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Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2 (1990)

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67

Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 3

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73

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 384,666

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Movie Info

"Another basement, another elevator...how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?" asks John McClane (Bruce Willis), in what is doubtless the key question of this film. A year after foiling the terrorist takeover of a high-rise office building in the first movie, McClane is waiting to pick up his wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), at Dulles International Airport just outside Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve. Scheduled to arrive the same evening is Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero), a South

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Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Steven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson

Mar 9, 1999

20th Century Fox

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Critic Reviews for Die Hard 2

All Critics (49) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (16) | DVD (25)

If your idea of a good time is watching a lot of stupid, unpleasant people insult and brutalize one another, this is right up your alley.

November 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (7)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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No one carries a one-liner better than Willis. He's also unusual among Hollywood's Action Men in seeming vulnerable at the same time as being invincible.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
Time Out
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Though the follow-up is bigger, it's not really better. The surprise is missing.

May 12, 2001
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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This is terrific entertainment.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comments (11)
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's rambunctiously entertaining, a loop-de-loopy bumper car ride through a firecracker sky, all bright lights, sonic booms and impossible heroics.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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A second-rate one-upping.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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While this sequel may not rise to the heights of the classic first, it is still a damn fine flick with lots to love.

February 12, 2013 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JimmyO
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

... Everything a good sequel should be.

February 11, 2013 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

While the original redefined the action genre with a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse, this poorly-named sequel (Die Harder? Oh come on) is more of a standard actioner.

February 1, 2013 Full Review Source: Flix Capacitor
Stephen Carty
Flix Capacitor

John McClane spreads vigilante Christmas cheer.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Kelly Kessler
Common Sense Media

Exquisite widescreen theatrics and explosive entertainment. It's an awesome machine of mayhem....a skilled sequel, a brass-knuckled bruiser of an action picture, and a sublime cinematic distraction.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

"How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?" asks a bewildered and ultra-ironic John McClane. Well, make a film as successful as Die Hard and you'll soon find out.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com

[A] cynical, formulaic sequel.

November 27, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Merely a serviceable action flick, sorely missing both a sense of stylistic clarity as well as the glorious excess this kind of modern western-meets-Indiana Jones affair deserves.

July 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

...as accessible and satisfying a sequel as one might've hoped...

June 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The two-disc special edition DVD for Die Hard 2 is loaded with a combination of stellar presentation and lots of interesting features.

June 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

This disappointing followup to Die Hard has more action and bigger action, but considerably less suspense.

October 21, 2005 | Comment (1)
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

entertaining but forgettable

August 26, 2005
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Skillful filmmaking covers for a ridiculous plot

July 29, 2005
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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Audience Reviews for Die Hard 2

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"Die Hard 2" is the first of 4 sequels to the amazing "Die Hard". This is pretty much the first movie, only on a plane. Terrorists have taken over an airport in an attempt to get a drug lord who is being transported there free. But, McClane happens to be at the airport because his wife is flying in. She can't land because the terrorist group have made it so planes can't see the runway, so her plane is running out of fuel, and it's a race for McClane to stop them and get Holly(his wife) down safely. This is the one I have seen the least, and when watching at the marathon, it was like a whole new movie because I forgot so much. It's very exciting and has some great action, and begins the series ascend to get crazier and crazier with their action pieces. I mean he fights on the wing of a plane that is about to fly. Insane? Yup. Entertaining? Your damn right! Great sequel and the last appearance of his wife Holly, but a great way to keep the series going.
February 15, 2013
Everett Johnson
Everett Johnson

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Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Dennis Franz, Fred Dalton Thompson, Franco Nero, John Amos, Bill Sadler, Reginald Veljohnson, Robert Patrick, John Leguizamo

Director: Renny Harlin

Summary: Bruce Willis reprises his role as John McClane, an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer (William Sadler) plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane's smart-mouthed heroics.

My Thoughts: "Although I liked this movie, and thought it was pretty good for a sequel, it wasn't as good as the first. But that doesn't mean much considering no sequel really lives up to the first film. Bruce Willis was great as he was in the first Die Hard film. I find his conversations with himself to be pretty funny. Another great action packed film. One that is also good for the holidays, lol."
April 26, 2009
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Die Hard 2 Quotes

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    1. John McClane: Holly! Here's your fucking landing light!
    – Submitted by Dan E (2 months ago)
    1. Capt. Grant: Too bad, McClane. I kinda liked you.
    2. John McClane: I've got enough friends!
    – Submitted by Dan E (2 months ago)
    1. John McClane: How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice.
    – Submitted by Scott C (5 months ago)
    1. Gen. Ramon Esperanza: Freedom!
    2. John McClane: [punches him] Not yet!
    – Submitted by Cody H (5 months ago)
    1. Capt. Grant: Too bad McClane, I could've liked you.
    2. John McClane: I've got enough friends!
    – Submitted by Matthew J (11 months ago)
    1. Marvin: [about the radio he lifted from one of Stuart's henchmen] I found it on the floor next to the luggage belt. What the hell are you so excited about?
    2. John McClane: The code's still punched into this one.
    3. Marvin: You like it, huh? How 'bout you give me twenty bucks for it.
    4. John McClane: How 'bout I let you live?
    5. Marvin: Man knows how to barter.
    – Submitted by Francis L (13 months ago)

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