

Die Hard 2
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $70M
- Box office
- $240M
- Language
- English
- helicopter
- airport
- based on novel or book
- ambush
- christmas party
- cop
- sequel
- snow
- shootout
- terrorism
- explosion
- church
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Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles, California2 Jul 1990
- TheatricalR3 Jul 1990
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1517 Aug 1990
- TheatricalRe-release13 Feb 2013
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM30 Aug 1990
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A4 Jul 1990
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1323 Aug 1990
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1224 Aug 1990
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical4 Oct 1990
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1528 Sept 1990
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical25 Dec 2019
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1617 Aug 1990
FranceFR
- Theatrical163 Oct 1990
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1625 Oct 1990
Frequently asked questions
Die Hard 2 was released on 3 July 1990.
Audience reviews
5- T9/10
talisencrw
8/13/2016
Great fun re-watching this after checking out the original for the first time. One of the very best filmic franchises out there, to be sure.
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/12/2023
I was 10 in 1990, I loved Die Hard, and I hated Die Hard 2. Now I'm 40 and I am rewatching this and.... compared to movies today it is pretty good. If this was made in 2020 it would be a 10 out of 10 star smash blockbusting hit that all of America raves about except the "everything is political all the time crowd." But it didn't, it came out in 1990 and because of that it was a subpar sort of BS action movie th…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/26/2023
If anyone were ever to need to write a training manual for terrorists that demonstrated how to maximise the chaos and destruction at a facility; then they could do a great deal worse than engage the services of Bruce Willis. In this cracking action adventure film, he is "Lt. John McClane" who finds himself amidst a hijacking - but this time it's not the plane that's being hijacked, it's the whole airport - and all so…
- R6/10
RalphRahal
2/1/2025
Die Hard 2 (1990) is a solid action movie that delivers high-energy sequences and a familiar setup, but it lacks the magic that made the first one a classic. The plot follows a similar structure, with John McClane once again caught in a high-stakes situation, but the tension does not feel as sharp this time. The script has its moments, keeping McClane’s signature humor and attitude intact, but it leans more on specta…
- K8/10
kevin2019
11/7/2025
"Die Hard 2" treats the character of John McClane as if he is some sort of an all purpose celebrity action hero this time around. His energy levels are inexhaustible, he is always in the wrong place at the wrong time and yet he still knows exactly the right thing to do at the crucial moment in any given situation, and he is even capable of eschewing assistance and going it alone against a group of ruthless terrorists…
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