 Bruce Willis returns as John McClane in another sequel to  Die Hard  (1998) (qv). McClane is now separated from his wife and suspended from the NYPD. But he s quickly put back on the force because of a man named Simon (Irons) who has set bombs all over the city and gives McClane the challenge of finding them before the go off. McClane is aided by a Harlem store owner named Zeus Carver (Jackson).