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Die Hard 2: Die Harder

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Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

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Reviews Counted:42

Fresh:26

Rotten:16

Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: An action-packed sequel to the 1989 film "Die Hard." While former New York City cop John McClane, now a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, waits to pick up his wife in DC's Dulles... An action-packed sequel to the 1989 film "Die Hard." While former New York City cop John McClane, now a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, waits to pick up his wife in DC's Dulles Airport, gunmen suddenly commandeer the building. They're intent on rescuing a drug-dealing foreign despot who's being brought to the US to stand trial. And once again McClane finds himself enmeshed in a terrorist plot that only he can prevent... [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz, John Amos, Bonnie Bedelia

Starring: Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz, John Amos, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, William Sadler, Jeff Langton

Director: Renny Harlin

Director: Renny Harlin
Screenwriter: Steven E. De Souza, Doug Richardson
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, Charles Gordon
Composer: Michael Kamen

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Reviews for Die Hard 2: Die Harder

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No one carries a one-liner better than Willis. He's also unusual among Hollywood's Action Men in seeming vulnerable at the same time as being invincible.

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01/26/06
Time Out
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entertaining but forgettable

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08/26/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

A sequel worth seeing.

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04/17/01
Almar Haflidason
Almar Haflidason
BBC
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N/R

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03/26/09
Variety
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"How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?" asks a bewildered and ultra-ironic John McClane. Well, make a film as successful as Die Hard and you'll soon find out.

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05/05/08
Brian Holcomb
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com

If your idea of a good time is watching a lot of stupid, unpleasant people insult and brutalize one another, this is right up your alley.

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11/27/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

[A] cynical, formulaic sequel.

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11/27/07
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Merely a serviceable action flick, sorely missing both a sense of stylistic clarity as well as the glorious excess this kind of modern western-meets-Indiana Jones affair deserves.

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07/03/07
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

...as accessible and satisfying a sequel as one might've hoped...

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06/26/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

This disappointing followup to Die Hard has more action and bigger action, but considerably less suspense.

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10/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Skillful filmmaking covers for a ridiculous plot

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07/29/05
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

No review available.

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07/16/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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03/25/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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02/11/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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10/20/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Too loud, too many explosions, too little intelligence.

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09/17/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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03/19/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
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02/24/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

No review available.

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01/01/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
 
 
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