Die Hard with a Vengeance, as we know it, came to be because of Pulp Fiction. Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis proved to make such a magical screen team that Fox just couldn't pass up the opportunity.
This is the best written and best produced Die Hard movie of the entire series. It's grittier, it's funnier and it's a movie all of its own. Die Hard and Die Hard 2 are fine for what they are, but don't consider them anything else than your quintessential 80's action flicks. They are such products of their time, they should come with Rubix cubes and a Reagan 84' campaign button. Vengeance is far more timeless. Action movies were in need of a change, and this film met the moment when it needed to. Also, unlike it's predecessors, this Die Hard feels more comfortable touching on edgier material. You have to give it to Pulp Fiction again for that. Studio films, especially action thrillers, felt more comfortable being themselves when they found out, as Tarantino did, that you could go far as putting adrenaline needles, gimps and ball-gags in your movie and not lose a single dollar doing so.
This is the best written and best produced Die Hard movie of the entire series. It's grittier, it's funnier and it's a movie all of its own. Die Hard and Die Hard 2 are fine for what they are, but don't consider them anything else than your quintessential 80's action flicks. They are such products of their time, they should come with Rubix cubes and a Reagan 84' campaign button. Vengeance is far more timeless. Action movies were in need of a change, and this film met the moment when it needed to. Also, unlike it's predecessors, this Die Hard feels more comfortable touching on edgier material. You have to give it to Pulp Fiction again for that. Studio films, especially action thrillers, felt more comfortable being themselves when they found out, as Tarantino did, that you could go far as putting adrenaline needles, gimps and ball-gags in your movie and not lose a single dollar doing so.