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Die Hard 2

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  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)
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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.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
359K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,519
122
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    • Director
      • Renny Harlin
    • Writers
      • Steven E. de Souza(screenplay by)
      • Doug Richardson(screenplay by)
      • Walter Wager(based upon the novel "58 Minutes" by)
    • Stars
      • Bruce Willis
      • William Atherton
      • Bonnie Bedelia
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Renny Harlin
    • Writers
      • Steven E. de Souza(screenplay by)
      • Doug Richardson(screenplay by)
      • Walter Wager(based upon the novel "58 Minutes" by)
    • Stars
      • Bruce Willis
      • William Atherton
      • Bonnie Bedelia
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 432User reviews
    • 162Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Videos3

    Die Hard 2: Die Harder
    Trailer 1:22
    Die Hard 2: Die Harder
    Die Hard 2
    Trailer 2:37
    Die Hard 2
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    Which Massive Stars Passed on 'Die Hard'?

    Photos74

    Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)
    Bruce Willis and Bonnie Bedelia in Die Hard 2 (1990)
    Sen. Fred Thompson plays William Jennings Bryan.  Ironically, both held presidential aspirations (Bryan getting the Democratic nominee 3x).
    Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)
    Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)
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    Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland at an event for Die Hard 2 (1990)
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    Sandra Bernhard and Richard E. Grant at an event for Die Hard 2 (1990)
    Robert Downey Jr. and Sarah Jessica Parker at an event for Die Hard 2 (1990)
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    Top cast

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    Bruce Willis
    Bruce Willis
    • John McClane
    William Atherton
    William Atherton
    • Thornberg
    Bonnie Bedelia
    Bonnie Bedelia
    • Holly McClane
    Reginald VelJohnson
    Reginald VelJohnson
    • Al Powell
    Franco Nero
    Franco Nero
    • Esperanza
    William Sadler
    William Sadler
    • Stuart
    John Amos
    John Amos
    • Grant
    Dennis Franz
    Dennis Franz
    • Carmine Lorenzo
    Art Evans
    Art Evans
    • Barnes
    Fred Thompson
    Fred Thompson
    • Trudeau
    • (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
    Tom Bower
    Tom Bower
    • Marvin
    Sheila McCarthy
    Sheila McCarthy
    • Samantha Coleman
    Don Harvey
    Don Harvey
    • Garber
    Tony Ganios
    Tony Ganios
    • Baker
    Peter Nelson
    • Thompson
    Robert Patrick
    Robert Patrick
    • O'Reilly
    Mick Cunningham
    Mick Cunningham
    • Sheldon
    • (as Michael Cunningham)
    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Burke
    • Director
      • Renny Harlin
    • Writers
      • Steven E. de Souza(screenplay by)
      • Doug Richardson(screenplay by)
      • Walter Wager(based upon the novel "58 Minutes" by)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      James Cameron was originally going to write and direct this film but Cameron had a huge falling out with 20th Century Fox due to creative issues after the success of Aliens (1986) and replaced by Steven E de Souza as the films wriiter and Renny Harlin as the films director
    • Goofs
      The 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 versions
      TV 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with David Letterman: Episode dated 8 June 1990 (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Old 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.

    User reviews432

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Die Hard 2 is my all time personal favorite Action film an underrated
    Die Hard 2 in my opinion is my third favorite decent action flick in a "Die Hard" series and a good movie to watch. It is one of my personal favorite action movies. It is one of the most underrated "Die Hard" films in the series and that not a bad one. His wife again a hostage, Christmas again, the same reporter from the 1st film, now a janitor Marvin is a helper instead of Argyle and so on. As far as sequels go, Die Hard 2 is excellent. Of course it isn't better than the first, but sequels rarely are. This film is like going to a circus: you sit back and watch crazy stuff happen, laugh, cheer, joke, and just have a good time. Bruce Willis gives a great performance in the lead, we have some solid villains, and some brilliant action set pieces. I say check it out.

    I'm not one to subtract points for a lack of realism, or "real world believability" in films. Because of that, Die Hard 2 poses a very interesting case study for me. Real world believability is very difficult to not think about when watching this film. Why wouldn't the planes just reroute to other nearby airports? There are a bunch less than an hour's flight away, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, the three New York City-area airports, and so on. Why wouldn't they be able to call another close airport, or the Pentagon, or somewhere else nearby to have them contact the planes? They're near Washington, D.C., after all (don't forget that Dulles is 26 miles away from D.C., in Virginia, making it unlikely that planes out of fuel would begin "dropping on the White House lawn"). It seems like maybe this film should have been set somewhere like Salt Lake City, Utah instead. Why wouldn't they be able to show the runways through some other means, like a line of emergency or police vehicles with their sirens on? If the "terrorists" started shooting at the vehicles, or trying to blow them up, at least they'd be given an indication where the fire is coming from/given their location. Just how likely would it be that there's a big storm in the area on the day when General Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero) is being extradited? How likely is it that he'd be extradited on Christmas Eve? Why the hell is John standing out on the runway in the snow waving a couple of flaming poles--just what does he think that will do?

    Die Hard 2 is still awesome movie and sequel to the first one for me and I don't know why people are saying it is the worst one or why they hate it. I don't, I love it, more than the first one I love it. In 2005 was my first best action movie than the first one. What I love about this film is they show John McClain more as a human being. In the beginning at the airport when his car was taken away at the airport, the whole movie show's an actual terror the villains are more of a threat cause they're actual terrorists! The Action sequences are awesome, there is barely any Cgi in it, John McClane is again in another elevator shafts. I love the plot twist that was wonderful, the snow in the film, the mobile snow chase whit McClane was awesome. This film is not perfect It is good, it has some problems in it. Always enjoyed watching it. The problems for the airport I already mentioned, the most annoying to me was after McClane kills the henchman when he was saving Leslie Barnes he pushed a terrorist of the latter and that latter tower falls on a terrorist you can see that it is a dummy from close that should not been seen from close camera.

    It is still It is one of my personal favorite action movies mostly in the winter when it is snowing. The first movie was hug success, Renny Harlin's job by making this movie make it even harder for him, to find a good story, and make a snow because they didn't had any actual snow at the time it was really hard.

    I love it. The facts I love: Chase with the Snowmobile, shooting with blanks on Carmine Lorenzo, fights on an airplane, double cross, John's jokes... The General Esperanza on airplane from Val Verde the same country was named in Schwarzenegger's movie Commando, John's shooting with snowmobile, than John's fight by the church. Movie to me is really awesome. I enjoy watching Die Hard 2. 10/10 Grade: Bad-Ass Seal Of Approval It is my second favorite Die Hard film in the series.
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    FAQ23

    • Why did Garber pass the "gift" to Cochrane at the airport when he could have given it to him at the hotel?
    • Why were Col. Stuart and his men in the airport when they needed to be in the church?
    • Why would a janitor have airport blueprints?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 3, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Die Hard 2: Die Harder
    • Filming locations
      • Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Gordon Company
      • Silver Pictures
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    Box office

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    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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