I had this film recorded on VHS and it was constantly being played, largely because my younger brother used to watch it a lot, so I could probably run through this scene for scene. The original Die Hard did things other movies hadn't, but I would rather watch this again out of the trilogy as the action scenes and byplay between McClane and Zeus is great. Jeremy Irons also plays one of my favourite villains. It does have some of the commonly found interracial cringe that a number of films in the '90s had, but it isn't that heavy of a feature. One of the best action flicks.
Jane Campion's biggest accomplishment here is not her incisive commentary on toxic masculinity or repressed homosexuality, but her ability to turn an instrument as jovial and innocent as the banjo into a weapon of massive emotional devastation.
