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Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

Die harder.

19907.02h 4m

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.

Directed by Renny Harlin
Written by Doug Richardson, Steven E. de Souza, Walter Wager
Produced by Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
Box OfficeBudget: $70.0MRevenue: $240.0M

Top Cast

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

John McClane

Bonnie Bedelia

Bonnie Bedelia

Holly McClane

William Sadler

William Sadler

Stuart

John Amos

John Amos

Major Grant

Franco Nero

Franco Nero

General Ramon Esperanza

William Atherton

William Atherton

Richard Thornberg

Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz

Capt. Carmine Lorenzo

Art Evans

Art Evans

Leslie Barnes

Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

Trudeau

Tom Bower

Tom Bower

Marvin

Themes & Keywords

helicopterairportbased on novel or bookambushcopsequelsnowshootoutterrorismexplosionchurchcommandonews reporterair traffic controlvirginiaterrorist plotmysteriouschristmassnowmobileaction heroplane crashchristmas eveairplanesexcitedairport policerogue military

About Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2 is a action, thriller film released in 1990 exploring themes of helicopter, airport, based on novel or book, ambush, cop, sequel. Directed by Renny Harlin, it stars Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler. 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.

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