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The film was released to generally positive reviews with critics praising the film's action and tone while criticizing elements of the plot. Die Hard 2 was a major box-office success, grossing $240 million and doubling the earnings of its predecessor and finishing as the year's seventh-highest-grossing film.
6 days ago · Die Hard 2 (1990) 69% #3. Critics Consensus: It lacks the fresh thrills of its predecessor, but Die Hard 2 still works as an over-the-top -- and reasonably taut -- big-budget sequel, with plenty...
Die Hard 2: Directed by Renny Harlin. With Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson. John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
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- Die Hard. Was there ever any doubt as to which Die Hard movie is the best? Die Hard is considered by many to be one of the best films ever made, period.
- Live Free or Die Hard. Originally released in 2007 with a studio-mandated PG-13 rating, Live Free or Die Hard was controversial for dropping the series' trademark harsh language and bloody action.
- Die Hard with a Vengeance. While Die Hard 2 repeated a few too many beats from the original, Die Hard with a Vengeance benefits from taking the franchise in a different direction.
- Die Hard 2: Die Harder. The first sequel to the 1988 classic aimed to be bigger and better than the first. It's certainly bigger, with more explosions and a higher body count; McClane scores some seriously R-rated kills in this entry, from stabbing a guy in the eye with an icicle to feeding one of the main villains to the turbine engine of a jet airplane.
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- Die Hard (1988) The best movie is undoubtedly the first one. Directed by John McTiernan, and starring Bonnie Bedelia and Alan Rickman as the series best villain, Hans Gruber, the first Die Hard, which is based off the novel Nothing Lasts Forever, is about terrorists hijacking a building and taking hostages, and the lone cop who takes them out.
- Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) Starring Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons, and directed by the first movie’s director, John McTiernan, Die Hard With A Vengeance is basically about John McClane and an electrician (played by Samuel L. Jackson) running all over New York to prevent bombs from going off.
- Die Hard 2 (1990) Speaking of planes, Die Hard 2 is pretty much just the original Die Hard… but with planes. Starring William Sadler, Bonnie Bedella, and Franco Nero, and directed by Renny Harlin, this film finds John McClane waiting for his wife at the airport.
- Live Free Or Die Hard (2007) The first (and only) PG-13 Die Hard movie, would you believe that the fourth installment in the series was actually inspired by an article in Wired Magazine about cyber-terrorism?
Jul 3, 1990 · 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.
Dec 27, 2021 · But this annual debate overlooks the film’s lesser yet more successful sequel, Die Hard 2: Die Harder. Now 30 years old, Die Hard 2 is one of the most sequel-y sequels ever made.
