Die Hard 2 (1990)

Preceded by: Die Hard (1988)
Followed by: Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

	Directed by: Renny Harlin	COUNTRY USA Genre Action NORWEGIAN TITLE Die Hard 2 RUNNING TIME 124 minutes
	Produced by: Charles Gordon Lawrence Gordon Joel Silver
	Written by: Steven E. de Souza Doug Richardson

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
John McClane	Bruce Willis	½
Holly Gennero	Bonnie Bedelia
Dick Thornburg	William Atherton	-
Sergeant Al Powell	Reginald VelJohnson	-
General Ramon Esperanza	Franco Nero
Colonel William Stuart	William Sadler	½
Major Grant	John Amos
Captain Carmine Lorenzo	Dennis Franz
Windsor Pilot	Colm Meaney	-
Samantha "Sam" Coleman	Sheila McCarthy	-
Burke	John Leguizamo	-

Review

John McTiernan was replaced by Renny Harlin as director for the much anticipated follow-up to Die Hard, and out with McTiernan went also a human touch. This sequel is more mechanical and more bound to the 1980s action genre; meaning less distinctive. John McClane still is the talkative and relatable cool-guy, but everyone around him are rather dull movie characters. And when Harlin fails to make the story flow, the setup starts feeling as staged as it obviously is. There are numerous references to the fact that the 1990s have begun, but the picture very much feels like the 1980s, and so do the many noisy but not necessarily spectacular explosions, action-sequences and special effects. Followed by the much fresher Die Hard with a Vengeance five years later.