‘Best masterpiece' action film of all time now streaming for free
The high-octane action film is still a classic
An action movie from the golden era of nail-biting blockbusters has now arrived for audiences to stream after audiences watched another huge action film earlier this year.
The movie came out in 1995 and became the high-grossing film of the year as viewers globally flocked to cinemas.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance was the sequel to 1988 classic Die Hard and Die Hard 2 in 1990.
The third movie in the franchise has often been hailed as a solid sequel in the action franchise.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance once again followed NYPD detective John McClane (played by Bruce Willis), now a washed-up alcoholic divorcé, as he was forced into a twisted game of Simon Says with a psychotic terrorist detonating bombs around the Big Apple.
McClane ended up partnering with shopkeeper Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson) as they tried to stop the terrorist Simon Gruber (Jeremy Irons) after learning of his plans to steal gold bullion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The movie remains a classic to this day with audience members on IMDb raving about it.
One 10/10 review was titled: “Die Hard With A Vengeance is not only a great movie, it is arguably the best masterpiece sequel of all time!”
As a second review described the film as an “Action comedy masterpiece” and the user commented: “It's very rare for the first three films in a movie franchise to be consistently excellent, but that's the case with the DIE HARD series. The first one was an action movie masterpiece and hugely influential to this day.
“The second one is disliked by some, but I think it's very nearly the equal of the first, doing a tricky job of being the same but different at the same time.
“And the third is just a delight, an action comedy masterpiece that wreaks havoc throughout New York.”
A third person titled their review: “This Die Hard is the fastest moving of the trilogy” and explained: “I like this one about as much as I like the first one.
“The first one had a better plot and was more tense, but this one moves at a very fast rate and it seems like it is over before it begins.
“A vast improvement over part two, this movie once again finds McClane in the middle of an emergency situation.”
Someone else praised the film and said: “The Best Installment In The Die Hard Trilogy.”
They continued: “Die Hard:With A Vengeance deserves to be ranked in a top ten list of action movies. The first two Die Hard movies were brilliant but this installment [sic] just blows the first two out of the water.”
After Die Hard: With a Vengeance, it would be 12 years before the Hollywood legend Willis revisited the franchise with Live Free or Die Hard.
There is a total of five films in the Die Hard franchise, with the final one A Good Day to Die Hard coming out in 2013.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance is streaming on BBC iPlayer now