Happy 20th, Die Hard With A Vengeance

Just what the hell was it about May 1995?  A few things probably.  It was hotted than the surface of the sun, babes were flowing the streets half naked, there was relatively little war in the world at the time and there were two amazing manly movies on the big screen, Braveheart and Die Hard with a Vengeance.  Man, do I hate it when greenhorns talk about ‘those bad sequels’ when it comes to Die Hard.  Die Hard has two brilliant sequels, the first and second ones.

I still recall that this thing was the talk of everyone in my classroom.  And the hot rumour at the time was that McClane actually died in this one.  No real internet access back then, see, it could’ve been true.  Until we seen it.  Not that we were disappointed it.  Yeah, they let a bunch of ten year olds in, as was the style at the time.  If the kids were manly enough to wanna see such a badass movie, let ’em in.

John McTiernan filmed a classic sequel to possibly the greatest action movie of all time and he did it standing on his head.  Just another day at the office, from a script which wasn’t even originally a Die Hard movie.  What a genius.  We’ll never see the like of him, now that he’s gone from the big leagues.