Caught In The Prequel's Shadow

Rating: 8/10 (28 January 2014)

John McClane has returned and this man is definitely complete strangers with Lady Luck!
The film starts with McClane going to meet his wife, Holly, at the airport. Its the Christmas period and the airport is busy. Having seen something suspicious, McClane follows two men into the baggage carousel however a shootout ensues which leaves one of the men dead. Once it is discovered that this man is a former marine who faked his own death, alarm bells ring and trouble ensues!
Whilst Holly is on the plane terrorist hijack the command tower of Dulles Airport and threaten to kill all unsuspecting passengers currently in the air if the command tower does not divert a plane carrying a captured drug-lord into Dulles Airport, and allow the terrorists to escape with their companion!
The film is very clever, Bruce Willis is once again incredible in the role of John McClane and actually the only complaint in this film is that there was not enough action, although when McClane stabs a terrorist in the eye with an icicle that moment was brutal yet epic at the same time! One or two twists as well which always help keep you entertained!
Hard to follow up the original, but definite must watch and not a bad film at all, just caught in the shadow of the prequel.