John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
- Director
- Writers
- Steven E. de Souza(screenplay by)
- Doug Richardson(screenplay by)
- Walter Wager(based upon the novel "58 Minutes" by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Steven E. de Souza(screenplay by)
- Doug Richardson(screenplay by)
- Walter Wager(based upon the novel "58 Minutes" by)
- Stars
- Awards
- 2 nominations
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Mick Cunningham
- Sheldonas Sheldon
- (as Michael Cunningham)
- Director
- Writers
- Steven E. de Souza(screenplay by)
- Doug Richardson(screenplay by)
- Walter Wager(based upon the novel "58 Minutes" by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
After the terrifying events in LA, John McClane (Willis) is about to go through it all again. A team of terrorists, led by Col. Stuart (Sadler) is holding the entire airport hostage. The terrorists are planning to rescue a drug lord from justice. In order to do so, they have seized control of all electrical equipment affecting all planes. With no runway lights available, all aircraft have to remain in the air, with fuel running low, McClane will need to be fast. —Film_Fan
- Taglines
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Same John McClane
- Genres
- Certificate
- R
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaBlack & Decker paid to have its cordless drill featured in a scene with Bruce Willis. When the scene was cut, the company sued 20th Century Fox in the first-ever product placement lawsuit for a film. The $150,000 claim was settled out of court.
- GoofsThe entire premise of the movie, is that shutting down the communications of an airport, will leave the overhead aircraft helpless and uninformed. In fact, any Flight Service station transmitter, airport, aircraft radio shop, or aircraft, within fifty miles, could have alerted those pilots of the situation. Literally, there would be hundreds of radios in the area, that could be used to end the terrorist plot.
- Quotes
Grant: You're the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.
John McClane: Story of my life.
- Alternate versionsTV Versions, including that shown on the WB Network, edit out much of the violence and much of the profane dialogue is redubbed. Willis's redubbing is quite obvious because the new voice sounds nothing like Willis. Despite the overt dubbing of Willis's dialogue by a sound-alike actor (who really doesn't sound like Willis, for that matter), this version also utilizes dialogue from other characters to replace John McClane's. As John is leaving the elevator through the roof, he tells Samantha to "Fuck off." In this TV version, the word "fuck" is dubbed over with William Sadler saying "joke" from earlier in the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Late Night with David Letterman: Episode dated 8 June 1990 (1990)
- SoundtracksOld Cape Cod
Written by Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus and Allan Jeffrey
Performed by Patti Page
Courtesy of Polygram Special Projects
a division of Polygram Records, Inc.
Top review
Tries Hard...
Bruce Willis returns as John McClane who this time faces off against mercenaries who have taken over an airport and are threatening to have all the plane crashes, McClane's wife Holly(Bonnie Bedelia) is on one such plane and so it's McClane back in action as he ponders how the same thing can happen to the same guy twice. Die Hard 2 to tell you the truth was a mixed bag. On one hand it had lots of action and a brutal edge to the action but also lacks the suspense of the first. In either case though Die Hard 2 is not bad as sequels go. Indeed even though it's directed by Renny Harlin, Die Hard 2 works in-spite of itself. The only flaw is that the movie is feels too much like a carbon copy of the first film only with a bigger is better approach to the stunts. That being said this is a minor flaw to behold and one really doesn't understand the mixed reaction to this film, when the movie is overall very entertaining.
* * * out of 4-(Good)
* * * out of 4-(Good)
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Die Hard 2: Die Harder
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $117,540,947
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,744,661
- Jul 8, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $240,031,274
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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