BRUCE WILLIS SAVES THE DAY IN HIS VEST

Advantages: Funny, tense, exciting - it's a Die Hard film!!
Disadvantages: None

... DIE HARD 2 FILM ONLY REVIEW This is the second in the Die Hard quadrilogy, following on the story of John McLean, a police officer from LA. He has become a bit of a superstar after his work in the first film where he put his own life on the line to sort out a so called "hostage" situation in an office block, and ended up out witting the robbers. This film is - like the first - set at Christmas, John McLean is meeting his wife Holly at the Washington DC airport, who is on a plane on the way to see him. This poor chap always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In this sequel John McClane (Bruce Willis) finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot to free a Middle East terrorist leader at the airport ( Ido hope he has a clean vest on!) The film is full of a fantastic number of special...

baherbc 24.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Die Hard 2 (DVD)

Willis without the sweaty vest for a change

Advantages: Good acting and unique camera work
Disadvantages: Moderate script and direction

...In his second attempt to move away from the sweaty vest brigade, Willis tries to move away from the pure action genre into a more plot driven film. But was it another success like ?Sixth Sense? Not quite! The Story ********* David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is an ordinary security guard living a normal everyday life until one day, he takes a train journey. The train crashes killing 131 passengers on board. Only one survives, David Dunn. Not only is he the sole survivor, he escapes without so much as a scratch. Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) is one of lifes unfortunates. Born with a disease, causing him to suffer with severly weak bones. This earns Price the unfortunate nickname of ?Mr Glass?. Price runs a specialist Comic book shop, this allows him to satisfy his imagination and fascination with super heros. Price learns...

Judgee 03.10.2001 (12.09.2002) · Read review
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Review of Unbreakable (DVD)

String vests in an MSG gravy....yummy

Advantages: Cheap, nice noodles, quick
Disadvantages: Too salty, full of calories, fat, MSG and salt

...mum calling them string vests. It does taste to me a lot like the beef flavour, which tastes nothing like beef, but less sweet. I?m afraid it?s nothing more than average, and for 381 calories and 14g of fat I want better than average. On the upside it only cost 80 pence, which is cheaper than buying a sandwich. Well I ate it, but I wasn?t very nice. It filled me up, but it gave me indigestion. I would eat another one, but only if there was no other option. Recommended for people who are drunk, too busy to cook, too busy to make a sandwich, students, lacking taste buds, less delicate than me....

michaird 19.12.2002 · Read review
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Review of Pot Noodle

Quite simply, the Vest, I mean best.

Advantages: You get to own a special edition Die Hard
Disadvantages: You can't own all 3 in one box

...What introduction do you really need for Die Hard, If you don't know the story or seen a clip, where have you been... Anyway for those small few of you who don't know and for those of you that do, here is a small recap into the all American action film. This is a story about a cop in the right place at the wrong time. Willis, a New York cop, comes to LA for Christmas to reconcile with his wife who moved there some months previously. It just so happens that the high-rise building she works in is going to be taken over by a master thief played by Alan Rickman. He of course chooses the night everyone is going to be there for a Christmas party. Willis manages to evade capture and wreak havoc on the carefully laid plans of our evil guy. Running around the office block in the famous vest and with no shoes, he single handily manages to foil...

tomok 07.05.2002 · Read review
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Review of Die Hard (Special Edition) (DVD)

Go Vest - Life isn't Peaceful There...

Advantages: A really fun action movie.
Disadvantages: Absolutely no plot or characterisation.

...basically goes; chase, explosion, chase, explosion, chase, wisecrack, explosion, threat, chase?you get the idea. There isn't much in the way of plot here - everything's just an excuse for ever more inventive ways of blowing things up. Even the motivations of the terrorists come down to one guy feeling peeved he didn't get the job he wanted. The dialogue is basic action movie fare; some pseudo-science explaining what the villains are up to and how it can be stopped and lots of snappy one-liners for the hero. Virtually every review I've read of this movie says "Bruce Willis dons the vest once more as John McClane" except he doesn't. Following the Willis rule of thumb, if he has no hair then there's no vest and here he's as bald as an egg. But he is back in action hero mode as the rumpled detective. He's stubbly and tired-looking and seems to be...

afy9mab 10.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Die Hard 4.0 (DVD)

Teenage Feelings On Village Life

Advantages: Catchy, Up Beat
Disadvantages: None

...The track 'More Life in A Tramps Vest' by the Stereophonics is one of the 11 tracks on their debut Word Gets Around album, which is one of , if not the best album they have ever made. The track has a quick tempo, has a simple beat and rhythm (provided by their original and now ex-drummer Stuart Cable) and of course the very distinctive gravely voice of lead singer Kelly Jones. The song, to me, sums up what life can be like in a small village, with people bickering and gossiping about really trivial things which are important to them yet to a young person seems pathetic and boring. The lyrics are catchy and clever and brings a smile to face whenever I hear the track. The Word Gets Around album is quite old now, having being released in 1997 so rather than hunt around for the single I would highly recommend getting the album as they...

CarlG 09.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of More Life In A Tramps Vest - Stereophonics

Willis without the sweaty vest

Advantages: great mind bending movie
Disadvantages: none

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blissman70 08.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Unbreakable (Blu-ray)

Willis dons white vest and becomes Super John

Advantages: good chemistry between 3 main actors, tight script, good action sequences
Disadvantages: sense of deja vu, stunts are a little too exagerated to be believed

...Another typically efficient movie from director John McTiernan, better than DH2 but lags slightly on originality compared to the first & best. Rather than following the same one-man-against-them-all scenario as witnessed in the first 2 movies, McTiernan offers a bit more variety with a buddy-buddy Lethal Weapon formula, which works very well. Samuel L. Jackson outcools Willis by a wide margin as Zeus the black electrician from Harlem who gets involved in saving Willis' life. Jackson hardly has to work his character very hard because it is so becoming of his great talents. Willis is of course excellent as the picked-on cop who has now seen his marriage & career flushed down the pan, and yet he is still in demand - by all the bad guys! As soon as Willis dons that white vest he seems to turn into Superman as he gets involved in so...

dreamstar70 05.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Die Hard 3

Violet Vests Are Very Vivid

Advantages: Uses up my V
Disadvantages: Couldn't think of a good title

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susan1967 08.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Everything that starts with V ...

Yes I do have a vested interest

Advantages: Vast range, and quite resonable prices
Disadvantages: Can be slow when busy

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warandpeace 24.09.2006 · Read review
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