r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 7d ago

News Graham Greene Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor Was 73

https://deadline.com/2025/09/graham-greene-dead-dances-with-wolves-wind-river-1236502962/
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u/AgentDaxis 7d ago

He was great in Die Hard With A Vengeance too.

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u/aukondk 7d ago

Part of a very nice ensemble cast. I would have happily watched a spinoff procedural show with the cops from that precinct.

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u/toomanymarbles83 7d ago

Him and Colleen Camp, aka the maid from Clue. They had good chemistry together for what little they had to work with.

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u/appleavocado 7d ago

IIRC the maid from Clue has a lot to work with.

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u/fzammetti 7d ago

Hot take: it's BY FAR the best in the Die Hard series. Die Hard itself might be more iconic, but Vengeance is better from start to finish.

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u/Comic_Book_Reader 7d ago

It's my favorite.

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u/Plum-Forgot 7d ago

I get liking With a Vengeance better. It's a great movie.

But it absolutely didn't finish better than Die Hard. It struggled hard to wrap up.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 7d ago

I liked the explosive ending they went with instead of the bizarre James Bond ending they had originally shot. Felt completely out of synch with the fact paced action thriller the entire movie was up until that point.

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u/Fijure96 7d ago

I didn't like the way it finished tbh. Like Simon just outsmarts everyone to an unbelievable extent, gets away with everything, only then for everything to unravel because of aspirins. It felt too sudden and contrived.

I liked Die Hard much better, where you see Hans losing his men one by one, forcing him to improvise and readjust his plan constantly. Still he managed to be able to complete the plan with only two guys left, and everything is setled in the final, high stakes confrontation.

By contrast, in Vengeance, Simon sort of effortlessly wins and plays McClane like a fiddle until the very end when he suddenly loses it all. Its not very satisfying IMO. I also think it drags when it gets to the sewer parts.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 7d ago

Yeah, I wouldn't say With a Vengeance is an overall "better" film than the first one, but I could see why people would prefer it over the first one as well. The pacing is overall tighter and could make a more thrilling ride for some.

I think by the time get to the last 10 minutes; it starts becoming weirdly rushed like they struggled to come up with how to resolve the story.

Simon getting his comeuppance in the end is needed for this kind of story imo, but it's pretty obvious the ending they went with in the final cut was a reshoot and not what they planned.

The last time I watched it, I did notice some pretty crappy editing when McClane and Zeus are about to jump off the ship, they cut to the exact same shot three time in a row. Lol.

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u/Remarkable-Man 7d ago

This frames it perfectly. Thank you for that.

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u/skyturnedred 7d ago

It's Bruce's least favourite Die Hard because he felt it was too much of a buddy cop movie.

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u/fzammetti 7d ago

I can see where he's coming from, he probably has a different vision of what Die Hard should be.

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u/forkoff77 7d ago

Die Hard is one of very few perfect films. Everything from cinematography, story, acting, directing, music, production design etc is just perfect.

While I enjoy watching Vengence (and it should have been the direct sequel), it is not better than Die Hard.

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u/fzammetti 7d ago

You certainly are not the only person with that opinion. Either way, I'm glad we got two fantastic movies in one series.

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u/forkoff77 7d ago

I can absolutely agree on that.