Plot? Oh yes...plot!

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2003)

Those who claim that this film has a below-average plotline may not have been paying attention. I like a plot with lots of twists, i.e. Is the german dude after revenge? Oh no, he's just a terrorist. Wait, he's stealing the gold. No, he's going to sink the gold. Oops, no, he's taken the gold and killed his boss... and wants to buy a country. You see? That's a plot.

Irons was a master stroke of a continuation from Rickman as the bad guy. As in the first film, however, the Germans babbled and made more grammatical errors than a classroom full of monkeys. But your average Die Hard fan (who doesn't happen to be bilingual) doesn't really mind.
Interesting use of incidental music, contrasting in the classical bits with the calm party music from Die Hard. Anyone notice the "Singing in the Rain" musical quote when John's about to get flooded with water?

An action film (unless, like the Matrix, with religious and philosophical connotations) remains just an action film, but we don't need a dollop of Deuteronomy every time we set foot in the cinema. And this is evidently one of the more intellectual of the bunch. A good 8.5/10