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Die Hard 2 (1990)

R07/03/1990Action, Thriller2h 4m
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Die harder.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Bruce Willis

    John McClane

  2. Cast 1

    Bonnie Bedelia

    Holly McClane

  3. Cast 1

    William Sadler

    Stuart

  4. Cast 1

    John Amos

    Major Grant

  5. Cast 1

    Franco Nero

    General Ramon Esperanza

  6. Cast 1

    William Atherton

    Richard Thornberg

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    Dennis Franz

    Capt. Carmine Lorenzo

  8. Cast 1

    Art Evans

    Leslie Barnes

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    Fred Thompson

    Trudeau

Die Hard 2 (1990) is a solid action movie that delivers high-energy sequences and a familiar setup, but it lacks the magic that made the first one a classic. The plot follows a similar structure, with John McClane once again caught in a high-stakes situation, but the tension does not feel as sharp this time. The script has its moments, keeping McClane’s signature humor and attitude intact, but it leans more on spectacle than smart problem-solving. The airport setting feels expansive, but it does not create the same sense of claustrophobic intensity as Nakatomi Plaza, making the action feel big...