- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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4 out of 5
Bruce Willis wonders aloud how it could happen to him again, but dons the white singlet anyway for this second hugely entertaining slice of action hokum. Director Renny Harlin makes no attempt to re-create the intriguing battle of wits in the original between Alan Rickman and Willis, and instead cheerfully piles on the increasingly grand explosions and set pieces. This time Willis uncovers a terrorist plot on the ground and in the air, as he waits for his wife to fly in to a snowbound Washington airport. Bonnie Bedelia is once again Willis's jinxed spouse, while Reginald VelJohnson and William Atherton reprise their roles from the original. There are also welcome appearances from 1960s star Franco Nero and Dennis Franz from NYPD Blue.
Plot Summary
Action thriller sequel starring Bruce Willis and Bonnie Bedelia. Christmas Eve: while waiting for his wife's plane to land at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC, detective John McClane becomes involved in a deadly and dangerous mission to outwit a bunch of ruthless terrorists who have taken over the busy airport in a bid to rescue a drugs baron.
Cast and crew
Cast
- John McClane
- Bruce Willis
- Holly McClane
- Bonnie Bedelia
- Dick Thornberg
- William Atherton
- Al Powell
- Reginald VelJohnson
- General Ramon Esperanza
- Franco Nero
- Colonel Stuart
- William Sadler
- Captain Grant
- John Amos
- Carmine Lorenzo
- Dennis Franz
- Barnes
- Art Evans
- Trudeau
- Fred Dalton Thompson
- Marvin
- Tom Bower
- Samantha Copeland
- Sheila McCarthy
- Garber
- Don Harvey
- Baker
- Tony Ganios
- Thompson
- Peter Nelson
- O'Reilly
- Robert Patrick
- Sheldon
- Michael Cunningham
- Burke
- John Leguizamo
- Kahn
- Tom Verica
- Cochrane
- John Costelloe
- Miller
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Shockley
- Mark Boone Junior
- Mulkey
- Ken Baldwin
- Corporal Telford
- Pat O'Neal
- Sergeant
- Ben Lemon
- Second sergeant
- Jason Ross-Azikiwe
- Soldier
- Anthony Droz
- Pilot
- Colm Meaney
Crew
- Director
- Renny Harlin
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