Good movie, but not as good as the original

Rating: 9/10 (8 July 2004)

Die Hard 2 is worth watching, though it is not as good as the first Die Hard. It does expand on ideas rather than remaking the original, though not entirely original.
Bruce Willis returns as John Mc Clane, though there are a few changes this time. He has joined the LAPD, he has reconciled with his wife, and the action is based in the Washington D.C. International Airport. But, his dry humour and gutsy determination has not changed. This time round, he takes on a group of mercenaries who want to free a captured dictator from the custody of the government and have taken over the communications of the air traffic control, and must compete with an incompetent police chief who does not want Mc Clane involved, and a group of marines who want to quickly resolve the situation. Yet again, Mc Clane must jump into action and take matters into his own hands and save his wife and other passengers who are still in the plane/s above before they run out of fuel.
Good action movie and good stunts do make up for its sort of recycled plot.
Best bit: Mc Clane takes on several terrorists in the airport who have wiped out an entire SWAT team.
8/10.