Die Hard: With A Vengeance Page #6

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


We're not going to run.

How do we turn

this off?

On the fountain

are two jugs.

Do you see them?

A 5 gallon and a 3 gallon.

Fill one jug with exactly

Place it on the scale,

and the timer will stop.

You must be precise.

will result in detonation.

- If you're still alive in

five minutes- - Wait a second!

I don't get it.

Do you get it?

No.

Get the jugs.

Obviously, we can't fill the 3-gallon

jug with 4 gallons, right?

I know. Here we go.

We fill the 3-gallon jug

exactly to the top, right?

Uh-huh.

We pour that 3 gallons

into the 5-gallon jug,

giving us 3 gallons

in a 5-gallon jug.

Then what?

We take the 3-gallon jug,

fill it a third-

He said be precise.

Exactly 4 gallons.

Every cop's running

his ass off,

and I'm out here playing kid's games

in the park.

Hey! You want to focus

on the problem at hand?

You said, don't say anything

if you don't know!

Give me the f***ing jug!

We're starting over!

We can't start over!

I'll put my foot

up your ass,

you dumb mother-

Say it! Say it!

You were going to call me a n*gger,

weren't you?

I wasn't!

Yes, you were!

A**hole! How's that? A**hole!

You got some f***ing problem

because I'm white?

Have I oppressed you?

Have I oppressed

your people somehow?

You don't like me

'cause you're a racist!

What?

You don't like me

'cause I'm white!

I don't like you because you're going

to get me killed!

Sh*t! We got

less than a minute.

Throw this thing away.

We can't!

It'll detonate!

Wait a second!

Wait a second!

I got it!

Exactly 2 gallons in here, right?

Leaving 1 gallon

of empty space.

Yeah.

A full 5 gallons here,

right?

pour 1 gallon out of 5 gallons

into there, we have exactly...

Come on!

Don't spill-

Don't spill it.

Good. Good.

We got 4 gallons.

You did it, McClane!

Put it on the thing!

Get it down there!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Congratulations.

You're still alive.

Huh?

Congratulations.

Yeah, we did it.

You surprise me again,

John.

This is becoming

an ugly habit.

I don't have the time right now,

Simon.

A deal's a deal.

Where's the school bomb?

On the contrary,

you have lots of time.

You have...

precisely.

Plenty of time to test

those wits of yours.

Listen,jerk-off,

I got a bad

f***ing hangover!

Now, where is

the school bomb?

Temper,John.

The road to truth

has many turns.

You'll find an envelope

under the rim of the fountain.

When you undertake

the trip it suggests,

ask yourself

this question-

What is 21 out of 42?

We're behind.

We should abandon

the rest and go.

Relax, Targo.

There's not a cop for 20 blocks.

He's sending us to the home team dugout

at Yankee Stadium.

We supposed to find

something there?

What's 21 out of 42?

Half of 42.

How many players

on the Yankees ball club?

What else is 21?

Blackjack.

It's a club.

It's a wild goose chase

is what it is.

Where's the nearest

"A" train?

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

You know,

some kid might find that.

You're right.

Come back here,

you little sons of b*tches!

Hey, you!

I remember you!

Ha ha.

Hey, where you going?

What are you doing?

Let me go, d*ckhead!

Watch your mouth.

You going to juvenile hall

for a Butterfinger?

Look around.

All the cops are into something.

It's Christmas!

You could steal City Hall!

Come on.

My bike.

That's my bike!

Hey! Hey!

Where you going?

Yankee Stadium's that way!

You a**hole!

Why don't you run over

everybody in the street?

What the f***

are we doing?

What is it that Wall Street

doesn't have?

You're talking in riddles.

What is it that Wall Street

does not have?

What? Schools.

And what do they have

a shitload of?

What?

I'll be back in a minute.

What am I supposed to do

with this?

Give it to those guys

over there.

He's here.

Perhaps you could be

more specific.

McClane is here.

He's walking toward

the bank.

The black man

is coming toward me.

And after we've gone

to all that trouble at the stadium.

Simon...

kill him.

Stop toying with him

and kill him now.

O.K. So be it.

May he rest in peace.

I'll inform Karl

in the lobby.

Pack up your team

and get out.

And this one?

Officer...

I'm going to need an answer

on that issue.

Let him go.

Understood.

Yes, sir?

John McClane says

to give you this.

Jesus, don't open it.

It's a bomb.

Another?

Yeah.

Oh, I see.

We'd better move now.

Thank you for your assistance.

We really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Hey, y'all leaving

this place unguarded?

How you doing?

All right.

John McClane...

N.Y.P.D..

Are you all right?

Yes...

laundry day.

What can I do for you,

Lieutenant?

It's been quiet

all morning here?

Well-

Except for

that big explosion

a couple of hours ago.

Seen anything strange

happen in the last hour?

No. We've had cops

in here pretty steady

since the subway thing.

We were going to make a round

on the vault floor

if you want

to tag along.

Sure. Think I will.

What do you think

of this heat?

Indian summer, huh?

Feels like it's going to rain

like dogs and cats later.

Here's one of your guys.

Detective, uh, Otto, isn't it?

John McClane.

Mike, how you doing?

I keep telling myself

I'm going to

take the stairs

just for the exercise...

but on a hot day like this,

it seems I always end up

riding the lift.

What was the lottery number

last night?

You play the lottery?

No?

My wife buys me two tickets

every week.

Plays the same two numbers

all the time.

I say, "Why don't you play

a different number?"

She goes,

"Those are my lucky numbers. "

I got the tickets

right here-

Put that f***ing gun down!

Put it down now!

Put it down!

Hello!

Anybody down here?

Freeze! Put your f***ing hands

in the air!

No,John! No! No!

It's me!

You almost gave me

a heart attack.

You all right?

Huh?

You all right!

Yeah. It's not my blood.

What's going on

down here?

Go take a look.

Hey, McClane.

Where the hell

is everybody?

Simon f***in' says!

I should've seen it coming

a mile away.

This was never

about revenge.

It's about a goddamn heist.

What was in the room?

This.

What is this?

Oh, sh*t!

Is this gold?

Yeah, it's gold.

Damn, this is heavy!

They cleaned out

a whole room of this?

Yeah.

That would take

a tank or...

A dump truck.

dump trucks.

We almost got hit

by a dump truck.

Damn! Slow down! Sh*t!

Put that sh*t down.

No f***in' way.

They ain't going to

let you keep it.

We'll need a car.

Can you hot-wire this?

Of course I can.

I'm an electrician.

Only problem is...

Takes too f***in' long.

Not on the bridge!

Down there, McClane!

the FDR!

Let's go! Let's go!

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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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