The best thing about the film was Jackson's and Willis' chemistry. They were just *perfect* together. "So what's up with this LA thing, you famous or something?" "Yeah, for about 15 seconds." "Don't tell me, Rodney King right?" "Fuck you." :D gets me everytime.

This is as good as the First Die Hard in my honest opinion , Underrated Action Masterpiece.

Even 27 years later, this movie is still one hell of a thrill ride. The chemistry between Willis and Jackson is perfect, the script doesn't have a single ounce of fat on it, the delivery by Willis, Jackson and especially Jeremy Irons as Simon Gruber is phenomenal. Why can't they make these kind of movies today?

Die Hard With a Vengange Had a better Riddler than that year's Batman Forever. And then he went on to play Alfred. Go figure.

People like the original Die Hard, but I'm kind of caught in between it and this film.

"are you aiming for these people" "NO!!... Maybe that mime!" lol

You are good at arranging clips for trailers. You should do it professionally.

I think I know way John McClane is such a superhero in 4&5 he's a reverse Samson he's gets stronger the less hair he has

I think, by far, my favourite line in that movie, probably just for delivery alone, is when Simon calls the police station after McClane and Zeus show up, and he asks to speak to Zeus, to tell him he interfered with his well-laid plan, to which Zeus responds with "Yeah? Well you can stick your well-laid plan up your well-laid ass."

“That’s a white man with white problems!” I swear I laugh harder every time I hear that line!

the first 3 movies made a pretty perfect trilogy. Then they went and pissed all over it

"I don't like you because your going to get me killed!" LOL classic Jackson

My kids got me the Die Hard movies on Blu Ray for fathers day last year. Love the first one. The third (this one) was underrated, I forgot how great it was

Die Hard 4 for me is a good fun movie, sure it's over the top and outrageous in parts, but it could of been so much worse. The cast all worked well together. Let's never mention the 5th entry yeah

The best line is actually after "Yippee Ki Yay..." when McClane asks Zeus if they should call the fire department to put out the chopper and Zeus says "Fuck 'em. Let 'em cook."

one of the greatest action movies ever made

how do you not have more viewers? Your videos are so well made. they rival big production tv shows. love your work and you highlight the films you cover so well. you immortalize them, and your writing, editing and narration is the best I've seen.

Die Hard With A Vengeance is one of the greatest action sequels and action films ever by far! Who would ever think that McTiernan could capture the same tone, feel and realistic level of suspense that made the first film so great? Also, Jeremy Irons was a fantastic choice for Hans Gruber! He made a standard hoaky action film cliche, in this case, the brother seeking revenge for his sibling's death believable! The only thing that might have worked for III is if Franka Potente would have played Hans daughter looking for revenge and got to Lucy McClane to get to John! Orrr maybe not! But I have always felt part three and even more so then that absolute atrocity A Good Day To Die Hard, at least one more great sequel could have been made to this franchise! Let's hope a great writer is working on Die Hard: Year One! If that's still happening!

My big issue with this film is that I wish there was a little more focus on why McClaine and his wife separated again, because they seemed pretty happy at the end of Die Hard 2. It just says they had a big fight. Over what, might I ask?

Too bad John McTiernan couldn't do Die Hard 5, because he was in jail, probably for making Rollerball.

This is my favorite sequel to a Christmas movie.

Jeremy Irons who plays Simon voiced Scar in The LIon King in 1994

I still think this is the best sequel of the trilogy. The so called fourth and fifth films aren't Die Hard films, but shameless cash grabs using the name for profit. This film is miles better than the second. Not knocking part 2 just saying it's more of its own thing verses the second film, which apes the first film too closely.

Fantastic review as always Ollie. Really in depth and thorough. I can always count on you to provide some info that i haven't heard despite watching this movie like 50 times!! Keep up the good work buddy, great job

I love your intros. They're perfectly edited and set the tone for the review Ollie. Like always, well done.

Great retrospective. I enjoy all your reviews. Keep up the good work.

Brilliant review Oliver I love this film I've waited so long for this review cheers.

A fun way to rewatch this is when you realize it's a retelling of how the Olympians defeated the Titan Cronos who is the Titan of time. McClain is Poseidon always in water. Zeus is obvious, also he is an electrician. Simon is Hades Lord of the underworld. McClain and Zeus are constantly sent on missions where they have to beat a time limit aka Cronos. Simon is also trying to beat the clock. Back to the future is the same retelling.

Another spot on review Oliver, im currently binge watching your reviews lol, always a lot of fun

Great work on all your retrospects. I am about the same age as you, born in 83 and I love that you nail most of the films that I as well grew up on.. Keep up the great work

When John McClane still was John McClane. The new die hard movies are absolute carbage. Die Hard 4 was watchable but had really nothing to do with the originals. Edited my message 4 years later: DH3 is my favorite DH movie after DH1. I actually prefer Die Hard 4 to better than Die Hard 2. I have seen DH5 and to me that movie does not exist.

One of my best experiences in cinema as a child.

love the quote ''like watching your mate piss around on grand theft auto'' i am that mate that used to piss around on that game... pavement rampage...aka 5 star madness

Oh man, I thought you were going to place the Michael Scott Die Hard 4 monologue from the office there for a minute, it's very similar to what you are saying (almost verbatim!). Awesome retrospective as always.

The reason the cops were portrayed to be bubbling idiots wasn't to drag the film's pace (buzzword) nor for cheap comic relief. It was to show how incompetence and callousness of government authorities. The FBI especially were portrayed to be blase and cruel, causing more harm than good.

The explosion in the opening scene looks so good, its one of the best explosions in movie history. Also Die Hard with a Vengeance is my favorite Die Hard Movie, its so tense and fast paced

This was the first Die Hard film I watched and got me into an action adventure series and I love the score and the action sequences

Impeccably done! Thank you!

This is one of my favorite action movies ever.. the score, the way the film felt so huge, and the story telling.

I can barely describe how much I love this film. It's as good as the original in my eyes! Excellent breakdown and review as always Olly!

Interesting note, the finale with the helicopter was filmed at a truck stop in Jessup, Maryland off of Route 1, I got to go see the filming as a young man. Good memories.

Great review there dude!

Totally addicted to your Retrospective videos! been watching a ton of them since I found your channel! This movie is one of my fav's for sure! :D I guess you had to mention the 5th movie... which I don't even associate with the franchise myself, I mean it's like Bruce Willis was like "Oh another one? hmm okay easy money" and he just phoned it in really... got his paycheck ;D To me, i think he still had his John Mcclane character and personality in the 4th movie (despite the new bald look) And in the 5th movie, he just does insane stunts in public not caring about collateral damage... nothing... feels like a totally different person :\

This channel brings so much to rhe party!

Good review. Spot on

Thanks for the great video

Whenever I hear the argument about the guy in the end coming 'back to life' in the end of the first film, I feel like I should say that the scenario for someone actually survives a hanging and perceiving to 'revive' themselves is completely plausible. Do a little reading, and you'll find it happened quite a bit back when they would hang criminals. Some would actually survive the hanging (appear deceased) and come 'back to life' even sometimes in their coffins being prepared for burial (sometimes a day later). Long story short, that kind of thing is actually within the realm of possibility!

Die Hard with A Vengeance is my favorite Die Hard movie!

One of the best action movies ever made. I love the first half, such a great game of cat and mouse with a raging tempo and fun dialogue.

In my mind this and the first DieHard are the only ones to exist. I felt the second simply just fell flat, it's astonishing to discover that Diehard 3 was a mashup of ideas, when it turned out to be a very slick and well done plot.

this will always be the "new" Die Hard for me even after 25 years, makes me feel old

yes!!!! i remember seeing this in the movie theater, i believe it was the first time i heard real surround sound in the cinema ... and the sound was fantastic, you could swear that real bullets were wizzzing by your ears... it was a really great time at the theatre, definatly one of my best cinema experiences

This was awesome! :)

Awesome review Oliver, I just watched this movie again and it's still pretty damn good.

I loved the "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" song.

Saw pt 3 in theaters, and legit freaked out when the water is coming for McClaine. Loved it.

David Thewlis as Simon would have been quite good, just because they could have pulled off a relation to Hans way better. Just look at Thewlis at 5:26 and then at a pic of Alan Rickman as Hans... totally believable.

"Terrorist scavenger hunt across the landscape of NYC" is such a thrilling concept which is what makes this work so well. As well as amazingly well written and likable supporting characters, and the great performances of Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson. I like it just as much as the original, it's just different in some ways

Another great retrospective and totally agree with you on the Die Hards. I think the first half of Die Hard 3 is the tightest with the best dialogue and - like you say - best supporting roles but although I love the film, I do find it tends to fall a little flat once the dump trucks leave Manhattan. I shall have to get Kaman's score too. Thanks.

My points: -I saw the original Die Hard for the first time last October and loved it so much it put me in an action movie phase which still hasn't dissipated - in the months since I've seen The Rock, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Face/Off, Aliens, Enter the Dragon, Death Wish, Terminator 1-3, First Blood, The Hunt for Red October, The Crow, this film, The Matrix, Predator 2, Lethal Weapon, and Top Gun. Planning on watching Die Hard 2 today. The original Die Hard is my favorite non-sci-fi action movie (and 4th overall behind Aliens and Terminator 1/2). -I saw With A Vengeance for the first time last January and thought it was a fun ride, if nothing too special. Like, the first Die Hard is 10/10 and this is 7/10 (as far as other McTiernan films, I'd say Predator and Red October are also 9/10). Would not work without Samuel L. Jackson (one of my favorite actors, big surprise there, IMO Kingsman and even Pulp Fiction would probably be substantially worse without him - also a huge indictment on George Lucas for wasting him completely in the Star Wars prequels). It was also cool to see Jeremy Irons again after The Lion King. -There's no way an action movie like this would be made today, all the heinous terrorist acts in New York are just that much more wince-worthy in a post-9/11 world.

Another great review, I loved this film, really enjoyable and nearly as good as the first one.

SUPER REVIEW !!!

A great review Oliver. I have to say that this is probably the one I watch the most from the series. I love the original and I really like the second one but I guess I like the third mostly because like you said the supporting characters are really likeable but also because I find the movie really quotable. Die hard 4 and 5 just never really clicked with me, 5 especially as while I didn't think it was all that bad as an action movie it just didn't feel like a Die Hard movie.

Fantastic video! TBH I think 3 is the best Die Hard for all the reasons you outlined in the video. I still love the first movie and the second as well, but the issues you've highlighted and how they aren't issues in 3 is what tips it over the edge for me.

Great review full of interesting insights. I think i would have preferred Thewlis to Irons, i never saw the connection between him and his supposed brother. Also i feel it would make more sense to have a vengeful younger brother rather than an older one.

Excellent review. You justly praised the score, perhaps the composer's best, but forgot to mention the neat interweaving of a Civil War hymn "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". And home for John McClain is NYC, and where he is at, finally, after different locales the first two times. [... Not sure what airport he was at in no. 2 -- and it may even have been conceivably Kennedy (old Ildewild), in NYC -- but it is sort of irrelevant, as all action takes place at, or adjacent to that, airport.... So therefore he could have been almost anywhere, U.S.A. And action commences in no. 3 "Vengeance" at his old police station in Manhattan. .... But No. 2 was at Reagan (Washington)? ... ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This does turn into a police buddy film to a degree, but why not...? And the police and minor characters here are all very believable, and the script is intelligent as it is witty. How about the scene prior to the finale, where McClain and the good Samaritan are tied to a huge bomb? They cannot think of anything better to do, than to swear at each other for 2 minutes, lol. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three is my favorite of the first four, but I did like it in 2 where they introduced that Commando Squad at the end... That was an interesting turn, and the (black) actor playing lead there was great. It really beefed up the film, and provides a sort of platform and transitioning to the third movie, if only accidental. McClain: "Maybe your not such an asshole after all...?" Commando leader: "Oh, I'm an asshole alright; just your type of asshole..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the cursing and rude language is not to be taking literally, is obvious, as anyone who has survived public schools in the last 45 odd years. Merely it is to be scene as colorful exclamation points.

I like the history of the movie/scripts that you do. Interesting.

Larry Bryggman who played Inspector Cobb in Die Hard With A Vengeance, was on the CBS daytime soap, As The World Turns as Dr. John Dixon.

Very nice... Also your Robocop review inspired me on one of my more recent videos.

Fantastic R/R Oliver, I loved this movie, and it's a really close second with the first movie. The humor that was in the movie, as well as the practical action really make it work, even the not so superheroic parts that you will find in the 4th, and 5th follow ups that I could care less about.

This is one of the most underrated action movies of all time!

Another great review, funnily enough i just watched this movie on my new projector, very good film imo..

10/10 Pal I really liked your comments

Ioved that game, had my pistol also

My heart melts when I hear a Michael Kamen score. I've never heard anyone else produce a score that sounds at all like the sophisticated compositions he created. Even check out what he did on Cronenberg's The Dead Zone. I watched Die Hard With A Vengeance again a few months ago, and it's an okay sequel. It does feel more akin to a Lethal Weapon movie than a Die Hard one, in my view, due to the brighter visuals, less intense style, and the buddy cop dynamic. However, my main issue in why it feels weaker to me is that the supporting characters are very forgettable. The first two movies had a lot of characters that were charismatic, distinct, and colorful. They stood out and made a strong impression. Die Hard With A Vengeance really only has McClaine, Zeus, and Simon to hinge itself on. Despite the NYPD being portrayed as very capable, I couldn't tell you one memorable thing they said or did. They're just cogs in the plot instead of being vibrant personalities meant to either entertain you or emotionally invest you in the story. And I do agree that the ending is a bit lacking. It could use a more personal pay-off. It is a good movie, but it's just never done much for me as a Die Hard movie. However, I've only seen the first three, and have no plans to see the other two.

I really need an Under Siege retrospective on here

Hi, I'm a great fan of your work. Just one thing ... volume of the sound at the beginning and the end is so different from the middle section it makes me jump out my headphones. every time. Please consider to level the sound volume across whole video.

I love this film so much. It's without a doubt the best Die Hard film. I loved the alternate ending too although in the end, the big fire fight chopper ending was best for this one.

My favourite ONE! :) Action/comedy masterpiece ♥

1, 3, 4, 2. there is no 5

"Im not a monster. I just sometimes work for Monsters." How I feel as an IT guy in the enterprise space.

Jeremy Irons is probably my favorite movie villain in this movie.

Good review man now I love all the die hard movies but my favorite is Die Hard 2!

Better than 2. First is still best.

It was a genius idea to make the villain the brother of the villain in the first movie; you get to effectively recycle a character without all the critics accusing you ripping off a character from the original!

Interesting history. I personally would have loved to see this as a Lethal Weapon chapter, but what we got was a great film.

I've only seen two Diehard movies. The first and third ones and Vengeance is my favorite of the two.

Great review. One fun fact that didn't make it in is that Jonathan Hensleigh, after he completed the script, was detained by the FBI because of the accuracy in how he describes the Federal Gold Reserve.

Excellent review loved the factoids throughout agreed with everything apart from I love die hard 2 guilty pleasure lol

Like the first two Die Hards which take place the day before Christmas, this movie, Die Hard with a Vengeance took place in the hot and sticky summer in New York City and concludes on aCold night in Eastern Canada.

there is no Die Hard Trilogy movies, this is one whole movie, same with Indiana Jones.

Love the third one too and the ending is the only weak part where he dosent face off with Irons. The intelligence of the film is really good with the scenes having to solve a riddle; water jugs and Jackson was great and surely helped his career along.

I remember playing the game really liked it, but the taxi thing took quite a few re takes since you just jumped into it and had to figure it out what to do and it wasn't that obvious what to do at least at the time when I was alot younger :D

Hurry up with the Die Hard review Olli!!

"I don't like you because you're gonna get me killed!" gets me every time.

For me, the funniest moment was when McClain said his brother was an ahole. For a split second, you think Simon is going to be pissed and then he starts to laugh. Then, he goes further to say that McClain is right and agrees with him. Then again, John thinks that everyone is an ahole.

Glad you like 4 over 2. I agree.

This is my favorite of ALL Die Hard films. I think some people shit on this in comparison to the first just cuz it isn't the first one. This is the most brilliantly written and done of the entire series IMO.

3 & 4 are my personal faves.

This remains my favorite Die Hard movie to this day!