John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McClane is going to play a game called "Simon Says". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll blow off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electrician, John McClane must race all over New York trying to figure out the frustrating puzzles that the crafty terrorist gives him. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve (the biggest gold storage in the world) things start to get heated up.
Written by SARSman1793
The only "Die Hard" movie based on an original screenplay. The first
Die Hard is based on the novel by 'Roderick Thorpe',
Die Hard 2 is based on a novel by Walter Wager and
Live Free or Die Hard is based on an article by John Carlin.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When McClane drops onto the subway train, his police shield appears to be missing but actually John has clearly tucked it into his tank top while he was running. When he crashes through the window it has appears to have reappeared, but has actually just come out of his shirt. He was wearing it the whole time.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Inspector Cobb:
Alan, Bomb Squad, Special Services, State Police and the F.B.I. Lt. Jurgensen, you, Plummer, I want you to go to St. John's Emergency in case we got any walk-ins from the street. Kramer, get the City Engineer. I got to find out our damage report. See more »
"Off Minor"
Written by Thelonious Monk Performed by Thelonious Monk Embassy Music Corp. / Music Sales Corp. (BMI) CD Title: "Thelonious Monk / Joe Turner in Paris" Courtesy of RCA Victor/Disques VOGUE
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