A supercharged Die Hard, 95 style, that still holds it's own

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2014)

This third entry is such an adrenaline pumping ride, by the end of it all, you feel totally exhausted. Something about it, sets this one apart from the other two, this one a longer time span from the second entry. This is such a fresh third entry, and we are riveted from the word "Go" and if you're a revenge fan, it's an added bonus here. Part of the scenario has John Maclaine's past catching up with him, and that it does, in a cleverly constructed scenario that has the chief villain, terrorist Simon Gruber (a fantastic Jeremy Irons) create a diversion, using our hero, to act upon these requests (the first ones a killer, using the N word, hence the start of Jackson's arrival) and working out riddles and math, what have you. If these answers and demands are not met by the set time. BANG! Certain parts of the city, will go off, an example of Simon's deadly work, we see in the opening. So while Maclaine is being played for the schmuck, Irons and his henchmen are taking down the federal bank. The name Gruber is familiar, because he's the brother of the chief terrorist, from the original, and he wants a little payback, as he's still a little bit sore I guess, about what went down. This is such an energy driven Die Hard and watching maddened Irons being ridiculed by Maclaine, just how we like him, is although I would of loved to see the fight in the finale. Hey, I love to be ringside seeing that one. Samuel L Jackson as a store owner, Zeus, who unwittingly gets caught up with Willis in this diversion, is a guy I'm glad who did, and these rocking actors really worked well together. I liked the lethal femme fatale too, one of Iron's mob. I choose this one over all the other Die Hards. Strap in for this one, cause this great action piece will tire you, where mostly we have Maclaine to owe for that one.