjoyable to watch and make the plot even more intense with witty dialogue.

Like the previous Die Hard films, there is plenty of action and a fast tense situation to keep you gripped to your seats. This time, there is a mad bomber on the other end of the telephone telling McClane riddles, and these little puzzles make the film intriguing and very intense as the stakes are raised with every puzzle, and include very dramatic national panics. There is a lack of realism, but the fast flowing nature will keep you hooked.

However this time there is less claustrophobia as McClane travels all over New York to solve the many puzzles. Though I loved the claustrophobic surroundings in the first two films, spreading his wings was necessary for McClane to be seen as a more wild and courageous man with more to do with himself, such as driving a taxi across a national park and searching for a bomb on a train, which were pure adrenaline rushes.

Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) is excellent as Simon and raised the bar for Jackson and Willis.

McTiernan returns to direct and uses his knowledge to great effect with the action sequences all perfectly shot to create the right dramatic effect.

The third Die Hard is fast, exciting and beautifully executed by cast and crew to make a memorable action thriller.

8.5/10

Good solid shoot 'em up fare
This is a very entertaining bit of nonsense, with plenty of action and attitude. A lot of the stunts and setpieces deliver well and the result is well worth enjoying.

Explosions, 1-liners and an essence of cool
In my opinion, this is the best of them all. If not because of the plot, then because of Samuel L Jackson who brings a certain cool to everything he does. It's the usual adventure that results in Bruce Willis looking as though he has been covered in honey, stripped to his vest, and thrown in a pit of bears. An extemely clever man wants to play a twisted game of 'simon says' with Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson, the game set on a bigger scale, it isn't the usual 'simon says touch your nose' but more 'simon says get to the other side of new york in 20 minutes or a bomb goes off'. It is set on a hot summer's day in New York and has everything an action movie needs, many explosions, fabulous 1-liners and a sinister baddie. Geremy Irons is extemely good at playing an angry German. One of the most appealing things about this movie is the use of humour, it has a joke every 2 minutes. The pairing of Willis and Jackson makes this film come alive. I also like that it refers back to the first film in the series. It keeps you guessing to the end and leaves you feeling satisfied that yet again John McClane saves the day.