"How can the same s... happen to the same guy twice?"

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2015)

You know how I remembered that I saw this film once before? It was when John McClane (Bruce Willis) hit the eject button on the General's recently landed plane, just ahead of the grenades going off. That was just so unbelievably outrageous I just had to shake my head. I have my doubts that one could actually pull that off, but what the heck, it's an action film so anything goes.
Fresh off the Nakatomi Plaza case, our hero McClane is back in action again, and just as he proclaimed in my summary line above, if at first you wildly succeed, why not do it all over again. There's really no difference in plot here for the "Die Hard" sequel, except it's not as confined and Bonnie Bedelia earns her paycheck simply by sitting around the whole time. Wish I could get a gig like that.
Not trying to be cynical here, the film is a blast and a half for action film fans and followers of Willis. For what it's worth, the picture's an entertaining two hour diversion that keeps things interesting with it's character twists and over the top villains. If that's what floats your boat, then the only other thing I can say is Yippee-ki-yay and let it go at that.