Die Hard 2
Rent/Purchase
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
What critics thought
Die Hard 2 landed in broadly favorable but noticeably divided territory — a serviceable action sequel that most critics found entertaining enough while agreeing it couldn't match the original. The central fault line was whether Willis and the set pieces could carry a plot widely seen as strained and a McClane who had lost his scrappy, self-deprecating charm from the first film.
“Whatever small pleasure there is to be found in this loud dud is due mostly to the residual good feelings from the first film”
Jay Boyar·Orlando Sentinel
“It's entertaining nonsense that doesn't quite manage to recapture the magic of the original. Still, there are some nice moments here, and Willis is on solid ground as the iconic McClane.”
Empire
Genres
Action, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorRenny Harlin
StarringBruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, John Amos, Franco Nero
ComposerMichael Kamen
Die Hard 2
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
What critics thought
Die Hard 2 landed in broadly favorable but noticeably divided territory — a serviceable action sequel that most critics found entertaining enough while agreeing it couldn't match the original. The central fault line was whether Willis and the set pieces could carry a plot widely seen as strained and a McClane who had lost his scrappy, self-deprecating charm from the first film.
“Whatever small pleasure there is to be found in this loud dud is due mostly to the residual good feelings from the first film”
Jay Boyar·Orlando Sentinel
“It's entertaining nonsense that doesn't quite manage to recapture the magic of the original. Still, there are some nice moments here, and Willis is on solid ground as the iconic McClane.”
Empire
Genres
Action, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorRenny Harlin
StarringBruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, John Amos, Franco Nero
ComposerMichael Kamen
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