lets be honest its never going to live up to 2001. but the characters here are so much better to be honest.
My biggest problem with Die Hard 3 is it just doesn't feel like a Die Hard film. And the reason for that is because it was never meant to be a Die Hard film. A script was written for Die Hard 3 that was set on a ship and all aboard ended up being taken hostage.The only problem being that just as they were about to start filming it Under Siege came out and pretty much had the exact same story.You thought Die Hard 3 was that bad?
It was no 1 or 2 and if not for the "my brother" connection it was probably the first "let's cast bruce willis in an action role, and ooh look the die hard name is available if we pay for it". As a general heist/police action/buddy cop romp though I quite enjoy it and could stand to watch it again and possibly again a few years after that, or if on a plane/winding down from a party as a fun film to watch.
On the other hand I am never going to watch 4 again (saw the early uncut DVD version when I did) and have not even considered seeing 5.
If we are doing police films though
Hard Boiled (1992)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/
If you are doing police films then I don't think John Woo ever topped this (though some things came close, I can even almost forgive him for doing more damage to my trade than anything else* with that Paycheck film from 2003 because this is that good). I don't want to spoil it but can say it has some absolutely amazing gunplay, some decent villains and a main character that fits everything superbly. It is a long one but get it in the right mood and it is more of a "have I really been sitting here this long" type deal rather than a slog to the finish.
*it is to reverse engineering what a daytime soap set in a hospital is to medicine.
You thought Die Hard 3 was that bad?
It was no 1 or 2 and if not for the "my brother" connection it was probably the first "let's cast bruce willis in an action role, and ooh look the die hard name is available if we pay for it". As a general heist/police action/buddy cop romp though I quite enjoy it and could stand to watch it again and possibly again a few years after that, or if on a plane/winding down from a party as a fun film to watch.
On the other hand I am never going to watch 4 again (saw the early uncut DVD version when I did) and have not even considered seeing 5.
If we are doing police films though
Hard Boiled (1992)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/
If you are doing police films then I don't think John Woo ever topped this (though some things came close, I can even almost forgive him for doing more damage to my trade than anything else* with that Paycheck film from 2003 because this is that good). I don't want to spoil it but can say it has some absolutely amazing gunplay, some decent villains and a main character that fits everything superbly. It is a long one but get it in the right mood and it is more of a "have I really been sitting here this long" type deal rather than a slog to the finish.
*it is to reverse engineering what a daytime soap set in a hospital is to medicine.
My biggest problem with Die Hard 3 is it just doesn't feel like a Die Hard film. And the reason for that is because it was never meant to be a Die Hard film. A script was written for Die Hard 3 that was set on a ship and all aboard ended up being taken hostage.The only problem being that just as they were about to start filming it Under Siege came out and pretty much had the exact same story.
The film that did become Die Hard 3 was originally written as a film called Simon Says and was set to star Brandon Lee. But as we know Lee died whilst filming the Crow. The writer then rewrote Simon Says as the script for Lethal Weapon 4 but Joel Silver decided to then go with another script for 4.
The producers of Die Hard 3 were desperate for a script after the Under Siege debacle and came across the script for the Lethal Weapon rewrite of Simon Says. They simply rewrote Riggs parts to be John Mcclane. And Murtaugh got changed into Zeus Carver. And Simon became the brother of Hans Gruber
In der amerikanischen Originalversion handelt es sich bei den Verbrechern, die das Hochhaus in ihre Gewalt bringen, zum Großteil um deutsche Terroristen, ehemalige Mitglieder der fiktiven „Radical West-German Volksfrei Movement“ (mit Ausnahme der beiden Italiener, dem Afroamerikaner Theo und Uli, einem Asiaten). Ihre Verständigung erfolgt meist auf Englisch, teilweise aber auch in bruchstückhaftem Deutsch mit amerikanischem Akzent. In der deutschen Synchronversion werden sie in eine europäische Gruppe Krimineller umgedeutet; möglicherweise radikale Iren, da die meisten der Namen englisch sind. Aus Hans wird Jack, aus Karl wird Charlie usw.[5] Allerdings notiert sich McClane in einer Szene die Namen einiger Terroristen in Originalform auf den Unterarm, als (so das deutsche Skript) Spitznamen von bösen Märchenfiguren.
Für die deutschen Zuschauer war die Zuordnung der Personen etwas problematisch, da in der deutschen Synchronfassung der Name des Terroristen im ersten Teil der Reihe von Hans in Jack geändert wurde, im dritten Teil wird auf ihn allerdings als Hans Bezug genommen; sein Bruder Simon ist nun auch in der synchronisierten Fassung ein Deutscher und stammt aus der ehemaligen DDR.
Fantastic movie.... And i dont normally go for subbed movies but this one actually makes you forget your reading it and trying to keep up with the action.....of which there is so much! Good callIf we are doing police films though
Hard Boiled (1992)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/
If you are doing police films then I don't think John Woo ever topped this (though some things came close, I can even almost forgive him for doing more damage to my trade than anything else* with that Paycheck film from 2003 because this is that good). I don't want to spoil it but can say it has some absolutely amazing gunplay, some decent villains and a main character that fits everything superbly. It is a long one but get it in the right mood and it is more of a "have I really been sitting here this long" type deal rather than a slog to the finish.
*it is to reverse engineering what a daytime soap set in a hospital is to medicine.
Still no german "Bill & Ted - Face the Music" in our Locations....and also no other "Solutions".....View attachment 225166