"Another
basement, another elevator...how can the same thing happen to the same guy
twice?" asks John McClane (Bruce Willis), in what is doubtless the key
question of this film. A year after foiling the terrorist takeover of a
high-rise office building in the first movie, McClane is waiting to pick up
his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) at Dulles International Airport just outside
Washington D.C. on Christmas Eve. Scheduled to arrive the same evening is
Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero), a South American political figure who is
being brought to the United States to stand trial for his role in a drug
smuggling ring. However, a group of terrorists, led by renegade American
military officer Col. Stuart (William Sadler), take control of the airport,
scuttling radio transmissions and placing their own men in the control
tower. Stuart and his men ensure that Esperanza's plane lands safely, and
then demand that Stuart and his men be given a fully-fueled 747 and free
passage wherever they choose to go. Otherwise, they will guide the many
circling jets waiting for landing instructions into definite crash landings,
killing the many passengers on board. Not willing to stand aside as
terrorists once again threaten his wife's life, the wise-cracking McClane
once again leaps into action to foil Stuart's plans and bring the passenger
jets safely to the ground. William Atherton, John Amos, Dennis Franz, and
John Leguizamo highlight the supporting cast.| Bruce Willis | John McClane |
| Bonnie Bedelia | Holly McClane |
| Bill Sadler | Col. Stuart |
| Franco Nero | Gen. Ramon Esperanza |
| William Atherton | Dick Thornberg |
| Dennis Franz | Carmine Lorenzo |
| Reginald VelJohnson | Sgt. Al Powell |
| John Amos | Capt. Grant |
| Art J. Evans | Barnes |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | Trudeau |
| Tom Bower | Marvin |
| Sheila McCarthy | Samantha Copeland |
| Don Harvey | Garber |
| Tony Ganios | Baker, Terrorist |
| Robert Patrick | O'Reilly, Terrorist |
| Michael Cunningham | Sheldon, Terrorist |
| John Leguizamo | Burke, Terrorist |
| Tom Verica | Kahn, Terrorist |
| John Costelloe | Cochrane, Terrorist |
| Michael Francis Clarke | Northeast Plane Pilot |
| Steve Pershing | Northeast Plane Copilot |
| Tom Everett | Northeast Plane Navigator |
| Sherry Bilsing | Northeast Plane Stewardess |
| Carla Tamburrelli | Northeast Plane Stewardess |
| Jeanne Bates | Older Woman |
| Colm Meaney | Windsor Plane Pilot |
| Steffan Gregory Foster | Windsor Plane Copilot |
| James Lancaster | Windsor Plane Navigator |
| Partick O'Neal | Cpl. Telford |
| Martin Lowery | Engineer |
| Vincent Joseph Mazzella, Jr. | Blue Light Team Member |
| Robert Lipton | Chopper Pilot |
| Peter Nelson | Thompson, Terrorist |
| Stafford Morgan | Engineer |
| Dick McGarvin | Engineer |
| Don Charles McGovern | Blue Light Team Member |
| Connie Lillo-Thieman | Information Booth Girl |
| Thomas Tofel | Engineer |
| Robert Steinberg | Victor |
| Ken Smolka | Engineer |
| Danny Weselis | Blue Light Team Member |
| Vance Valencia | Foreign Military Plane Pilot |
| Felicity Waterman | Windsor Plane Stewardess |
| Jerry Parrott | Engineer |
| Jason Ross-Azikiwe | Second Sergeant |
| Joseph Roth | Airport Cop |
| Julian Reyes | Young Corporal |
| Bill Smille | Custodian |
| Rande Scott | Engineer |
| John Rubinow | TV Producer |
| Robert Sacchi | Engineer |
| David Willis Sr. | Tow Truck Driver |
| Jackie Burch | |
| John Cade | Lobby Cop |
| Earl Bullock | Engineer |
| Bob Braun | TV Newscaster |
| Ed de Fusco | Morgue Worker |
| Bob Rocky Cheli | Blue Light Team Member |
| Vondie Curtis-Hall | Miller, Terrorist |
| Robert Costanzo | Vito Lorenzo |
| Richard Domeier | TV Cameraman |
| Nick Angotti | Engineer |
| Ken Baldwin | Mulkey, Terrorist |
| Paul Abascal | TV Director |
| Mark Boone, Jr. | Shockley, Terrorist |
| Paul Bollen | Airport Cop |
| Carol Barbee | TV Newscaster |
| Alan Berger | Windsor Plane Passenger |
| Robert J. Bennett | Engineer |
| Lauren Letherer | Rent-A-Car Girl |
| Dominique Jennings | TV Newscaster |
| David Katz | TV Soundman |
| Dale Jacoby | Blue Light Team Member |
| Wynn Irwin | Engineer |
| Ben Lemon | Sergeant |
| Greg Kovan | Blue Light Team Member |
| Charles Lanyer | Justice Man |
| Jeff Langton | Blue Light Team Member |
| Danial Donai | Blue Light Team Member |
| Tom Finnegan | Engineer |
| Gilbert Garcia | Foreign Military Plane Copilot |
| Anthony Droz | Soldier |
| Jim Hudson | Engineer |
| Amanda Hillwood | Windsor Plane Stewardess |
| Jessica Gardner | Little Girl |
| Dwayne Hargray | Luggage Worker |
| Edward Gero | Engineer |
Genre/Type - Action, Action Thriller
Produced by - 20th Century Fox / Gordon Company / Silver Pictures
Release - Jul 4, 1990 (USA)
Released by - 20th Century Fox
Running time - 124 min.
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is preceded by: Die Hard (1988, John McTiernan)