The setup is much more improbable as Willis' cop just happens to be at the scene of another mega-showdown.
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07/18/02
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
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... [More]
Starring: Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz, John Amos, Bonnie Bedelia
Director: Renny Harlin
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Reviews for Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Somewhat-muddled but still entertaining.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhile it’s impossible to find much reality in Die Hard 2, it is easy to find plenty of escapist excitement.
07/25/01
This is terrific entertainment.
01/01/00
Top CriticA sequel worth seeing.
04/17/01
Loaded with plausibility problems, but so fast a mover that we can't think about it. And that's all to the good.
01/01/00
"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.
05/05/08
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.
07/03/07
It's rambunctiously entertaining, a loop-de-loopy bumper car ride through a firecracker sky, all bright lights, sonic booms and impossible heroics.
01/01/00
Top CriticA lot of people get shot and many punches are thrown, but there are zero memorable setpieces.
07/25/01
This is an enjoyable action film: nothing requiring great thought, but certainly enjoyable.
01/01/00
...as accessible and satisfying a sequel as one might've hoped...
06/26/07
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.
11/27/07
Top CriticThere's not much of a plot.
03/16/03
A second-rate one-upping.
01/01/00
Top CriticThough the follow-up is bigger, it's not really better. The surprise is missing.
05/12/01
Top Critic[A] cynical, formulaic sequel.
11/27/07
Top CriticNo 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.
01/26/06
Top CriticClick to read the article
03/26/09
Top CriticTry harder; a worthless sequel.
10/04/02
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