THE BEST DIE HARD FILM & A GREAT XMAS FILM

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2019)

I've always loved & preferred the Excellent sequel "Die Hard 2" over the original "Classic" as i think it's a much better film, it's got a beautiful Christmas atmosphere complete with snow storms outside of the big airport at xmas time, the mood is festive & feelgood & a great set-up for a Terrorist filled Action Thriller plot.
Yes i grew up watching & loving the "Die Hard Trilogy" & I've always loved that excellent underrated Sequel over the lot!!!
I love the main villain much more than "Hans Gruber" in Die Hard, here we have the Brilliant William Sadler as a cold blooded killer named "Col. Stuart" & his performance is great as he plays it serious & sinister plus I've always been a big William Sadler fan & love his intense performances in films such as the urban survival Thriller "Trespass" from 1992 & the Tales from the Crypt Horror movie "Demon Knight" from 1995 & the crazy fantasy comedy sequel "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" from 1991, Sadler is a great underrated actor.
The Airport setting is exciting & atmospheric, the dead of winter plays a big special part with it's festive Christmas theme, the tone is fun & brutal action, this is a thrilling movie even more so than the Classic first film!!!
I also prefer the cool wisecracking tough "John Mclane" here played obviously by Bruce Willis, i like the Action set pieces best here & the edgd of the seat thriller elements like the planes running out of fuel idea & the double crossing of good guy soldiers are actually plotting terrorists, there's a great story here & more excitement this time around.
This is similar to other sequels that i genuinely like just as much if not more than the first films such as "Robocop 2" & "Ghostbusters 2" & "Predator 2" & "Gremlins 2" & "Lethal weapon 2" & "Aliens" & "Mad Max 2" & a few other's.