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DIE HARD 2 (1990) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| On a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, a team of terrorists seize control of a major international airport. They've prepare for every contingency, except one: John McClane, an off-duty cop experiencing deadly deja vu. Bruce Willis returns as the heroic cop who must battle not only terrorists, but also an incompetent airport police chief, the commander of the army's anti-terrorist squad, and a ferocious winter storm. As McClane struggles to outwite the terrorists and save his wife and passengers, who are trapped on a plane circiling overhead, he realizes it's time to put his own plan into action. |
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| Bruce Willis (John McClane), Bonnie Bedelia (Holly McClane), William Atherton (Richard Thornburg), Reginald VelJohnson (Sgt. Al Powell), Franco Nero (General Ramon Esperanza), William Sadler (Colonel Stuart), John Amos (Major Grant), Dennis Franz (Capt. Carmine Lorenzo), Art Evans (Leslie Barnes), Fred Dalton Thompson (Trudeau), Tom Bower (Marvin), Sheila McCarthy (Samantha "Sam" Coleman), Don Harvey (Garber), Tony Ganios (Baker), Peter Nelson (Thompson), Robert Patrick (O'Reilly), Michael Cunningham (Sheldon), John Leguizamo (Burke), Tom Verica (Kahn), John Costelloe (Cochrane), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Miller), Mark Boone Junior (Shockley), Ken Baldwin (Mulkey), Colm Meaney (Pilot), Robert Lipton (Chopper Pilot), Robert Costanzo (Sgt. Vito Lorenzo). |
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DIE HARDER |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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| DIRECTOR: Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger). |
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| WRITERS: Steven E. DeSouza and Doug Richardson. |
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| Based on the novel "58 Minutes" by Walter Wagner. |
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| PRODUCERS: Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver. |
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| ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Suzanne Todd |
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CO-PRODUCER: Steve Perry. |
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| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Michael Levy and Lloyd Levin. |
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LINE PRODUCER: James Herbert. |
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ORIGINAL MUSIC: Michael Kamen. |
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DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox |
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QUOTES |
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Carmine: You are in my little pond now, and I am the big fish in that pond. |
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John McClane: That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me! You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. It doesn't show up on your airport X-ray machines, and it cost more than you make here in a month.
Carmine: You'd be surprised what I make in a month.
John McClane: If it was more than a dollar ninety-eight I'd be surprised. |
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| RELEASE DATE: July 4th, 1990 (USA) |
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $21.7 million (USA) |
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Al Powell: What's this about?
John McClane: Oh, just a feeling I have.
Al Powell: Ouch! When you get those feelings, insurance companies start to go bankrupt. |
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| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $117.3 million (USA) |
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| WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $237.7 million |
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| BUDGET: $70 million (USA) |
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| - The General is from "Valverde", the fictitious Latin-American country used in Commando, also produced by Joel Silver. |
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John McClane: Hey, Carmine, let me ask you something. What sets off the metal detectors first? The lead in your ass or the shit in your brain? |
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| Followed by a third installment, Die Hard With a Vengeance. |
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[McClane is forced to crawl through yet another ventilation system]
John McClane: Just once, I'd like a regular, normal Christmas. A little eggnog...a fuckin' Christmas tree...a little turkey. But no! I gotta crawl around in this mother-fuckin' tin can! |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "Two enthusiastic thumbs up." -- Siskel & Ebert |
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| "...white-knuckle action..." -- Kathleen Carroll, Daily News |
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Chopper Pilot: What's the matter, cowboy? Ride too rough?
John McClane: I don't like to fly.
Samantha Coleman: Then what are you doing here?
John McClane: I don't like to lose either. |
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| "It's the best of the blockbusters." -- Joel Siegel, Good Morning America |
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| "Stupdendously unbelievable--but very entertaining--sequel to the action hit...lots of violent, large-scale action, and lots of fun--just don't look for lots of logic." -- Leonard Maltin |
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Al Powell: You ain't pissing in somebody's pool, are you?
John McClane: Yeah, and I'm fresh out of chlorine. |
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| "It's rare that the sequel to a good movie lives up to expectations. Such is the case with Die Hard 2." -- James Berardinelli |
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John McClane: Oh man, I can't fucking believe this. Another basement, another elevator. How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice. |
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| "Zooms along like a roller coaster tanked with jet fuel. It's rambunctiously entertaining, a loop-de-loopy bumper car ride through a firecracker sky, all bright lights, sonic booms and impossible heroics." -- Rita Kempley, Washington Post |
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Grant: You are the wrong person at the wrong place at the wrong time!
John McClane: Story of my life. |
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