Exciting, action-packed blockbuster

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 1999)

"Die Hard 2" is the best of the series, in my opinion. Bruce Willis shows a range and depth in this film well beyond what he had in the first one. There's plenty of violence, but very little of it is gratuitous; most of it goes to further the plot, which is an excellent one in my opinion. There are plenty of surprises and things you wouldn't have guessed, the pacing is near-perfect, and the airplane crash scene is absolutely bone-chilling. You may never fly in a commercial aircraft again! For elevating the action-thriller genre well above the usual norm, I give this movie 9/10 stars.