The action movie takes a step too far into unreality

Rating: 3/10 (17 August 1999)

I enjoyed Die Hard; it's one of those films where the action is pretty much constant. Switch channels and find Die Hard on, and you're likely to linger, even though you've seen it several times before.
Die Hard 2: Die Harder is, by comparison, utter garbage. While the scenario in Die Hard was pretty unlikely, that didn't matter too much - here, the entire premise of the film (hijacking an entire airport, rather than a building) is fundamentally flawed. As if the pilots would continue to circle as their tanks ran dry, with three or four other airports within minutes; as if the folks on the ground couldn't use different radio frequencies to transmit to the planes; as if... well, you get the picture.
There were fewer characters to care about, either - the whole thing had a formulaic, going-through-the-motions feel about it. One to be avoided when flipping channels, unless you enjoy ranting at the TV.