Just as Good as the Original!

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2013)

John McClane is back and better than ever. He is back in New York and currently on suspension. That is until Simon plays his game.
Simon has McClane and Zeus Carver traipsing all over New York playing little games. McClane and Carver play along until McClane figures out that everything that Simon is putting them through is nothing but a wild goose chase.
Simon turns out to be Simon Gruber, brother to Hans Gruber. Hans as you remember was killed by McClane in Calafornia several years before. Simon is bent on revenge... and gets pretty damn close.
McClane does what he does best. He figures what Simon is really up to... the same thing that Hans was up to in California. Basically it's a heist, but the way everything is done is what makes the story so great.
Bruce Willis brings his best to this role, as he has done twice before. I still maintain that if Willis had not been cast in this role there is not telling how successful the Die Hard franchise would have done. Bruce Willis IS John McClane.
Jeremy Irons brings a different aspect to the story as Simon. The revenge angle has been done before but with the twist of the heist is a bit different. Samuel L. Jackson as Zeus Carver was a great move. Imagining someone else in any of these roles is unimaginable. The pace for this movie from beginning to end is fast, barely letting up for a breather.
I give this 10 stars out of 10.