Honestly, I just wanted to see Die Hard With a Vengeance so that I could see Live Free or Die Hard with a clear conscience. That movie has Cyrill Rafaelli, the parkour nut from B13. I also thought it was Die Hard 2, not Die Hard 3. So I just considered it a movie that I needed to check off before moving on to the real thing.
I was pretty much wrong. This is an awesome movie. The plot: A madman bombs Bonwit-Teller, and demands that Bruce Willis (as John Maclane) do whatever he demands - "Simon says". His first demand puts a messed up, hung over Maclane in Harlem in his underwear with a sandwich board reading "I hate niggers".
That is a great setup all by itself, but guess who comes to his rescue? Samuel L. Jackson, looking young and lean and all Malcolm X. He is a black separatist who doesn't want to get involved in this, but he does.
The movie takes this pair all over Manhattan on a series of wild goose chases with riddles thrown in. In classic buddy movie style, they get on each others' nerves, bicker and finally bond.
Now, the plot has holes you could drive a subway car through - The bomber's specialty is a binary liquid that is harmless until the liquids are combined. But does anyone try to keep them from combining? You just have to ignore that and go with the flow.
And where does the flow take you? Through Central Park in a cab, off a bridge into the East River, and finally to the Canadian border. You'll love the ride.
In conclusion, Yipee Ki-yay motherfucker.
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