"Die Hard 2" is the usual Hollywood idea that if something made money the first time, it will do it again, so all the elements that made the original a success are in place, even down to Willis' wife tangling with the same reporter. Unfortunately the producers have changed exactly one element, its setting. In this film the boys use an airport for their adventure playground instead of a high rise office building, and the resulting loss of claustrophobia decreases the tension slightly. However this remains high class fare, and the scriptwriter only made one real mistake, the sheer number of times Willis says "oh no, not again." The fact that exactly the same thing should happen to him exactly one year later is the least convincing part of the film, and it would have been best if they hadn't drawn so much attention to it.
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Advantages: Fast-paced, spectacular, fairly enjoyable if your in the mood Disadvantages: Dodgy acting, weak script, little credibility and zero tension
Howiemon 01.02.2001 (11.04.2001)
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