Die Hard 2
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. 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. It's now… From TMDB
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60 of 254 · most liked firstJust a reminder, Die Hard 2 is *also* a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Die Hard 2: Die Harder is also a Christmas movie, and I think it's the best Die Hard sequel. I know a lot of folks are partial to Die Hard With A Vengeance, but to me that one comes off more like a really good Lethal Weapon sequel.
positive · AI labelView post →R.I.P. Art Evans (1942-2024). He was an American actor who made multiple film and television appearances over three decades. His films were "Christine" (1983), A Soldier's Story" (1984), "Die Hard 2" (1990), "National Lampoon's Class Reunion" (1982), "School Daze" (1988). So long, Art. #RIP
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie: Die Hard 2 Language: English Country: United States Version: TBS
neutral · AI labelView post →This week on Unspooled Jorma Taccone joined to talk DIE HARD 2 but we never mentioned this amazing TV DUB of the movie
neutral · AI labelView post →The Burt Lancaster movie "Airport" (not "Airplane!") is on TV. Weirdly low key and procedural but it is also an airport disaster movie set at night in a blizzard, which makes me feel like it must surely be an influence on Die Hard 2?
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Die Hard 2 for the first time in years last night, and one thing I was struck by is how... ordinary most of the actors looked. Lots of receding hairlines, blotchy skin, and expanding waists. If the movie were made today, everyone would look like a supermodel.
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to Films 📚=🎞️ 58 Minutes (1987) by Walter Wager was the basis for Die Hard 2 (1990). The film deftly replaces the book's protagonist with John McClane, retrofitting the story around him. Many changes are made to replace the book's characters with those of Die Hard. 👮♂️💥✈️ #booksky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn it felt good to record a podcast where I got to talk about how much I like DIE HARD 2, the most maligned film in the franchise. Out next week
positive · AI labelView post →the newest patron episode of Overhated covers Die Hard 2. because I'm tired of people badmouthing this fine action film. also @junkfoodcinema.bsky.social is on board. thanks to the patrons and to @effinbirds.com.
positive · AI labelView post →Die Hard 2 (1990) Directed by Renny Harlin
neutral · AI labelView post →Industrial Light & Magic ‘matte artist’ - Yusei Uesugi - painting the final runway scene for DIE HARD 2 (1990) which - with some pioneering digital manipulation - created that iconic final shot in the movie, which otherwise would’ve cost $250,000 to hire the planes alone!
neutral · AI labelView post →DIE HARD 2 is a Christmas movie, arguably more so than DIE HARD
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the best Christmas movie (Die Hard 2). I just can’t feel festive until I’ve seen Bruce Willis light his first airport cigarette
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Die Hard 2 for the first time and listening to John McLane casually mention arresting people for crossdressing. So I guess ACAB includes everyone’s favorite Christmas movie
negative · AI labelView post →Everyone loves to talk about "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" but nobody wants to talk about "why was a glistening William Sadler doing nude Tai Chi in Die Hard 2"
neutral · AI labelView post →I present to you the “Die Hard Is A Christmas Movie” top ten list for the most annoying people in your life: 1 Die Hard 2 Die Hard 2 3 Lethal Weapon 4 First Blood 5 Batman Returns 6 The Godfather 7 Goodfellas 8 Rocky IV 9 Rocky 10 Donnie Brasco Seasons Greetings.
neutral · AI labelView post →In Silent Hill 1, there is a movie theater that has posters for the films "Shoot" and "Crusher Dan" which use the actual posters from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Die Hard 2. In SH2 Remake, you can find VHS copies of Shoot and Crusher Dan in the house where you pick up the radio. #silenthill
neutral · AI labelView post →RIP - Art Evans' prominent role in Die Hard 2 made him one of those "that guy" actors for me. Especially when he popped up in Bushwhacked.
positive · AI labelView post →Die Hard 2 is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Why does everyone hate DIE HARD 2 when it's the second best DIE HARD movie
positive · AI labelView post →Industrial Light & Magic ‘matte artist’ - Yusei Uesugi - painting the final runway scene for DIE HARD 2 (1990) which - with some pioneering digital manipulation - created that iconic final shot in the movie, which otherwise would’ve cost $250,000 to hire the planes alone!
neutral · AI labelView post →Im watching Die Hard 2 and its not a terrible film (if you’ve ever seen the post 9/11 Die Hard sequels) but William Sadler doing naked karate in his hotel room is still just as bizarre 33 years later
neutral · AI labelView post →It's the same canon where any Star Trek cast member shows up in another movie or TV show then its canonically a Holodeck adventure. Die Hard 2, That's a Holodeck adventure where O'Brien pretends to be an Airline Pilot
neutral · AI labelView post →In Canada, our annoying contrarians talk about how Die Hard 2 is a Boxing Day movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →On this week's Film Sack podcast, DIE HARD 2!!! John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. AIR PORTS DON'T HAVE MAN HOLES! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: filmsack.com YOUTUBE: youtube.com/scottjohnson
neutral · AI labelView post →The novel on which DIE HARD was based is a sequel to the book that became the Frank Sinatra movie THE DETECTIVE. DIE HARD 2 was adapted from an unrelated novel by a different author. And DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE started out as a LETHAL WEAPON spec script.
neutral · AI labelView post →To me it seemed like the silliest airport-set movie since "Die Hard 2", and that one set a pretty high bar.
neutral · AI labelView post →Industrial Light & Magic ‘matte artist’ - Yusei Uesugi - painting the final runway scene for DIE HARD 2 (1990) which - with some pioneering digital manipulation - created that iconic final shot in the movie, which otherwise would’ve cost $250,000 to hire the planes alone!
neutral · AI labelView post →Die Hard 2 is not a Christmas movie. A guy goes to an airport on Xmas Eve and doesnae even fall out with his missus? Utter nonsense.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's almost December, which means the Christmas movie marathon can begin. As always we will be watching: 1. Die Hard 2. Rare Exports 3. Bad Santa 4. Gremlins 5. Home Alone 6. Tokyo Godfathers What's missing?
neutral · AI labelView post →There may, perhaps, be a case to be made that Die Hard 2 is a better movie than the original, but we're nowhere near ready to have that conversation
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so tired of people asking if Die Hard is a Christmas movie! ugh, me too. <long pause> Is Die Hard 2 a Christmas movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →Recording part 2 of my DIE HARD retrospective on the podcast this am, this will be where the Hot Takes are going to drop (like how DIE HARD 2 is better than DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, or why DIE HARD 2 is a Christmas movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →Good evening anyhow ☺️ Lots of stuff pointing to the world getting darker & manipulated by knobheads Watching my first Christmas Movie this season, Die Hard 2🎄 Filmed at a time when the baddies sometimes got put in their place & not rewarded 🙄
positive · AI labelView post →Die Hard is a Christmas film. Die Hard 2 is an action film set at Christmas. I don’t see why this is so hard to understand.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's time for a Christmas Movie marathon: Die Hard Die Hard 2 Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon 2 Ho Ho Ho I have a machine gun now
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Die Hard 2 (for the millionth time). All I'll say is I have never seen CGI stunts that compare to live action or model work like you have in this film - and so many others of the era.
positive · AI labelView post →Industrial Light & Magic ‘matte artist’ - Yusei Uesugi - painting the final runway scene for DIE HARD 2 (1990) which - with some pioneering digital manipulation - created that iconic final shot in the movie, which otherwise would’ve cost $250,000 to hire the planes alone!
neutral · AI labelView post →I just realized that the whole premise of "say the N word or a bomb explodes" was in the movie Die Hard 2".
neutral · AI labelView post →Die Hard 2 — also a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →So l read an article today saying Die Hard 2 is a better Christmas film than Die Hard - so we are watching it and perhaps it’s because we’ve all see the first so many times but also I’m in Paris and I’ve just eaten a wheel of Camembert.
positive · AI labelView post →It has a touch of old theatre about it don't you think? Settle down I'm going to perform this movie in the tradition of Die Hard 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Die Hard 2 is a Christmas film
neutral · AI labelView post →DIE HARD 2 is the only true sequel to the first one. The third one is a buddy action film that isn’t confined to one location, we don’t speak of the final two entries
positive · AI labelView post →I'm watching Die Hard 2 and Bruce Willis did some amazing Impossible White Man™ stuff in this movie. God bless him.
positive · AI labelView post →Spell your name with movie titles 📽️ Airplane! Die Hard Die Hard 2 Y tu mamá también
neutral · AI labelView post →Christmas movie marathon in our house: Die Hard Die Hard 2 The Long Kiss Goodnight Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
neutral · AI labelView post →This week, we're watching Die Hard 2 for Film Sack. Join us? Join us!
neutral · AI labelView post →Controversial opinion time: I think Die Hard 2 is a more entertaining film than Die Hard. There, I said it.
positive · AI labelView post →Is this because of my horny Die Hard 2 review? Is it because of the homoerotic pugilistic Charles Bronson movie review? Because I *will* do it again.
neutral · AI labelView post →NW: #DieHard2 It’s not the original film but it’s not too shabby of a Christmas action movie either as John McClane is still closer to an ordinary hero in over his head with a few too many quips for most of the sequel until it drifts into over the top. #FilmSky #MovieSky #ChristmasMovie #DieHard
neutral · AI labelView post →Ebert watching John Gleason in “Die Hard”: this is so annoying, it ruins the movie! Ebert watching Dennis Franz in “Die Hard 2”: this is good. I love what’s happening here.
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW VIDEO: Rob Hill (The Bad Movie Bible) and stand up comedian, Nick Helm, join me for another commentary and this time it's on DIE HARD 2: Die Harder! youtu.be/hmEkIFXSzS4
neutral · AI labelView post →Die Hard 2 is a better Christmas film than Die Hard
neutral · AI labelView post →Ramping up this weekend's plans for our episode around Die Hard 2, the OTHER Die Hard Christmas movie. :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's movie (8-19-26) is Die Hard 2 (1990).
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so tired of everyone being like "Die Hard is a Christmas movie!" Give it a rest already. Watch a different Christmas movie. Like Die Hard 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →In related news: Die Hard 2, more clever than it gets credit for, also a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Die Hard 2. I like this a lot, yes it isn't as good as Die Hard but then the first film is on a level of its own. This is a very good sequel though, ups the ante in terms of threat and has some great action set pieces.
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