the movie die hard 2 should have been

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2001)

The last installment of the trilogy that launched Bruce Willis' career is undoubtedly as entertaining as the first. This is interesting for it seems in cinema the appeal of movies wanes with each sequel. Die Hard with a Vengeance is a relief from the common format of action movies and takes the nursery school game of `Simon Says' to a new plateau. Reprising his role as director, John McTiernan guides Willis and Samuel L. Jackson through New York City in a deadly game in which all odds are stacked against them. Recurrent in the movie is the theme that in life things may not always be what they seem, as racial relations are explored through the unlikely friendship of Willis and Jackson and the mystery of `Simon' is revealed-and of course the means by which he seeks his vengeance.