Die Hard With A Vengeance

First he died, then he died harder, but in the second sequel in the Die Hard franchise, Bruce Willis managed to die the hardest ever! Yep, in honor of Live Free Or Die Hard, let's take a look back at the last time Bruce Willis died...with a vengeance!



The story here isn't too deep. McClane is called in when a madman bombs New York, he's called in because the maniac will only deal with him, it turns out that it's the brother of Gruber from the first movie looking for a little Die Hard payback! Well, the first thing he makes McClane do is wear a sandwich board with a racial slur on it and walk through Harlem...enter Sam Jackson as an electrician with a conscience. Sam keeps Bruce from having his ass beaten by anyone who sees him in Harlem, and so, they're a team!

The story is a bit of a mess, between Gruber's brother toying with McClane and the added 'value' of a crash-in (not a break-in) of the Federal Reserve, Die Hard With A Vengeance has a couple of interesting action sequences, but nothing like the first movie. This feels like a sequel that was planned because some money could be made...and little reason beyond that.

As an action movie, Die Hard With A Vengeance doesn't really offer anything we haven't seen before, bombs, car chases, there aren't really any big set pieces that set this apart from any other third rate action movie out there, and of course, we get the standard 'Yippy-Kay-Yeah Motherf*#ker' that, I believe is Federally mandated in any Die Hard sequel at this point.

I'm giving Die Hard With A Vengeance two out of four cigars,

because as a Die Hard Sequel it leave a lot to be desired and as an action movie it leaves a lot to be desired, but it's still a pretty good popcorn movie...if that's what you're looking for. So, until next time, when I'll find myself a cowboy related catch phrase, it's between "Hi Yo Silver Motherf*#ker" and "Howdy Pardner Motherf*#ker", until then remember that the best movies are bad movies.