I like to consider Die Hard with a Vengeance the true sequel to Die Hard. It’s bigger, bolder, darker, but still retains the same sense of desperation, humor, and intensity of the first movie. Unlike Die Hard 2, the purpose of Die Hard with a Vengeance isn’t to copy the plot elements of the first film, but to take the spirit of the original and paint it on a broader canvas. Die Hard with a Vengeance takes what could have been a stolid, safe entry, and instead shakes up the formula to keep John McClane (Bruce Willis) alive and kicking, which is impressive for a guy who should have died many times over.
Die Hard with a Vengeance literally opens with a bang as a group of establishing shots in New York City set to The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Summer in the City” gets interrupted by an explosion. We then see the chaos of a police station and Major Crimes Unit Inspector Walter Cobb (Larry Bryggman) receiving a mysterious phone call from “Simon” (Jeremy Irons) who wants to send McClane on a series of sadistic tasks. McClane is saved from Simon’s first mission in Harlem by reluctant Samaritan, Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson), and then the two have to run around to Simon’s tune before trying to foil his plan while the rest of the NYPD is trying to find a bomb Simon planted in a school.
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