1990 • R • 2h 4m
7/10
( users) 
Overview
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in t One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
7/10
( users) Cast / Crew 
Bruce Willis John McClane 
Bonnie Bedelia Holly McClane 
William Sadler Stuart 
Art Evans Leslie Barnes 
Dennis Franz Capt. Carmine Lorenzo 
William Atherton Richard Thornburg 
John Amos Major Grant 
Fred Thompson Trudeau 
Tom Bower Marvin 
Franco Nero General Ramon Esperanza 
Sheila McCarthy Samantha 'Sam' Coleman 
Reginald VelJohnson Sgt. Al Powell 
Don Harvey Garber 
Tony Ganios Baker 
Peter Nelson Thompson 
Renny Harlin Director 
Joel Silver Producer 
Doug Richardson Screenplay 
Steven E. de Souza Screenplay 
Michael Kamen Original Music Composer Jackie Burch Casting 
Marilyn Vance Costume Design Robert Renga Sound Recordist Carolyn Tapp Sound Recordist 
Lawrence Gordon Producer Charles Gordon Producer 
Stuart Baird Editor 
Robert A. Ferretti Editor John Vallone Production Design Christiaan Wagener Art Direction
Bruce Willis John McClane Bonnie Bedelia Holly McClane William Sadler Stuart Art Evans Leslie Barnes Dennis Franz Capt. Carmine Lorenzo William Atherton Richard Thornburg John Amos Major Grant Fred Thompson Trudeau Tom Bower Marvin Franco Nero General Ramon Esperanza Sheila McCarthy Samantha 'Sam' Coleman Reginald VelJohnson Sgt. Al Powell Don Harvey Garber Tony Ganios Baker Peter Nelson Thompson Renny Harlin Director Joel Silver Producer Doug Richardson Screenplay Steven E. de Souza Screenplay Michael Kamen Original Music Composer Jackie Burch Casting Marilyn Vance Costume Design Robert Renga Sound Recordist Carolyn Tapp Sound Recordist Lawrence Gordon Producer Charles Gordon Producer Stuart Baird Editor Robert A. Ferretti Editor John Vallone Production Design Christiaan Wagener Art Direction 
Keywords
helicopter airport based on novel or book ambush cop sequel snow shootout terrorism explosion church commando news reporter air traffic control virginia terrorist plot snowmobile action hero plane crash christmas eve tense airplanes airport police rogue military washington dulles international airport
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