Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Fox Video | Release Date: May 19, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
EmpireAndrew Collins
Despite a final, tacked-on helicopter denouement, it remains a gripping, relentless, supercharged slab of fun that knows no bounds - New York is its playground and the sky's the limit. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Die Hard With a Vengeance is basically a wind-up action toy, cleverly made, and delivered with high energy. It delivers just what it advertises, with a vengeance. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's a tense, terrifically funny action dazzler with a wow level in special effects that will be hard to top. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It should come as no surprise that Jonathan Hensleigh's script was not originally written as a "Die Hard" film. The blend of "Die Hard" and "With a Vengeance" is sometimes smooth but never complete. It's as if "Die Hard" were wearing a rented tux. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
Director John McTiernan outdoes the previous "Die Hards" (McTiernan directed the first, Renny Harlin the second) with machinery, stunts, noise, bullets and guts. Hand-held camerawork tweaks the audience's sense of anxiety further, and for the most part it works well. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Cutting to the chase: In terms of summer movie thrills, director John McTiernan's return to the "Die Hard" genre (he made the first one) is a triumph. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
All the explosions and fights are filmed with consummate skill, and are thrilling in their own right. But that's where it stops. The pacing is erratic and the level of tension ebbs and flows. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineStaff(not credited)
The third Die Hard film is easily the most spectacular, featuring an exploding subway train and a manic car chase through the congested streets of New York that rivals "The French Connection." Read full review
60
Washington PostRita Kempley
Director John McTiernan, who redefined the action genre in the original "Die Hard," does devise some smashing explosions, crashes and so on, but nothing really new. Read full review
60
The New York TimesCaryn James
The movie turns two hours of bombings, subway crashes, car chases and helicopter pursuits into the ultimate roller-coaster ride. Read full review
60
The New YorkerTerrence Rafferty
McTiernan supplies one climax after another, but when the whole intense, meaningless experience is over you may have trouble putting a name or a face to the movie that just had its way with you. Read full review
60
TimeRichard Corliss
So little wit is expended on the dialogue and so much on the imagination of disaster that you may as well sit back and enjoy the jolting ride. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
In Die Hard With a Vengeance, McTiernan stages individual sequences with great finesse (there's a terrific bit with Willis and five thugs in an elevator), yet they don't add up to a taut, dread-ridden whole. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesPeter Rainer
The "Die Hard" series was never exactly big on nuance, but this new installment relentlessly zeros in on sensation. It's almost sadistically single-minded. [19May1995 Pg.F.01]
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
En route, the plot gimmick degenerates from clever to dumb, then gets forgotten entirely, and the last act simply poops out - the climax is a Bigger Bang that plays like the saddest of whimpers. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
An overinflated mishmash that compels the audience to sift through a lot of rubble for the few requisite thrills, this second "Die Hard" sequel leaves a lot of creative wreckage in its wake. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Put to the sequel litmus test, queasily spectacular Vengeance would only rate a footnote without a strong original to exploit - or a protracted telephone-terrorist subplot to steal from Dirty Harry 1. [19May1995 Pg.01.D]
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
McTiernan is an old hand at actioners and, like the pro he is, keeps the film rushing along from fiery stunt to stunt. Read full review
40
NewsweekJack Kroll
But Die Hard WAV lacks the freshness of its two predecessors: we've had it with gassy police psychiatrists and supersmart terrorists. Read full review
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