30 Years Ago, 'Die Hard With a Vengeance' Revitalized the Franchise With Samuel L. Jackson In a Dynamite Buddy-Cop Pairing

30 years ago, Bruce Willisslipped back into his biggest role, John McClane, for a movie that would take the franchise in an exciting, new direction. Die Hard With a Vengeance was initially met with mixed-to-positive reception from critics, but it became one of the highest-grossing films of 1995, and in the years following, it has been largely accepted as the greatest sequel in the Die Hard franchise.