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Die Hard 2: Die Harder

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Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 26  Rotten:16 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Synopsis:
An action-packed sequel to the 1989 film "Die Hard." While former New York City cop John McClane, now a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, waits to pick up his wife in DC's Dulles Airport, gunmen suddenly commandeer the building. They're intent on rescuing a drug-dealing foreign... [More]
An action-packed sequel to the 1989 film "Die Hard." While former New York City cop John McClane, now a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, waits to pick up his wife in DC's Dulles Airport, gunmen suddenly commandeer the building. They're intent on rescuing a drug-dealing foreign despot who's being brought to the US to stand trial. And once again McClane finds himself enmeshed in a terrorist plot that only he can prevent... [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz, John Amos, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton

Director: Renny Harlin
Screenwriter: Steven E. De Souza, Doug Richardson
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, Charles Gordon
Composer: Michael Kamen

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 20, 2007

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround - English
  • 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish, Cantonese, Korean - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (4)
  • Audio Commentaries - Renny Harlin - Director
  • Featurettes - 1. HBO First Look Featurette
  • 2. "The Bad Guys"
  • Behind the Scenes - 1. "Breaking the Ice: Skidoo Sequence"
  • 2. "Chaos on the Conveyor Belt"
  • 3. "Visual Effects Breakdowns: (3)
  • Comparisons - Side-by-Side Comparisons (3)
  • Interviews - Renny Harlin - Director
  • Trailers - 1. 20th Century Fox Previews
  • 2. Trailers (4)
  • 3. TV spots (2)

Interactive Features:

  • Additional Interactive Features - D-Box
  • Personal Scene Selections

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"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.

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05/05/08 05:10 PM
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com
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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.

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11/27/07 07:43 PM
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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[A] cynical, formulaic sequel.

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11/27/07 07:42 PM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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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.

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07/03/07 04:04 AM
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth
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...as accessible and satisfying a sequel as one might've hoped...

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06/26/07 09:06 PM
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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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.

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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Time Out
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This disappointing followup to Die Hard has more action and bigger action, but considerably less suspense.

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10/21/05 03:57 PM
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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entertaining but forgettable

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08/26/05 04:56 AM
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Skillful filmmaking covers for a ridiculous plot

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07/29/05 07:29 AM
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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No review available.

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07/16/05 01:51 PM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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03/25/05 09:49 PM
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
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02/11/05 06:04 PM
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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01/29/05 07:50 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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No review available.

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10/20/04 02:03 PM
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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Too loud, too many explosions, too little intelligence.

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09/17/04 08:05 PM
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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No review available.

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03/19/04 07:02 AM
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire
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02/24/04 09:53 PM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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No review available.

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01/01/04 07:31 PM
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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Okay, but lacks the momentum of the original

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09/26/03 03:50 PM
Fred Topel
About.com
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09/23/03 02:30 PM
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com
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