Die Hard: With A Vengeance Page #5

Synopsis: 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 set 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.
Director(s): John McTiernan
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
1995
128 min
4,646 Views


Simon says, if you attempt

to evacuate schools,

the bomb will be detonated

by radio.

Gentlemen,

someone will be watching.

Repeat-one school

will be dismissed at 3 p. m.

permanently, unless-

Unless what?

Unless John McClane

and his new best friend

complete the tasks

I set them.

John, are you listening?

Yeah.

There's a pay phone

beyond hope,

Tompkins Square Park.

No rush.

If you're really clever,

you'll learn the location of the bomb

and the disarming code.

By the way, gentlemen,

we got something of a bargain

on radio detonators.

The only problem is

the darn things respond

to police and FBI frequencies.

If I were you,

I'd keep off your radios.

Simon, wait-

My God!

Get me the commissioner.

He's doing

a press conference.

He'll be here

in 30 minutes.

Get every senior officer

on the site right away.

Don't give me

any jurisdictional nonsense.

I got two kids in the school

on 64th street.

How can I help?

How many men

have you got?

I can get 500.

When?

Between now and then...

we're going to have to

do this all by ourselves.

Let's go.

Tompkins Square Park

is more than 2 miles away.

Get running. No radios.

Take my telephone.

You get anything,

call me through the switchboard.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Find that bomb.

Ricky, where are they?

Right over here.

The senior man present

is Chief Allen.

- Chief of what?

- Transit.

Thanks, Ricky.

Gentlemen,

we have a decision to make.

Chief Allen,

the man who has done this

has told us he's planted

a very large bomb

in a New York school.

He's told us

we cannot evacuate,

but he has not said

we cannot search.

I recommend we get everybody,

and I mean everybody-

police, transit,

sanitation, fire,

even the goddamn

librarians-

and we start

searching schools,

and I mean right now.

I'm talking about

a thousand buildings,

and we have 3 hours and 15 minutes

to do it.

I'd like to keep the media

out of this

because if they get in,

we've got a panic.

Are we in agreement?

Come on, guys, let's go!

They bought it.

You can begin.

Hook...

line...

and sinker.

You heard the man.

Let's go, let's go.

Come on.

Go. Let's go.

O.K. Hold on.

Darlene, honey, it's me.

Sergeant Turley.

Sergeant Turley!

In five minutes,

the volume in calls has tripled.

What the hell's going on?

Stop. Let me explain.

For the rest of the day,

we're handling the department's

communications.

What do you mean, handle?

They're shutting down

the police band.

All calls will be coming through

this switchboard.

And I'm going to marry

Donald Trump.

Walsh, what's going on?

Why did everybody

tear out of here?

Pamela, look at your watch.

It's coming up

on shift change.

The bean counters

are worried about overtime.

Everybody went

to punch out.

The next shift

will be here soon.

You are so full of sh*t, Walsh!

Thank you.

What the hell?

Hey. Whoa. Whoa.

Whoa.

Detective.

Bob Thompson...

City Engineer's Office.

We'd like to get an idea

of the damage.

Man, you guys

really got here fast.

Well...

it's Wall Street, sir.

A lot of money here.

A lot of opinion-makers...

the mayor doesn't want to piss off,

you know?

Is this it?

Holy Toledo!

Somebody had fun.

I'd appreciate it

if you'd show my associates

the way down.

Yeah. Yeah. Sure.

Jimmy, you got the flashlight?

Murphy, come on. You, too.

Rick Walsh.

John Thompson.

Come on, gentlemen.

Let's go.

You were at World Trade's.

You know what

that mess was.

Please inform Mr. Little

that Mr. Vanderfluge is here.

Mr. Vanderfluge.

There's a Mr. Vanderfluge

for Mr. Little.

Go down 20 meters.

Come on.

A lot of steam.

We snapped

some steam pipes.

It's like a sauna.

The subway guys shut

down the third rail.

Emergency lighting?

Emergency lights

and there's some-

Hey!

No shooting!

Speak English!

Otto doesn't speak English.

do you, Otto?

Where did we

get this guy?

One ofTargo's thugs.

Go all the way up.

All the way.

So what's up with

this L.A. thing?

You famous or something?

Yeah. For about five minutes.

Don't tell me.

Rodney King, right?

F*** you.

You know this guy Simon?

Yeah.

I threw his little brother

off the 32nd floor

of Nakatomi Towers

out in L.A.

I guess he's pissed off.

Wait. I'm in this sh*t

'cause some white cop

threw some white a**hole's

brother off a roof?

Mr. Vanderfluge.

Felix Little,

Corporate relations.

Sorry you had to wait,

but there was

a subway explosion.

It's played hell

with our alarms.

I trust there's

nothing wrong?

No. Good Lord, no.

Safe and secure.

You were concerned

about a currency exchange.

We are not a commercial bank

in the normal sense.

We're... we're

primarily, uh...

governments, central banks,

that sort of thing.

Apart from the depository,

of course.

Of course.

And you are in the flower business,

Mr. Vanderfluge?

Back! Back!

Come on!

Come on.

Oh, no,

Mr. Vanderfluge.

That's the vault

elevator.

I'm sorry.

Our alarms are

sonic and seismic.

Two things which do not react well

to explosions.

This subway business has knocked out

all of our systems.

In fact, we gave up

and pulled the plug.

The repair people

are downstairs now.

Good Lord.

Yeah.

Heavens to Betsy!

If anyone knew. Ha ha ha.

But... I thought this

was a currency exchange.

Oh, I think we go straight

to the withdrawal.

Hey, Captain,

come and take

a look at this.

Something's going on.

You think you

can fix that?

Just a minute now.

O.K.

I'll be right back.

Down!

Stay back!

Stay back!

Come on. Come on!

Front desk.

Get your ass down here!

I'm under attack!

Just relax.

Maybe you'll live through this.

Sh*t!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

I think he's dead,

my dear.

All right.

Let's see to the office workers.

Being done,

Herr Oberst.

Is this where...

Perimeter secure,

Herr Oberst.

$140 billion!

what's in Kentucky!

Fort Knox. Hah!

It's for tourists!

Yeah?

McClane.

John,

you're out of shape.

You barely made it.

We'll barely make it.

What do you want us

to do?

What has four legs

and is always ready

to travel?

Huh?

What did he say?

What has four legs

and is always ready to travel?

Don't you have kids?

That's an elephant joke.

Whoa.

That a bomb?

Yeah. Go ahead and grab it.

No. You're the cop.

You're supposed to be

helping with this.

I'm helping.

When you going

to start helping?

After you get the bomb.

Careful.

I'm being careful.

Don't open it.

What?

I got to open it.

It's going to be

all right.

Sh*t!

Sh*t!

I told you

not to open it!

I trust you see

the message.

It has a proximity circuit,

so please don't run.

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Jonathan Hensleigh

Jonathan Blair Hensleigh (born February 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action-adventure genre, best known for writing films such as Jumanji, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and Armageddon, as well as making his own directorial debut with the 2004 comic book action film The Punisher. more…

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