Just the facts ma'am, just the facts.....

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2012)

Once again, John McClane is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
This time he's waiting for his wife's plane to arrive at Washington's Dulles Airport when he uncovers a plot to sabotage the airport's landing system.
The criminals wish to free a drug baron being extradited to America for trial by holding the airport to ransom until they all safely escape on another plane.
However, if they'd known that Holly McClane was on a flight home to the very airport they were hijacking, they would have picked another day....
Round two of the Franchise, isn't a patch on the first movie, but it's still a bast of a movie. Harlin has a lot of flair when it comes to directing action scenes, but lets himself go a bit when it comes to more dramatic scenes.
and this is the films weak spot. Whenever we are located in the tower, the film loses it's edge, and Franz really overdoes his head cop role, and almost heads into pantomime villain mode.
But it's still a solid movie, Willis is really comfortable in his role, and the cast are also great.
The set pieces are great, and even 22 years later, the special effects and pyrotechnics really hold up.
So well worth seeing, a really great movie, but in my opinion, the weakest of the series.