a wild ride

Rating: Null/10 (14 February 2002)

A surprisingly fresh, entertaining third installment to the Die Hard series finds burned-out NYPD officer John McClane becoming the target of a mysterious criminal mastermind who threatens terrorist attacks against New York City unless McClane agrees to play his deadly game. Along the way, the bold officer acquires a reluctant partner in the form of a hostile civilian shopkeeper (Jackson). You'd think the series is wearing thin by now but it's not, and the result is a non-stop roller coaster ride of action and suspense, as the two leads run wild all over the city trying to stay one step ahead of their deadly antagonist. Good fun for fans of the series, and all other action fans alike. ***