Entertaining action-thrill ride from the third of the popular action series.

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2007)

When an explosive happened early in the morning of New York City. A mysterious terrorist, who calls himself Simon (Oscar-Winner:Jemery Irons) wants police detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) forcing him to play a series of game all through the city. When a store owner Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson) saves John's life from a bad situation. Now Zeus is forced to play along with John to find riddles all over the city. When this terrorist Simon is actually distracting him from a heist. But what John doesn't know is Simon is actually the brother of Hans Gruber (The main villain from the first film). Simon is planning his revenge slowly with John and finish the job what Hans couldn't do.
Directed by John McTiernan (The Hunt from the Red October, Last Action Hero, Predator) made an enjoyable action/thriller that is fun to watch. Willis, who's always good as the unwilling hero at the wrong place at the wrong time. But this time Irons as the entertaining villain and Jackson, who gets the best lines. Both actors steals the show in the third of the series. McTiernan tries to make the third film different from the previous two films by shooting the movie with hand-held action sequences and making as gritty also. Although the script by Jonathan Hensleigh (Armaggeddon, Jumanji, The Punisher) is quite weak at times, the second half slows down too. But it's never boring and the ending seems rushed. The theatrical ending of the movie is actually an new ending of the movie. Still, it's enjoyable picture and fans of the "Die Hard" series will love it. Panavision. (*** ½/*****).