Movie 'Die Hard 2'

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Die harder.

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 up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

United States of America English

  • a.k.a. Die Hard 2: Die Harder video box title
  • Die Hard 2 - Die Harder informal
  • Die Hard II Alternative Title

Germany German (Deutsch)

Stirb langsam 2
  • a.k.a. Stirb Langsam 2 - Die Harder

Det. Lt. John McClane wartet am Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. auf seine Frau Holly, die mit einem Flieger aus Los Angeles anreist, um mit ihm Weihnachten zu verbringen. Das Wetter ist miserabel: Schneestürme. Aber die meteorologischen Widrigkeiten sind nicht der Grund dafür, dass Hollys Maschine in der Luft bleiben muss. Der südamerikanische Drogen-Boss und Diktator Esperanza soll zur gleichen Zeit an die US-Behörden ausgeliefert werden. Aber Esperanza hat seine Flucht längst penibel vorbereitet. Unter Führung des ehemaligen Colonels Stuart, der inzwischen als Terrorist arbeitet, hat eine Spezialtruppe den Flughafen in ihre Gewalt gebracht. Die Kämpfer kontrollieren auch den Funkverkehr und die Computerzentrale, um Esperanza zur Flucht verhelfen zu können. Einmal mehr muss McClane als Einmann-Spezialeinheit die Lage bereinigen.

Austria German (Deutsch)

Stirb langsam 2

Det. Lt. John McClane wartet am Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. auf seine Frau Holly, die mit einem Flieger aus Los Angeles anreist, um mit ihm Weihnachten zu verbringen. Das Wetter ist miserabel: Schneestürme. Aber die meteorologischen Widrigkeiten sind nicht der Grund dafür, dass Hollys Maschine in der Luft bleiben muss. Der südamerikanische Drogen-Boss und Diktator Esperanza soll zur gleichen Zeit an die US-Behörden ausgeliefert werden. Aber Esperanza hat seine Flucht längst penibel vorbereitet. Unter Führung des ehemaligen Colonels Stuart, der inzwischen als Terrorist arbeitet, hat eine Spezialtruppe den Flughafen in ihre Gewalt gebracht. Die Kämpfer kontrollieren auch den Funkverkehr und die Computerzentrale, um Esperanza zur Flucht verhelfen zu können. Einmal mehr muss McClane als Einmann-Spezialeinheit die Lage bereinigen.

France French (Français)

58 minutes pour vivre
  • a.k.a. 58 minutes pour vivre
  • Die hard 2 - 58 minutes pour vivre

John McClane tente d'éviter le désastre alors que des agents secrets militaires dévoyés prennent le contrôle de l'Aéroport International de Dulles à Washington, D.C.

Italy Italian (Italiano)

58 minuti per morire - Die Harder
  • a.k.a. Die Hard 2 - 58 minuti per morire DVD
  • Die Hard - 58 minuti per morire

Dei terroristi narcotrafficanti si impadroniscono dell'aeroporto di Washington per impedire che l'aereo con a bordo il generale Esperanza atterri, tenendo sospesi in cielo, ben diciotto aerei in procinto di atterrare. Il tenente John McClane, che sta aspettando l'atterraggio della moglie, si trova costretto ad intervenire.

Part of Die Hard Collection

An action film series centered around the character of John McClane, a New York City police detective who finds himself fighting a group of terrorists in each film.

  • Die Hard owned

    • Release Date:
    • Rating: 78% · 11,428

    NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

  • Die Hard 2 owned

    • Release Date:
    • Rating: 70% · 5,948

    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 up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

  • Die Hard: With a Vengeance owned

    • Release Date:
    • Rating: 73% · 6,228

    New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

  • Live Free or Die Hard owned

    • Release Date:
    • Rating: 66% · 5,943

    John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

  • A Good Day to Die Hard owned

    • Release Date:
    • Rating: 53% · 6,464

    Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.

Release Date
Runtime
Keywords
action hero
air traffic control
airplanes
airport
airport police
ambush
based on novel or book
christmas
christmas eve
church
commando
cop
explosion
helicopter
news reporter
plane crash
rogue military
sequel
shootout
snow
snowmobile
tense
terrorism
terrorist plot
virginia
washington dulles international airport
xmas eve
Genres
Action
Thriller
Languages
English
Spanish (Español)
Origin Countries
flag of United States of America United States of America
Production Countries
flag of United States of America United States of America
Production Companies
United States of America Gordon Company
United States of America Silver Pictures
United States of America 20th Century Fox
Release Dates
United States of America Premiere Los Angeles, California
United States of America Theatrical R
Canada Theatrical 18A
United Kingdom Theatrical 15
Australia Theatrical M
France French (Français): Theatrical 16
Italy Theatrical T
Germany Theatrical 16
United Kingdom Theatrical Re-release
France Digital Disney+
Ratings
TMDb 70% · 5,948 (more information on website)
IMDb 71% · 394,132 (more information on website)
Rotten Tomatoes® 69% (more information on website)
metacritic 67% (more information on website)

Cast

CharacterPerson
John McClaneBruce Willis
Holly McClaneBonnie Bedelia
StuartWilliam Sadler
Major GrantJohn Amos
General Ramon EsperanzaFranco Nero
Richard ThornbergWilliam Atherton
Capt. Carmine LorenzoDennis Franz
Leslie BarnesArt Evans
TrudeauFred Thompson
MarvinTom Bower
Samantha 'Sam' ColemanSheila McCarthy
GarberDon Harvey
Sgt. Al PowellReginald VelJohnson
BakerTony Ganios
ThompsonPeter Nelson
O'ReillyRobert Patrick
SheldonMick Cunningham
BurkeJohn Leguizamo
KahnTom Verica
CochraneJohn Costelloe
MillerVondie Curtis-Hall
ShockleyMark Boone Junior
MulkeyKen Baldwin
Blue Light TeamDanny Weselis
Blue Light TeamGregg Kovan
Blue Light TeamVincent Mazella Jr.
Blue Light Team - Lt. ShermanDon C. McGovern
Blue Light TeamJeff Langton
Blue Light TeamDanial Donai
Blue Light TeamBob 'Rocky' Cheli
Blue Light TeamDale Jacoby
Corporal TelfordPatrick O'Neal
SergeantBen Lemon
Second SergeantJason Ross-Azikiwe
SoldierAnthony Droz
Northeast Plane - PilotMichael Francis Clarke
Northeast Plane - Co-PilotSteve Pershing
Northeast Plane - NavigatorTom Everett
Northeast Plane - StewardessSherry Bilsing
Northeast Plane - StewardessKarla Tamburrelli
Northeast Plane - Older WomanJeanne Bates
Windsor Plane - PilotColm Meaney
Windsor Plane - Co-PilotSteffen Foster
Windsor Plane - NavigatorJames Lancaster
Windsor Plane - StewardessAmanda Hillwood
Windsor Plane - StewardessFelicity Waterman
Windsor Plane - PassengerAlan Berger
Foreign Military Plane - PilotVance Valencia
Foreign Military Plane - Co-PilotGilbert Garcia
Foreign Military Plane - Young CorporalJulian Reyes
WNTW CameramanRichard Domeier
WNTW SoundmanDavid Katz
WNTW Chopper PilotRobert Lipton
WZDC - VictorRob Steinberg
WZDC DirectorPaul Abascal
WZDC ProducerJohn Rubinow
WZDC NewscasterBob Braun
WZDC NewscasterDominique Jennings
WZDC NewscasterCarol Barbee
EngineerJerry E. Parrott
EngineerMartin Lowery
EngineerRobert Sacchi
EngineerDick McGarvin
EngineerEdward Gero
EngineerStafford Morgan
EngineerRobert J. Bennett
EngineerNick Angotti
EngineerJim Hudson
EngineerTom Finnegan
EngineerThomas Tofel
EngineerEarl Houston Bullock
EngineerWynn Irwin
EngineerRande Scott
EngineerKen Smolka
Sgt. Vito LorenzoRobert Costanzo
Rent-A-Car GirlLauren Letherer
Information Booth GirlConnie Lillo-Thieman
Morgue WorkerEd DeFusco
Justice ManCharles Lanyer
CustodianBill Smillie
Luggage WorkerDwayne Hargray
Lobby CopJohn Cade
Airport CopPaul Bollen
Airport CopJoseph Michael Roth
Tow Truck DriverDavid Willis Sr.
Capt. Lorenzo's Secretary (uncredited)Dru Berrymore
Tower Controller (voice) (uncredited)Edward Mannix
Police Officer (uncredited)Robert M. Bouffard
Police Officer (uncredited)Michael Luggio
Police Officer (uncredited)James Wellington
Airport Security Guard (uncredited)Scott Cranford
Airport Cop (uncredited)Reggie Luck
Engineer (uncredited)Russell McConnell

Crew

DepartmentJobPerson
ArtArt Department CoordinatorLeslie Klinger
Art DirectionChristiaan Wagener
Assistant Art DirectorBruce Crone
Gayle Simon
Assistant Property MasterEdmund E. Villa
Construction CoordinatorJoseph C. Fama
Production DesignJohn Vallone
Property MasterMichael Papac
Set DecorationRobert Gould
Set DresserCatherine Wilshire
Set Dressing BuyerEtta Leff
Standby PainterJohn Hinkle
Camera"A" Camera OperatorBill Roe
Moshe Levin
"B" Camera OperatorGregory Lundsgaard
Stephen St. John
"C" Camera OperatorMichael Gershman
Best Boy GripBrian Holechek
Michael T. Travers
Camera OperatorGregory Lundsgaard
Moshe Levin
Director of PhotographyOliver Wood
Dolly GripDonald L. Hartley
First Assistant "A" CameraKen Nishino
First Assistant "B" CameraMike Thomas
First Assistant "C" CameraMatthew E. Alper
Key GripBob Muñoz
Dick Dova
Second Assistant "A" CameraDennis Seawright
Second Assistant "B" CameraJohn T. Connor
Second Assistant "C" CameraBrad Peterman
Second Unit Director of PhotographyFrank M. Holgate
Steadicam OperatorStephen St. John
Still PhotographerJohn R. Shannon
Costume & Make-UpCostume DesignerMarilyn Vance
Costume SupervisorBarbara Seibert Bolticoff
Barry Delaney
CostumerFrank Perry Rose
Michael Voght
Victoria Snow
Hair SupervisorPaul Abascal
Makeup ArtistJim Kail
Makeup SupervisorScott H. Eddo
Special Effects Makeup ArtistBari Dreiband-Burman
Thomas R. Burman
TailorJaime Herrera
CrewActor's AssistantClare Leavenworth
Todd Pflug
Aerial CoordinatorMichael Tamburro
CablemanMichael Georgiades
CateringAnthony Kerum
Craft ServiceRick Chavez
DriverDave Wright
Harold Frank Reinhard
Joseph William Lomax
Michael K. Wacker
Roger Spurgeon
Ron Kunecke
Sparky Edmonston
PilotCliff Fleming
Frank T. Hines
Fred Lester Austin
James W. Gavin
Karl A. Wickman
Kevin Kelly
Michael Tamburro
Steve Hinton
ProjectionJudi Dolan
Special EffectsAndrew Sebok
Chris Adams
Cy Guerrier
Damon Allison
Gary D. Bierend
Hans van Wyk
James Camomile
Jan Aaris
Jim Guarrera
Joe D. Ramsey
John Bruce Robles
Larry DeUnger
Mark DiSarro
Michael A. Tice
Michael Meinardus
Michael Pedretti
Mike Nichols
Mike Sasgen
Patrick R. Gordon
Paul Stewart
Richard M. Lea
Richard S.G. Thompson
Samuel E. Price
Scott Thompson
Steven Kissick
Timothy 'T.C.' Capps
William Aldridge
Special Effects Best BoyF.X. Crowley
I.J. Van Perre
Larry Hunter
Michael Olague
Thomas Mertz
Special Effects CoordinatorAl Di Sarro
John McLeod
Stand InRandy Bowers
Stunt CoordinatorCharlie Picerni
Stunt DoubleMonty Jordan
StuntsBennie Moore
Billy D. Lucas
Bob Orrison
Charlie Picerni
Cheryl Wheeler Duncan
Christine Anne Baur
Chuck Picerni Jr.
Danny Rogers
David M. Graves
Debby Shively
Donna Evans
Dwayne McGee
Eddy Donno
Eric Bryson
Frank Lloyd
Frank T. Hines
Gary Epper
Gary Maas
Gene LeBell
Gilbert B. Combs
Jack Lietzke
James M. Halty
Janet Brady
Jeff Dashnaw
Jeff Evans
Justin De Rosa
Keii Johnston
Kenny Bates
Kenny Endoso
Laura Lee Kasten
Leon Delaney
Louis Viscolosi
Marguerite Happy
Mike Marasco
Monty Cox
Nick Brett
P. Randall Bowers
Paul V. Picerni Jr.
Pete Antico
Randy Hall
Scott Wilder
Sparky Edmonston
Steve Picerni
Steven Chambers
Tierre Turner
Tim A. Davison
Troy Brown
Victor Paul
William H. Burton Jr.
Zoe Mauries
Technical AdvisorJerry E. Parrott
Transportation CaptainAlan Falco
Frederick 'Skip' Wilson
John M. Woodward
Paul Klyder
Steve Collins
Transportation CoordinatorJack Lietzke
Unit PublicistMarcy Bolotin
Video Assist OperatorBradford Ralston
Visual Effects Art DirectorPaul Huston
Visual Effects EditorEdgar Burcksen
DirectingDirectorRenny Harlin
First Assistant DirectorTerry Miller
Script SupervisorAnnette Haywood-Carter
Susana Preston
Second Assistant DirectorMichael Alan Kahn
Second Second Assistant DirectorTodd Grodnick
Second Unit DirectorCharlie Picerni
Second Unit First Assistant DirectorMichael Alan Kahn
EditingAssistant EditorDavid Mann
Nancy Jencks
Paul Wagner
Wade Bartlett
Color TimerDavid Orr
EditorRobert A. Ferretti
Stuart Baird
First Assistant EditorKevin Stitt
Negative CutterGary Burritt
Supervising EditorStuart Baird
LightingBest Boy ElectricJames Crawford
Chief Lighting TechnicianJames O. Blair
GafferBob Finley III
Lighting TechnicianRoger Spurgeon
Ron Kunecke
Rigging GafferFrank Tobin
ProductionAssistant AccountantKimberly Jase
Associate ProducerSuzanne Todd
CastingJackie Burch
Casting AssociateFerne Cassel
Co-ProducerSteve Perry
Executive In Charge Of Post ProductionEd Jones
Executive In Charge Of ProductionJim Morris
Executive ProducerLloyd Levin
Michael Levy
Extras CastingCarl Joy
Jim Green
Line ProducerJames Herbert
Location ManagerGreg Lazzaro
Robbie Goldstein
Payroll AccountantNancy Wilding
ProducerCharles Gordon
Joel Silver
Lawrence Gordon
Producer's AssistantChristopher Mollo
Jennifer Todd
Julie Silverman
Kellett Tighe
Sam Shapiro
Production AccountantCleve Reinhard
Jyllel Syage Dickerman
Production AssistantCraig A. Pinckes
Gregg Kovan
Laura Lee Kasten
Peter Geiger
Production CoordinatorAnna Becker
David James
Jacqueline George
Production ManagerJames Herbert
Unit Production ManagerJames Herbert
SoundADR EditorDenise Horta
Petra Bach
Ronald Sinclair
Shelley Rae Hinton
ADR EngineerKen Stone
ADR MixerBob Baron
Brad Brock
Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR RecordistKurt Carpenter
Rick Canelli
Assistant Sound EditorBrooke Henderson Ward
Darrin Martin
Joe Mosca
John Morrisey
Boom OperatorTodd Bassman
ConductorMichael Kamen
Dolby ConsultantDouglas Greenfield
Foley ArtistEllen Heuer
John Roesch
Foley EditorButch Wolf
Christopher Flick
Edward L. Sandlin
Solange S. Schwalbe
Foley MixerGreg Orloff
Foley RecordistCarolyn Tapp
OrchestratorChris Boardman
Don Davis
Mark Koval
Michael Kamen
Phil Giffen
Ron Gorow
William Ross
Original Music ComposerMichael Kamen
Scoring MixerArmin Steiner
Sound AssistantTim Gomillion
Sound EditorBruce Lacey
Bub Asman
David Horton Sr.
Jayme S. Parker
Virginia Cook-McGowan
Walter Newman
Sound MixerTim Cooney
Sound Re-Recording MixerGary D. Rogers
Kevin F. Cleary
Michael Jiron
Richard Overton
Sergio Reyes
Sound RecordistCarolyn Tapp
Robert Renga
Supervising ADR EditorJames Simcik
William C. Carruth
Supervising Music EditorChristopher Brooks
Supervising Sound EditorAlan Robert Murray
Robert G. Henderson
Visual EffectsRotoscoping ArtistJoanne Hafner
Terry Molatore
VFX Director of PhotographyKim Marks
VFX EditorEdgar Burcksen
Visual Effects CameraPat Sweeney
Patrick Myers
Selwyn Eddy
Visual Effects CoordinatorAmy Moore
Jeffrey A. Okun
Jennifer Knoll
Visual Effects ProducerChrissie England
Visual Effects SupervisorMichael J. McAlister