Bruce
Willis returns as misfit cop John McClane in the third film in the Die Hard
series. McClane has fallen on hard times; after moving to New York City and
breaking up with his wife, he's developed a drinking problem and has been
suspended from the N.Y.P.D. However, his past comes back to haunt him in the
form of Simon (Jeremy Irons), a terrorist bomber who has been using McClane
as his contact as he plants a series of bombs in public places and gives
McClane inane "clues" to their whereabouts in the form of riddles and
bizarre games. McClane soon discovers he's been involved in Simon's scheme
as part of a personal grudge; while associated with an international
terrorist group, Simon is also the brother of the man McClane threw off the
side of a skyscraper several years back (in the original Die Hard). Now
McClane, with the help of a Harlem shopkeeper named Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson)
has to find out where Simon has planted the bombs, guess where he'll strike
next, and try to find his base of operations before more bombs go off and
thousands of people die. The supporting cast features Graham Greene and
Colleen Camp; singer Sam Phillips made her acting debut as a member of
Simon's terrorist group (Phillips never speaks, so as to not to reveal her
Texas accent).| Bruce Willis | John McClane |
| Jeremy Irons | Simon Gruber/Peter Krieg |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Zeus Carver |
| Graham Greene | Joe Lambert |
| Colleen Camp | Connie Kowalski |
| Larry Bryggman | Chief Cobb |
| Robert Sedgwick | Rolf |
| Victor Rojas | Kid |
| James Saito | Korean Proprietor |
| Richard Russell Ramos | FBI Chief |
| Sam Phillips | Katya |
| Sharon Washington | Officer Jane |
| Tony Travis | Marshal |
| Nicholas Wyman | Targo |
| Phyllis Stickney | Wanda Shepard |
| Michael Tadross | Greek Deli Proprietor |
| John Robert Tillotson | Second Broker |
| Anthony Thomas | Gang Member |
| Joe Zaloom | Jerry Parks |
| Richard Council | Otto |
| Michael Cristofer | Jarvis |
| Charles Dumas | Cross |
| Ray Aranha | Janitor |
| Patrick Borriello | Kid |
| Gerry Becker | Larry Griffith |
| Tony Peck | Ricky Walsh |
| John McTiernan, Sr. | Fisherman |
| Patricia Mauceri | Miss Thomas |
| Stephen Pearlman | Dr. Schiller |
| Darryl Edwards | Livery Driver |
| Birdie M. Hale | Harlem Woman |
| J.R. Horne | Sergeant John Turley |
| Mischa Hausserman | Mischa |
Genre/Type - Action, Action Thriller, Odd Couple Film, Buddy Film
Produced by - 20th Century Fox
Running time - 128 min.
High Risk (1995, Corey Yuen, Wong Jing)
Lethal Weapon (1987, Richard Donner)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989, Richard Donner)
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992, Richard Donner)
Live Wire (1992, Christian Duguay)
Nick of Time (1995, John Badham)
Rollercoaster (1977, James Goldstone)
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995, Geoff Murphy)
is preceded by: Die Hard 2 (1990, Renny Harlin)