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% · 11,071

    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 office, 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% · 5,739

    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% · 6,037

    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% · 5,761

    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% · 6,344

    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 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
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% · 5,739 (more information on website)
IMDb 71% · 387,948 (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
Leslie BarnesArt Evans
Capt. Carmine LorenzoDennis Franz
Richard ThornburgWilliam Atherton
Major GrantJohn Amos
TrudeauFred Thompson
MarvinTom Bower
General Ramon EsperanzaFranco Nero
Samantha 'Sam' ColemanSheila McCarthy
Sgt. Al PowellReginald VelJohnson
GarberDon Harvey
BakerTony Ganios
ThompsonPeter Nelson
O'ReillyRobert Patrick
SheldonMick Cunningham
BurkeJohn Leguizamo
KahnTom Verica
Sgt. Oswald CochraneJohn Costelloe
MillerVondie Curtis-Hall
ShockleyMark Boone Junior
MulkeyKen Baldwin
Blue Light TeamDanny Weselis
Blue Light TeamGregg Kovan
Blue Light Team - Lt. ShermanDon Charles McGovern
Blue Light TeamDanial Donai
Blue Light TeamJeff Langton
Blue Light TeamBob 'Rocky' Cheli
Blue Light TeamDale Jacoby
Blue Light TeamVincent Mazella Jr.
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
EngineerJim Hudson
EngineerNick Angotti
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.
Tower Controller (voice) (uncredited)Edward Mannix
Capt. Lorenzo's Secretary (uncredited)Dru Berrymore
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
Additional Dialogue Replacement (voice)Mickie McGowan

Crew

DepartmentJobPerson
ArtArt Department CoordinatorLeslie Klinger
Art DirectionChristiaan Wagener
Assistant Art DirectorBruce Crone
Gayle Simon
Construction CoordinatorJoseph C. Fama
Production DesignJohn Vallone
Set DecorationRobert Gould
Set DesignerCarol Bentley
Eric W. Orbom
Nick Navarro
Paul McKenzie
Sally Thornton
CameraCamera OperatorBill Roe
Gregory Lundsgaard
Michael Gershman
Moshe Levin
Stephen St. John
Director of PhotographyOliver Wood
Still PhotographerJohn R. Shannon
Costume & Make-UpCostume DesignMarilyn Vance
Costume SupervisorBarbara Siebert
Barry Francis Delaney
HairstylistJosée Normand
Paul Abascal
Makeup ArtistJim Kail
Scott H. Eddo
CrewMakeup EffectsBari Dreiband-Burman
Thomas R. Burman
Property MasterMichael Papac
Second Unit CinematographerFrank M. Holgate
Special Effects CoordinatorAl Di Sarro
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
Eddie L. Watkins
Eddy Donno
Eric Bryson
Frank Lloyd
Gary Epper
Gary Maas
Gene LeBell
Gilbert B. Combs
Jack Lietzke
Janet Brady
Jeff Evans
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw
Justin De Rosa
Keii Johnston
Kenny Bates
Kenny Endoso
Laura Lee Kasten
Leon Delaney
Marguerite Happy
Monty Cox
Nick Brett
P. Randall Bowers
Paul V. Picerni Jr.
Pete Antico
Randy Hall
Scott Wilder
Steve Picerni
Tierre Turner
Tim A. Davison
Troy Brown
Victor Paul
William H. Burton Jr.
Transportation CoordinatorJack Lietzke
Unit PublicistMarcy Bolotin
Visual Effects Art DirectorPaul Huston
Visual Effects EditorEdgar Burcksen
DirectingDirectorRenny Harlin
Script SupervisorAnnette Haywood-Carter
Susana Preston
Second Unit DirectorCharlie Picerni
EditingEditorRobert A. Ferretti
Stuart Baird
First Assistant EditorKevin Stitt
LightingRigging GafferFrank Tobin
ProductionAssociate ProducerSuzanne Todd
CastingJackie Burch
Co-ProducerSteve Perry
Executive ProducerLloyd Levin
Michael Levy
Location ManagerRobbie Goldstein
ProducerCharles Gordon
Joel Silver
Lawrence Gordon
SoundADR & DubbingJames Simcik
William C. Carruth
Dolby ConsultantDouglas Greenfield
FoleyJohn Roesch
Foley ArtistEllen Heuer
Original Music ComposerMichael Kamen
Scoring MixerStephen McLaughlin
Sound MixerFrank Meadows
Sound Re-Recording MixerB. Tennyson Sebastian III
Gary D. Rogers
Kevin F. Cleary
Michael Jiron
Richard Overton
Sergio Reyes
Sound RecordistCarolyn Tapp
Robert Renga
Supervising Sound EditorAlan Robert Murray
Robert G. Henderson
Visual EffectsVisual Effects ProducerChrissie England
Visual Effects SupervisorMichael J. McAlister