DIE HARD 2 (1990) starring Bruce Willis is an OK followup to DIE HARD ONE

Rating: 7/10 (23 December 2010)

DIE HARD 2 (1990) starring Bruce Willis is based on a 1987 book titled "58 Minutes" which told a thriller story set in a busy airport.
"58 Minutes" (1987) was written by Walter Wager (1924 - 2004), who was a Columbia University grad, a Harvard Law grad, and who also earned a Master's Degree at Northwestern U. in "Aviation Law." The man knew how to write, knew aircraft and airports, and he was well educated and cultured.
DIE HARD 2 (1990) is an OK action movie....even with flaws which always make me wince when I screen the movie (which is often....usually around Christmas season so I can see big time snow in the Washington DC area where the movie takes place).
This is a good movie, one of the few action movies to depict snow blizzard conditions with a lot of out door scenery during a bad snowstorm.
Very few movies show bad snow conditions. FARGO (1996) starring Frances McDormand is the only one I can think of which comes close to DIE HARD 2 (1990).
The end music is particularly wonderful....."Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" sung by Vaughn Monroe during the last shots, and "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius (all of it!) over the long rolling final credits.
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