- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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4 out of 5
Joining the rapidly swelling ranks of British actors portraying baddies in 1990s Hollywood movies, Jeremy Irons plays a mad bomber with a score to settle in this third instalment of the Die Hard series. He keeps Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson on their toes with a set of "Simple Simon" tasks that give a high-speed 20th-century labours-of-Hercules twist to the plot. Whether solving riddles and mathematical puzzles or hurtling along crowded pavements in a taxi cab, Jackson and Willis make a testy duo, trading quips and insults at a pace that matches the breathless and sometimes over-the-top action. Returning to the fray after missing the first sequel, John McTiernan directs with a gleeful disregard for narrative logic, especially in the closing stages. It's cracking entertainment, though.
Plot Summary
Action thriller starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons and Samuel L Jackson. Following a terrorist explosion in a New York department store, suspended police officer John McClane and Harlem shopkeeper Zeus Carver become unwitting players in a deadly game of "Simon Says".
Cast and crew
Cast
- John McClane
- Bruce Willis
- Simon / Peter Gruber
- Jeremy Irons
- Zeus Carver
- Samuel L Jackson
- Joe Lambert
- Graham Greene (2)
- Connie Kowalski
- Colleen Camp
- Arthur Cobb
- Larry Bryggman
- Ricky Walsh
- Anthony Peck
- Targo
- Nick Wyman
- Katya
- Sam Phillips
- Charles Weiss
- Kevin Chamberlin
- Officer Jane
- Sharon Washington
- Doctor Schiller
- Stephen Pearlman
- Dexter
- Michael Alexander Jackson
- Raymond
- Aldis Hodge
- Mischa
- Mischa Hausserman
- Dexter's friend
- Edwin Hodge
- Rolf
- Robert Sedgwick
- Roman
- Tony Halme
- Ivan
- Bill Christ
Crew
- Director
- John McTiernan
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