World Famous Comics: Die Hard 2 - Die Harder [Blu-ray]
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder [Blu-ray]
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Reginald VelJohnson Directed By: Renny Harlin Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: Blu-ray Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: 20th Century Fox Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 20, 2007 Running Time: 124 minutes Theatrical Release Date: July 04, 1990
Amazon.com: Directed by Renny Harlin, the 1990 sequel, Die Hard 2 (unofficially referred to as Die Harder), doesn't match the level of the original, but it's still an exciting thrill ride with some terrific action sequences. One year after the Nakatomi incident, McClane (Willis) is awaiting his wife's (Bedelia) plane to arrive at Dulles Airport when he stumbles onto a plot to paralyze the entire airport, including all the planes trying to land. It's up to McClane to take on the cadre of bad guys despite all the bureaucrats standing in his way, and before the planes run out of fuel and crash to the ground. The cast includes William Sadler as rogue military man Col. Stuart, Dennis Franz as the latest bureaucratic cop to get in McClane's way, Richard Thornburg as the annoying reporter from the original movie, John Amos as a special-forces commander, early-in-their-career John Leguizamo and Robert Patrick as terrorists, and future politician and Law and Order actor Fred Thompson as the head of air traffic control. --David Horiuchi
Product Description: Bruce Willis returns as the heroic cop who battles not only terrorists but also an incompetent airport police chief (Dennis Franz) the hard-headed commander (John Amos) of the Army's anti-terrorist squad and a deadly winter snowstorm. The runways are littered with death and destruction and McClane is in a race against time. His wife (Bonnie Bedelia) is trapped on one of the planes circling overhead which is desperately low on fuel. It's all-out war a heart-stopping jet-propelled journey filled with excitement and terror. Fasten your seat belts!System Requirements:Run time: 124 MinutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/HEROES Rating: R UPC: 024543482437 Manufacturer No: 2248243
A Decent Sequel, But In A Way A Rehash Of The First Die Hard 2, which is also known commercially as Die Harder is probably the 2nd best sequel in the series. taking place a year after the Nacatomi incident john Mclane is back and the film is set once again on Christmas Eve, McClane is waiting for his wife to land at Washington Dulles Airport . The sequel takes place primarily in this Airport. Mclane' has plans to celebrate Christmas with his wife..but as always his plans will have to be delayed, because the bad guys are here.
this time around the baddie is Colonel Stuart (William Sadler)he has taken control of the satellites and transmissions for all planes coming in arrival at the Dulles Airport. Why? well it seems colonel Stuart is being payed by a notorious drug dealer named General Ramon Esperanza. Esperanza is flying into Dulles for trial in the United States. Colonel Stuart is being payed to do what ever is necessary to prevent him form being interrogated. Stuart has plans to control the airports arrivals so that Esperanza's plane arrives safely in order to give time for him to escape from authorities. Now Mclane must stop the terrorists before his wife's plane and several other incoming flights that are circling the airport run out of fuel and crash.
Die Hard 2 is a very good sequel, directed this time instead by Renny Harlin (Deep Blue Sea) accomplishes the attempt to make the movie exciting, and adrenaline pumped. the only problem with the movie is that at times it makes to many references to the first. there are many reappearances from the cast of the first. such characters that return are Dick Thornburg (news reporter from the pt 1) Holly Mclane, Sergeant Al Powell (the cop from pt 1) I actually praised the return of these characters, but I disliked how they continuously made remarks about the first so much; as if they were rehashing the first. Other than that this is one hell of a sequel. A must own by all movie goers.
MY PERSONAL RATING:4 OUT OF 5
Just as fun as the first Die Hard 2 is a very decnet sequel. The action sequences are somewhat better, but Bruce Willis isn't as funny this time around and it's a bit slow in parts. The villians are cool though espically John Amos & William Sadler. All in all a very good film.
McClane is at it again (3.5/5) this is still a good movie,although it's not as good as the first one.for one thing,it's a lot slower paced and there is less action.John McClane is once again the only person who seems to be standing in the way of terrorists carrying out there plan.this time,it just happens to an airport which is the scene.Bruce Willis is back as McClane,of course,and he actually has some more and funnier lines than in the first.William Sadler plays the main bad guy in this one,and puts in a great performance.i liked his character better than the main villain in the first movie.the biggest problem with this movie,like i mentioned,is the pacing.it is a bit slow especially compared to the first one.but that makes a big difference in how enjoyable it is is.it's just not as fun or thrilling.for me,Die Hard 2 is a 3.5/5
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Once again John McClane deals with terrorists at Christmas time; once again McClane is forced to crawl through ventilation shafts muttering to himself; once again McClane climbs up and out of elevators; once again no one's going to take the threat seriously but McClane. And once again, McClane gets to drop everyone's favorite line: "Yippi ki-yay, motherf----r."
To make things worse, the film itself, adapted from the novel "58 Minutes" by Walter Wager, is unrealistic nearly to the point of ridiculousness. McClane dodges bullets and chases villains on snowmobiles like Roger Moore's James Bond. What made McClane so appealing in the original film was the fact that he was an everyman, not the unbeatable hero he would seem in "Die Hard 2," were he not saved by a down-to-earth performance from Willis. There are points at which scoffing is inevitable. That's not helped by William Sadler's villain, who pales in comparison with Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber. There's plenty of: -cussing -shooting -Explosions, and -action In other words a typical Die Hard movie
"Die Hard 2" isn't bad, though. Viewed as a standalone film, it's actually quite good, and considering the stature of its predecessor, it's a decent sequel, too. It recalls "Die Hard" enough to get by, but what really keeps the film afloat is Harlin's cold, sharp style, which adds just the visual flair the film needs to entertain. On the topic of visuals, there are two truly stellar shots in this film. The first is a frightening plane crash, the one time John McClane doesn't succeed (though of course what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger). The second is a shot of McClane, strapped to an ejector seat, shooting up into the sky toward the camera as a jet blows up below him, cursing and then falling to the ground.
Though it's not the action spectacle that was McTiernan's classic, "Die Hard 2" is a decent film, guaranteed to liven up a dull night. It has enough of the original to satisfy, enough brainless action to entertain, and the kind of clever directing that makes that brainless action seem worth something.
Recommended for fans of Bruce Willis and Die Hard fans
Gunner January, 2008
Die Hard goes on... Another piece in what turns out to be a great adventure through a four part action viewing experience!
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