Die Hard 2 (Die Hard 2: Die Harder)

Die Hard 2 (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) (1990)

  • 65% of critics liked it
    (46 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (384,666 ratings)

"Another basement, another elevator...how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?" asks John McClane (Bruce Willis), in what is doubtless the key question of this film. A year after foiling the terrorist takeover of a high-rise office building in the first movie, McClane is waiting to pick… More

R, 2 hr. 4 min.
Directed By
Renny Harlin
Written By
Steven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Jul 2, 1990 Wide
On DVD
Mar 9, 1999
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    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.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Though the follow-up is bigger, it's not really better. The surprise is missing.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    This is terrific entertainment.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    It's rambunctiously entertaining, a loop-de-loopy bumper car ride through a firecracker sky, all bright lights, sonic booms and impossible heroics.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    A second-rate one-upping.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alexander D


    The original DIE HARD is one of the best movies I have ever seen. With both explosive thrills and a sturdy plot (not to mention the strongly accessible character created by Bruce Willis), it instantly became a cinematic breakthrough. In no way is DIE HARD 2 a breakthrough of any… More

  • Sophie B


    Not such a good follow up, but that's expected with this sort of movie. Lacked rounded characters and was just not as developed as it could have been.

  • Matt G


    Holly McClane: They told me there were terrorists at the airport. John McClane: Yeah, I heard that too. What better way to follow up an action masterpiece than give it the cheesiest name known to mankind? Die Hard 2 (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) is a worthy sequel to the original, and… More

  • Dead A


    Same plot but with different case. Still liked it!

  • Phil H


    I like this, the action here is non stop and dare I say even better than the original. There are more gun battles and deaths than snowflakes here lol! the effects are alittle dated now with some rather obvious models and bluescreen but the whole airport/terrorist approach is pretty… More

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