and RoboCop 2, and said, Whatever small pleasure there is to be found in this loud dud is due mostly to the residual good feelings from the first film... As played by Bruce Willis, McClane is still an engaging character, even if he is much less amusingly drawn this time. [23], The film had its DVD debut on 10 January 2000 and re-released again in early 2005 as a Widescreen Edition and June 19, 2007, followed by a Blu-ray release on November 20, 2007 and a re-release on January 29, 2013. The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel 58 Minutes. Their goal is to rescue General Ramon Esperanza, a drug lord and dictator of Val Verde, who is being extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. McClane later notifies Bowman of the failure of their attempt to reach Homeland Security and the two men watch Gabriel start to terrorize the country before being cut-off.
| Eddie ends up being one of the only remaining terrorists when Gruber holds Holly hostage, but is shot in the head by John. Komarov then has one of his men strangle Chagarin. While dealing with the situation, Bowman is approached by John McClane and Matt Farrell, one of the hackers Bowman had ordered brought to him and who had been the target of an assassination attempt by Gabriel's men. "[13] On the review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In the airport bar, McClane observes two men in Army fatigues behaving suspiciously and pursues them into the baggage area. He is initially held without trial for refusing to hand over a secret file containing incriminating evidence against former associate and corrupt politician Viktor Chagarin. He is killed by McClane, who shoots him with a sub machine gun.
At the end of the movie, McClane and Al meet face to face and Al kills the last terrorist, Karl, who had a personal grudge against McClane. Argyle offers to wait in the garage until John knows for certain if he was riding home with Holly or if he needed other transportation. Alexander is one of the terrorists who fire the missile launcher. Major Grant is a corrupt Army special forces commander who appears in Die Hard 2. When Simon attempts his escape in a helicopter, he is killed when McClane shoots an electric cable that catches fire on the helicopter's rotors and explodes. [8][9], The film exceeded all expectations by outdoing the massive box office success of Die Hard. Mai Linh is a Thomas Gabriel's girlfriend and second-in-command, who assists Gabriel in his plans to shut down the US infrastructure in order to steal billions of dollars from the Woodlawn Facility. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Rankings List Of All 31 Action Movies From 7 Franchises 1982-2020, Lt.Sherman /
The site's critical consensus reads: "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 of set pieces to paper over the plot deficiencies. RELATED: 10 Gifts For Fans Of Die Hard Al is a Los Angeles Police sergeant who shared a friendship with John McClane after helping with the takeover of Nakatomi Building in Los Angeles. John McClane, now an older man than when he last was involved in a deadly mission, saved him at the last minute; he was close to execution by Gabriel's bomb. Barnes helps McClane locate the mercenaries' hideout, and they tell Grant and his team to raid the location, but the mercenaries escape on snowmobiles. Gruber meets McClane himself disguised as "Bill Clay", but is quickly discovered. McClane's now ex-wife whose relationship with John became more strained by each movie until Live Free or Die Hard, when it was confirmed that she and McClane had gotten a divorce sometime between the third and fourth films.
Grant fights McClane, but is knocked off the wing and falls into an engine, killing him. During the final confrontation, Farrell is forced to decode Gabriel's stolen data he'd previously encrypted to hinder him with the lives of McClane and his daughter Lucy on the line.
Simon then orders John and his new partner shopkeeper Zeus Carver to reach a nearby telephone booth or else he will blow up another downtown building. He gives them a riddle to solve and answer in the form of a phone number. The film was preceded by Die Hard (1988) and followed by Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013). In response, McClane grabs Gabriel's gun and fires it through himself and into Gabriel who is standing behind him, killing Gabriel. As his men threaten Matt Farrell, Bowman calls them off and later thanks McClane for his help. He is portrayed by Tom Bower and appears in Die Hard 2. [1][failed verification] The film was directed by Renny Harlin, written by Steven E. deSouza and Doug Richardson and stars Bruce Willis[5] as John McClane. McClane is waiting for his wife to land at Washington Dulles International Airport when terrorists take over the air traffic control system.
Now having Esperanza and Grant at his side, they leave the United States for an island on a jet, but are pursued by McClane. Hans Gruber is the main antagonist of Die Hard. He first meets McClane by chance when the two accidentally bump into each other. With Marvin's aid, McClane reaches the aircraft before Stuart's henchmen. Die Hard 2 is a 1990 American action-thriller film and the second installment in the Die Hard film series. Farrell is a computer hacker portrayed by Justin Long who inadvertently aids Thomas Gabriel in his Fire Sale. Though reluctant, Warlock aids the two in tracking Gabriel who contacts them through Warlock's equipment and threatens the life of Lucy McClane.
Die Hard 2 was the first film to use digitally composited live-action footage with a traditional matte painting that had been photographed and scanned into a computer. Additional cast members include Stuart's henchmen: Don Harvey as Garber, John Costelloe as Sergeant Oswald Cochrane, Vondie Curtis-Hall as Miller, John Leguizamo as Burke, Robert Patrick as O'Reilly, Tom Verica as Kahn, Tony Ganios as Baker, Michael Cunningham as Sheldon, Peter Nelson as Thompson, Ken Baldwin as Mulkey, and Mark Boone Junior as Shockley. Marvin is an airport janitor who helps McClane in his mission to save the planes from low fuel. This article's content is marked as Mature The page Mature contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Blue light Team He is an ex-Special Forces commander who leads a troop of soldiers who takeover Dulles Airport and use makeshift equipment from a church to control all flights from the main command Center, and to free dictator General Ramon Esperanza from Val Verde. After McClane kills Gabriel, Farrell is able to reach McClane's gun in time to shoot Gabriel's last henchman dead, saving McClane's life. Tony is Karl's brother, who disables the phone lines. They hack into the air traffic control systems, sever communication with the planes, and deactivate the runway lights, leaving Dulles ATC powerless to land aircraft.
He phones in a sensational and exaggerated take on what is happening, leading to panic and preventing the officers from reaching the escape plane, until Holly subdues Thornburg with a stun gun. Irina comes to her father's aid, and a gunfight ensues; John pursues Irina, who escapes in a helicopter, while Jack goes after Komarov. He hired several criminal hackers all over the nation to assist him in his plot to shut down all computer-run systems in the United States. Marvin. | He is portrayed by Cole Hauser and appears in A Good Day to Die Hard. He is unknowingly locked in the garage by the Nakatomi vault heist team. [19][20] Maxim magazine ranked the film's plane crash #2 on its list of "Greatest Movie Plane Crashes". The characters in the Die Hard film series, including John McClane (played by Bruce Willis), are based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. (as Don McGovern), Blue Light Team They are suddenly attacked by a sniper, who shoots Collins in the head. After a shootout, McClane kills one of them, Oswald Cochrane, while the other escapes. The gold is subsequently exported to Quebec, Canada before Simon imprisons John McClane and Zeus Carver in his barge, where he reveals luring the police away was part of his plan to steal the gold and the real bomb was within the ship the whole time.
He is portrayed by Art Evans and appears in Die Hard 2. Karl survives and once more attempts to kill John, only to be shot dead by Al Powell. [16] Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel dubbed the film as being as disappointing a sequel as Another 48 Hrs. Next, he orders both men to get to Wall Street Station within 30 minutes before a bomb is set to explode in the subway.
and RoboCop 2, and said, Whatever small pleasure there is to be found in this loud dud is due mostly to the residual good feelings from the first film... As played by Bruce Willis, McClane is still an engaging character, even if he is much less amusingly drawn this time. [23], The film had its DVD debut on 10 January 2000 and re-released again in early 2005 as a Widescreen Edition and June 19, 2007, followed by a Blu-ray release on November 20, 2007 and a re-release on January 29, 2013. The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel 58 Minutes. Their goal is to rescue General Ramon Esperanza, a drug lord and dictator of Val Verde, who is being extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. McClane later notifies Bowman of the failure of their attempt to reach Homeland Security and the two men watch Gabriel start to terrorize the country before being cut-off.
| Eddie ends up being one of the only remaining terrorists when Gruber holds Holly hostage, but is shot in the head by John. Komarov then has one of his men strangle Chagarin. While dealing with the situation, Bowman is approached by John McClane and Matt Farrell, one of the hackers Bowman had ordered brought to him and who had been the target of an assassination attempt by Gabriel's men. "[13] On the review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In the airport bar, McClane observes two men in Army fatigues behaving suspiciously and pursues them into the baggage area. He is initially held without trial for refusing to hand over a secret file containing incriminating evidence against former associate and corrupt politician Viktor Chagarin. He is killed by McClane, who shoots him with a sub machine gun.
At the end of the movie, McClane and Al meet face to face and Al kills the last terrorist, Karl, who had a personal grudge against McClane. Argyle offers to wait in the garage until John knows for certain if he was riding home with Holly or if he needed other transportation. Alexander is one of the terrorists who fire the missile launcher. Major Grant is a corrupt Army special forces commander who appears in Die Hard 2. When Simon attempts his escape in a helicopter, he is killed when McClane shoots an electric cable that catches fire on the helicopter's rotors and explodes. [8][9], The film exceeded all expectations by outdoing the massive box office success of Die Hard. Mai Linh is a Thomas Gabriel's girlfriend and second-in-command, who assists Gabriel in his plans to shut down the US infrastructure in order to steal billions of dollars from the Woodlawn Facility. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Rankings List Of All 31 Action Movies From 7 Franchises 1982-2020, Lt.Sherman /
The site's critical consensus reads: "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 of set pieces to paper over the plot deficiencies. RELATED: 10 Gifts For Fans Of Die Hard Al is a Los Angeles Police sergeant who shared a friendship with John McClane after helping with the takeover of Nakatomi Building in Los Angeles. John McClane, now an older man than when he last was involved in a deadly mission, saved him at the last minute; he was close to execution by Gabriel's bomb. Barnes helps McClane locate the mercenaries' hideout, and they tell Grant and his team to raid the location, but the mercenaries escape on snowmobiles. Gruber meets McClane himself disguised as "Bill Clay", but is quickly discovered. McClane's now ex-wife whose relationship with John became more strained by each movie until Live Free or Die Hard, when it was confirmed that she and McClane had gotten a divorce sometime between the third and fourth films.
Grant fights McClane, but is knocked off the wing and falls into an engine, killing him. During the final confrontation, Farrell is forced to decode Gabriel's stolen data he'd previously encrypted to hinder him with the lives of McClane and his daughter Lucy on the line.
Simon then orders John and his new partner shopkeeper Zeus Carver to reach a nearby telephone booth or else he will blow up another downtown building. He gives them a riddle to solve and answer in the form of a phone number. The film was preceded by Die Hard (1988) and followed by Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013). In response, McClane grabs Gabriel's gun and fires it through himself and into Gabriel who is standing behind him, killing Gabriel. As his men threaten Matt Farrell, Bowman calls them off and later thanks McClane for his help. He is portrayed by Tom Bower and appears in Die Hard 2. [1][failed verification] The film was directed by Renny Harlin, written by Steven E. deSouza and Doug Richardson and stars Bruce Willis[5] as John McClane. McClane is waiting for his wife to land at Washington Dulles International Airport when terrorists take over the air traffic control system.
Now having Esperanza and Grant at his side, they leave the United States for an island on a jet, but are pursued by McClane. Hans Gruber is the main antagonist of Die Hard. He first meets McClane by chance when the two accidentally bump into each other. With Marvin's aid, McClane reaches the aircraft before Stuart's henchmen. Die Hard 2 is a 1990 American action-thriller film and the second installment in the Die Hard film series. Farrell is a computer hacker portrayed by Justin Long who inadvertently aids Thomas Gabriel in his Fire Sale. Though reluctant, Warlock aids the two in tracking Gabriel who contacts them through Warlock's equipment and threatens the life of Lucy McClane.
Die Hard 2 was the first film to use digitally composited live-action footage with a traditional matte painting that had been photographed and scanned into a computer. Additional cast members include Stuart's henchmen: Don Harvey as Garber, John Costelloe as Sergeant Oswald Cochrane, Vondie Curtis-Hall as Miller, John Leguizamo as Burke, Robert Patrick as O'Reilly, Tom Verica as Kahn, Tony Ganios as Baker, Michael Cunningham as Sheldon, Peter Nelson as Thompson, Ken Baldwin as Mulkey, and Mark Boone Junior as Shockley. Marvin is an airport janitor who helps McClane in his mission to save the planes from low fuel. This article's content is marked as Mature The page Mature contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Blue light Team He is an ex-Special Forces commander who leads a troop of soldiers who takeover Dulles Airport and use makeshift equipment from a church to control all flights from the main command Center, and to free dictator General Ramon Esperanza from Val Verde. After McClane kills Gabriel, Farrell is able to reach McClane's gun in time to shoot Gabriel's last henchman dead, saving McClane's life. Tony is Karl's brother, who disables the phone lines. They hack into the air traffic control systems, sever communication with the planes, and deactivate the runway lights, leaving Dulles ATC powerless to land aircraft.
He phones in a sensational and exaggerated take on what is happening, leading to panic and preventing the officers from reaching the escape plane, until Holly subdues Thornburg with a stun gun. Irina comes to her father's aid, and a gunfight ensues; John pursues Irina, who escapes in a helicopter, while Jack goes after Komarov. He hired several criminal hackers all over the nation to assist him in his plot to shut down all computer-run systems in the United States. Marvin. | He is portrayed by Cole Hauser and appears in A Good Day to Die Hard. He is unknowingly locked in the garage by the Nakatomi vault heist team. [19][20] Maxim magazine ranked the film's plane crash #2 on its list of "Greatest Movie Plane Crashes". The characters in the Die Hard film series, including John McClane (played by Bruce Willis), are based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. (as Don McGovern), Blue Light Team They are suddenly attacked by a sniper, who shoots Collins in the head. After a shootout, McClane kills one of them, Oswald Cochrane, while the other escapes. The gold is subsequently exported to Quebec, Canada before Simon imprisons John McClane and Zeus Carver in his barge, where he reveals luring the police away was part of his plan to steal the gold and the real bomb was within the ship the whole time.
He is portrayed by Art Evans and appears in Die Hard 2. Karl survives and once more attempts to kill John, only to be shot dead by Al Powell. [16] Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel dubbed the film as being as disappointing a sequel as Another 48 Hrs. Next, he orders both men to get to Wall Street Station within 30 minutes before a bomb is set to explode in the subway.
and RoboCop 2, and said, Whatever small pleasure there is to be found in this loud dud is due mostly to the residual good feelings from the first film... As played by Bruce Willis, McClane is still an engaging character, even if he is much less amusingly drawn this time. [23], The film had its DVD debut on 10 January 2000 and re-released again in early 2005 as a Widescreen Edition and June 19, 2007, followed by a Blu-ray release on November 20, 2007 and a re-release on January 29, 2013. The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel 58 Minutes. Their goal is to rescue General Ramon Esperanza, a drug lord and dictator of Val Verde, who is being extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. McClane later notifies Bowman of the failure of their attempt to reach Homeland Security and the two men watch Gabriel start to terrorize the country before being cut-off.
| Eddie ends up being one of the only remaining terrorists when Gruber holds Holly hostage, but is shot in the head by John. Komarov then has one of his men strangle Chagarin. While dealing with the situation, Bowman is approached by John McClane and Matt Farrell, one of the hackers Bowman had ordered brought to him and who had been the target of an assassination attempt by Gabriel's men. "[13] On the review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In the airport bar, McClane observes two men in Army fatigues behaving suspiciously and pursues them into the baggage area. He is initially held without trial for refusing to hand over a secret file containing incriminating evidence against former associate and corrupt politician Viktor Chagarin. He is killed by McClane, who shoots him with a sub machine gun.
At the end of the movie, McClane and Al meet face to face and Al kills the last terrorist, Karl, who had a personal grudge against McClane. Argyle offers to wait in the garage until John knows for certain if he was riding home with Holly or if he needed other transportation. Alexander is one of the terrorists who fire the missile launcher. Major Grant is a corrupt Army special forces commander who appears in Die Hard 2. When Simon attempts his escape in a helicopter, he is killed when McClane shoots an electric cable that catches fire on the helicopter's rotors and explodes. [8][9], The film exceeded all expectations by outdoing the massive box office success of Die Hard. Mai Linh is a Thomas Gabriel's girlfriend and second-in-command, who assists Gabriel in his plans to shut down the US infrastructure in order to steal billions of dollars from the Woodlawn Facility. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Rankings List Of All 31 Action Movies From 7 Franchises 1982-2020, Lt.Sherman /
The site's critical consensus reads: "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 of set pieces to paper over the plot deficiencies. RELATED: 10 Gifts For Fans Of Die Hard Al is a Los Angeles Police sergeant who shared a friendship with John McClane after helping with the takeover of Nakatomi Building in Los Angeles. John McClane, now an older man than when he last was involved in a deadly mission, saved him at the last minute; he was close to execution by Gabriel's bomb. Barnes helps McClane locate the mercenaries' hideout, and they tell Grant and his team to raid the location, but the mercenaries escape on snowmobiles. Gruber meets McClane himself disguised as "Bill Clay", but is quickly discovered. McClane's now ex-wife whose relationship with John became more strained by each movie until Live Free or Die Hard, when it was confirmed that she and McClane had gotten a divorce sometime between the third and fourth films.
Grant fights McClane, but is knocked off the wing and falls into an engine, killing him. During the final confrontation, Farrell is forced to decode Gabriel's stolen data he'd previously encrypted to hinder him with the lives of McClane and his daughter Lucy on the line.
Simon then orders John and his new partner shopkeeper Zeus Carver to reach a nearby telephone booth or else he will blow up another downtown building. He gives them a riddle to solve and answer in the form of a phone number. The film was preceded by Die Hard (1988) and followed by Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013). In response, McClane grabs Gabriel's gun and fires it through himself and into Gabriel who is standing behind him, killing Gabriel. As his men threaten Matt Farrell, Bowman calls them off and later thanks McClane for his help. He is portrayed by Tom Bower and appears in Die Hard 2. [1][failed verification] The film was directed by Renny Harlin, written by Steven E. deSouza and Doug Richardson and stars Bruce Willis[5] as John McClane. McClane is waiting for his wife to land at Washington Dulles International Airport when terrorists take over the air traffic control system.
Now having Esperanza and Grant at his side, they leave the United States for an island on a jet, but are pursued by McClane. Hans Gruber is the main antagonist of Die Hard. He first meets McClane by chance when the two accidentally bump into each other. With Marvin's aid, McClane reaches the aircraft before Stuart's henchmen. Die Hard 2 is a 1990 American action-thriller film and the second installment in the Die Hard film series. Farrell is a computer hacker portrayed by Justin Long who inadvertently aids Thomas Gabriel in his Fire Sale. Though reluctant, Warlock aids the two in tracking Gabriel who contacts them through Warlock's equipment and threatens the life of Lucy McClane.
Die Hard 2 was the first film to use digitally composited live-action footage with a traditional matte painting that had been photographed and scanned into a computer. Additional cast members include Stuart's henchmen: Don Harvey as Garber, John Costelloe as Sergeant Oswald Cochrane, Vondie Curtis-Hall as Miller, John Leguizamo as Burke, Robert Patrick as O'Reilly, Tom Verica as Kahn, Tony Ganios as Baker, Michael Cunningham as Sheldon, Peter Nelson as Thompson, Ken Baldwin as Mulkey, and Mark Boone Junior as Shockley. Marvin is an airport janitor who helps McClane in his mission to save the planes from low fuel. This article's content is marked as Mature The page Mature contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Blue light Team He is an ex-Special Forces commander who leads a troop of soldiers who takeover Dulles Airport and use makeshift equipment from a church to control all flights from the main command Center, and to free dictator General Ramon Esperanza from Val Verde. After McClane kills Gabriel, Farrell is able to reach McClane's gun in time to shoot Gabriel's last henchman dead, saving McClane's life. Tony is Karl's brother, who disables the phone lines. They hack into the air traffic control systems, sever communication with the planes, and deactivate the runway lights, leaving Dulles ATC powerless to land aircraft.
He phones in a sensational and exaggerated take on what is happening, leading to panic and preventing the officers from reaching the escape plane, until Holly subdues Thornburg with a stun gun. Irina comes to her father's aid, and a gunfight ensues; John pursues Irina, who escapes in a helicopter, while Jack goes after Komarov. He hired several criminal hackers all over the nation to assist him in his plot to shut down all computer-run systems in the United States. Marvin. | He is portrayed by Cole Hauser and appears in A Good Day to Die Hard. He is unknowingly locked in the garage by the Nakatomi vault heist team. [19][20] Maxim magazine ranked the film's plane crash #2 on its list of "Greatest Movie Plane Crashes". The characters in the Die Hard film series, including John McClane (played by Bruce Willis), are based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. (as Don McGovern), Blue Light Team They are suddenly attacked by a sniper, who shoots Collins in the head. After a shootout, McClane kills one of them, Oswald Cochrane, while the other escapes. The gold is subsequently exported to Quebec, Canada before Simon imprisons John McClane and Zeus Carver in his barge, where he reveals luring the police away was part of his plan to steal the gold and the real bomb was within the ship the whole time.
He is portrayed by Art Evans and appears in Die Hard 2. Karl survives and once more attempts to kill John, only to be shot dead by Al Powell. [16] Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel dubbed the film as being as disappointing a sequel as Another 48 Hrs. Next, he orders both men to get to Wall Street Station within 30 minutes before a bomb is set to explode in the subway.
When Farrell sets off an alarm at the Woodlawn Building, Bowman personally leads an assault team to stop the terrorists before McClane contacts him once again with the help of the hacker Warlock. Warlock, real name Freddy Kaludis, is a hacker and an old friend of Matt Farrell's from space camp. Once again, the day is saved when McClane takes out Stuart and his mercy by blowing up his plane with his zippo lighter. Carver is a black supremacist Harlem shop owner who saves McClane from a mob of gang members angered by the racist sign the latter was forced to wear by Simon. McClane pursues them but is stunned to discover the mercenaries' guns are loaded with blanks, concluding that the Special Forces team are in fact Stuart's subordinates. Sgt. Still, there are some nice moments here, and Willis is on solid ground as the iconic McClane. Lucy is the daughter of John McClane & Holly Gennero and the sister of John "Jack" McClane Jr. She was estranged from her father, but during her college years in Rutgers University, she was kidnapped by cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel. He 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. He then orders the police to send John McClane to Harlem wearing a racist sign that reads "I Hate Niggers". He is portrayed by Fred Dalton Thompson. Filming & Production John and Holly reconcile and get back together. And though the filmmakers try to establish McClane as resistant to advanced technology, this promising idea isn't developed. The film was directed by Renny Harlin, written by Steven E. deSouza and Doug Richardson and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane. John seemingly kills Karl by hanging him from some chains. He later discovers one of the hostages, Holly Gennero, is McClane's wife, and keeps her as a hostage as he steals the bearer bonds. They demand a Boeing 747 cargo plane so they can escape to another country with Esperanza in tow, and warn the airport controllers not to try to restore control. Marco is an unhinged terrorist. She is portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
and RoboCop 2, and said, Whatever small pleasure there is to be found in this loud dud is due mostly to the residual good feelings from the first film... As played by Bruce Willis, McClane is still an engaging character, even if he is much less amusingly drawn this time. [23], The film had its DVD debut on 10 January 2000 and re-released again in early 2005 as a Widescreen Edition and June 19, 2007, followed by a Blu-ray release on November 20, 2007 and a re-release on January 29, 2013. The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel 58 Minutes. Their goal is to rescue General Ramon Esperanza, a drug lord and dictator of Val Verde, who is being extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. McClane later notifies Bowman of the failure of their attempt to reach Homeland Security and the two men watch Gabriel start to terrorize the country before being cut-off.
| Eddie ends up being one of the only remaining terrorists when Gruber holds Holly hostage, but is shot in the head by John. Komarov then has one of his men strangle Chagarin. While dealing with the situation, Bowman is approached by John McClane and Matt Farrell, one of the hackers Bowman had ordered brought to him and who had been the target of an assassination attempt by Gabriel's men. "[13] On the review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In the airport bar, McClane observes two men in Army fatigues behaving suspiciously and pursues them into the baggage area. He is initially held without trial for refusing to hand over a secret file containing incriminating evidence against former associate and corrupt politician Viktor Chagarin. He is killed by McClane, who shoots him with a sub machine gun.
At the end of the movie, McClane and Al meet face to face and Al kills the last terrorist, Karl, who had a personal grudge against McClane. Argyle offers to wait in the garage until John knows for certain if he was riding home with Holly or if he needed other transportation. Alexander is one of the terrorists who fire the missile launcher. Major Grant is a corrupt Army special forces commander who appears in Die Hard 2. When Simon attempts his escape in a helicopter, he is killed when McClane shoots an electric cable that catches fire on the helicopter's rotors and explodes. [8][9], The film exceeded all expectations by outdoing the massive box office success of Die Hard. Mai Linh is a Thomas Gabriel's girlfriend and second-in-command, who assists Gabriel in his plans to shut down the US infrastructure in order to steal billions of dollars from the Woodlawn Facility. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Rankings List Of All 31 Action Movies From 7 Franchises 1982-2020, Lt.Sherman /
The site's critical consensus reads: "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 of set pieces to paper over the plot deficiencies. RELATED: 10 Gifts For Fans Of Die Hard Al is a Los Angeles Police sergeant who shared a friendship with John McClane after helping with the takeover of Nakatomi Building in Los Angeles. John McClane, now an older man than when he last was involved in a deadly mission, saved him at the last minute; he was close to execution by Gabriel's bomb. Barnes helps McClane locate the mercenaries' hideout, and they tell Grant and his team to raid the location, but the mercenaries escape on snowmobiles. Gruber meets McClane himself disguised as "Bill Clay", but is quickly discovered. McClane's now ex-wife whose relationship with John became more strained by each movie until Live Free or Die Hard, when it was confirmed that she and McClane had gotten a divorce sometime between the third and fourth films.
Grant fights McClane, but is knocked off the wing and falls into an engine, killing him. During the final confrontation, Farrell is forced to decode Gabriel's stolen data he'd previously encrypted to hinder him with the lives of McClane and his daughter Lucy on the line.
Simon then orders John and his new partner shopkeeper Zeus Carver to reach a nearby telephone booth or else he will blow up another downtown building. He gives them a riddle to solve and answer in the form of a phone number. The film was preceded by Die Hard (1988) and followed by Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013). In response, McClane grabs Gabriel's gun and fires it through himself and into Gabriel who is standing behind him, killing Gabriel. As his men threaten Matt Farrell, Bowman calls them off and later thanks McClane for his help. He is portrayed by Tom Bower and appears in Die Hard 2. [1][failed verification] The film was directed by Renny Harlin, written by Steven E. deSouza and Doug Richardson and stars Bruce Willis[5] as John McClane. McClane is waiting for his wife to land at Washington Dulles International Airport when terrorists take over the air traffic control system.
Now having Esperanza and Grant at his side, they leave the United States for an island on a jet, but are pursued by McClane. Hans Gruber is the main antagonist of Die Hard. He first meets McClane by chance when the two accidentally bump into each other. With Marvin's aid, McClane reaches the aircraft before Stuart's henchmen. Die Hard 2 is a 1990 American action-thriller film and the second installment in the Die Hard film series. Farrell is a computer hacker portrayed by Justin Long who inadvertently aids Thomas Gabriel in his Fire Sale. Though reluctant, Warlock aids the two in tracking Gabriel who contacts them through Warlock's equipment and threatens the life of Lucy McClane.
Die Hard 2 was the first film to use digitally composited live-action footage with a traditional matte painting that had been photographed and scanned into a computer. Additional cast members include Stuart's henchmen: Don Harvey as Garber, John Costelloe as Sergeant Oswald Cochrane, Vondie Curtis-Hall as Miller, John Leguizamo as Burke, Robert Patrick as O'Reilly, Tom Verica as Kahn, Tony Ganios as Baker, Michael Cunningham as Sheldon, Peter Nelson as Thompson, Ken Baldwin as Mulkey, and Mark Boone Junior as Shockley. Marvin is an airport janitor who helps McClane in his mission to save the planes from low fuel. This article's content is marked as Mature The page Mature contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Blue light Team He is an ex-Special Forces commander who leads a troop of soldiers who takeover Dulles Airport and use makeshift equipment from a church to control all flights from the main command Center, and to free dictator General Ramon Esperanza from Val Verde. After McClane kills Gabriel, Farrell is able to reach McClane's gun in time to shoot Gabriel's last henchman dead, saving McClane's life. Tony is Karl's brother, who disables the phone lines. They hack into the air traffic control systems, sever communication with the planes, and deactivate the runway lights, leaving Dulles ATC powerless to land aircraft.
He phones in a sensational and exaggerated take on what is happening, leading to panic and preventing the officers from reaching the escape plane, until Holly subdues Thornburg with a stun gun. Irina comes to her father's aid, and a gunfight ensues; John pursues Irina, who escapes in a helicopter, while Jack goes after Komarov. He hired several criminal hackers all over the nation to assist him in his plot to shut down all computer-run systems in the United States. Marvin. | He is portrayed by Cole Hauser and appears in A Good Day to Die Hard. He is unknowingly locked in the garage by the Nakatomi vault heist team. [19][20] Maxim magazine ranked the film's plane crash #2 on its list of "Greatest Movie Plane Crashes". The characters in the Die Hard film series, including John McClane (played by Bruce Willis), are based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. (as Don McGovern), Blue Light Team They are suddenly attacked by a sniper, who shoots Collins in the head. After a shootout, McClane kills one of them, Oswald Cochrane, while the other escapes. The gold is subsequently exported to Quebec, Canada before Simon imprisons John McClane and Zeus Carver in his barge, where he reveals luring the police away was part of his plan to steal the gold and the real bomb was within the ship the whole time.
He is portrayed by Art Evans and appears in Die Hard 2. Karl survives and once more attempts to kill John, only to be shot dead by Al Powell. [16] Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel dubbed the film as being as disappointing a sequel as Another 48 Hrs. Next, he orders both men to get to Wall Street Station within 30 minutes before a bomb is set to explode in the subway.
