A well directed film with a ludicrous plot and silly dialogue.

Rating: 4/10 (12 February 2020)

Where Die Hard's dialogue, even the quips and one-liners were motivated by character and situation, Die Hard 2: Die Harder's quips are stupid run of the mill, action movie fare, jarring you out of the film with each one. Renny Harlin does a good job but he's not quite the auteur that McTiernan is and his style is already horribly dated, as is the heavy handed exposition. The entire film is filled with action movie cliches and while that makes it fun, it seems to undermine the tone set in Die Hard at every turn; bonkers action moments and over the top villains and utter nonsense that is clear to see from the writers' other works, who are to blame.
The location lends itself to some fun, but the entire flick is such a contrived, laughably cringey affair. It's loud, dumb, and ugly.