Die hard with a vengeance videorecording Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with Cinergi an Andrew G. Vajna production ; a John McTiernan film ; written by Jonathan Hensleigh ; produced by Michael Tadross ; produced and directed by John McTiernan.

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

Special features: Commentary by director John McTiernan.

Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by John McTiernan. It was written by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the screenplay Simon Says by Hensleigh and on the characters created by Roderick Thorp for his 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. Die Hard with a Vengeance is the third film in the Die Hard film series, The Bonwit Teller department store in New York City is destroyed by a bomb during the morning commute. The New York Police Department gets a call from "Simon" claiming responsibility. He threatens to detonate another unless suspended police officer Lt. John McClane is dropped in Harlem, wearing a sandwich board with a racial slur on it. They comply, and McClane is called in.
Zeus Carver, an electrician with a nearby shop, sees McClane wearing the board. McClane explains that he is an officer on a case, but is soon attacked by a group of angry black men. He and Carver manage to escape in a taxi. At NYPD headquarters, they learn that a large quantity of binary liquid explosive has been stolen, part of which was used for the bomb. Simon demands that McClane and Carver both follow his instructions, posing a series of timed challenges that lead them to the Wall Street subway station. McClane boards the Brooklyn-bound 3 train in search of a bomb Simon has placed on it, while Carver hurries to answer Simon's call at a pay phone. McClane finds the bomb and throws it off the train just before it detonates, derailing the train and damaging the station.
McClane and Carver regroup with the police and FBI and CIA agents, learning that Simon is "Peter Krieg", a former colonel in the East German People's Army and a mercenary-for-hire. However, Krieg's real name is Simon Peter Gruber, the brother of Hans Gruber, whom McClane had killed years earlier in Los Angeles.

Director of photography, Peter Menzies ; editor, John Wright ; music, Michael Kamen ; production designer, Jackson DeGovia.

Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp, Larry Bryggman, Sam Phillips.

New York cop John McClane is the personal target of the mysterious Simon, a terrorist determined to blow up the entire city if he doesn't get what he wants. Accompanied by an unwilling civilian, McClane careens wildly from one end of town to the other as he struggles to keep up with Simon's deadly game.

MPAA rating: R.

English (5.1 Dolby surround, 5.1 DTS, Dolby surround) or dubbed French (Dolby surround) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.