Good, but not as good...

Rating: 7/10 (16 November 2013)

New York cop John McClane, going about his business in New York, finds himself beset by terrorists. Even worse, their leader is the brother of the LA terrorist boss from 2 films ago. Fortunately, McClane has a very angry black man to help him.
This 3rd film in the series abandons the family element which helped to drive the first two films, replaced by Sam Jackson's furious Harlem native, and is the worse for it. Jeremy Irons has fun as Alan Rickman's sibling, and Bruce Willis gets his vest dirty again as the Law of Diminishing Returns begins to set in.
Die Hard 3, as this should have been called, is perfectly enjoyable, but it is not in the same class as the first two in the series.