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Movie Review: 'Die Hard 2: Die Harder'

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Die Hard 2 (1990) aka Die Hard 2: Die Harder Directed by Renny Harlin Written by Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson Based on the novel 58 Minutes by Walter Wager Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Fred Dalton Thompson, Franco Nero Rent-A-Car Girl: I close in about an hour. Maybe we can go get a drink? John McClane: [shows his wedding ring] Just the fax, ma'am. Just the fax. Finnish director Renny Harlin's Die Hard 2: Die Harder is a decent but derivative sequel to 1988's megahit Die Hard . This time around, John McClane (Bruce Willis), now a Los Angeles Police  Department lieutenant must match wits, fists, gunfire, and banter with a band of heavily armed bad guys that have taken over Washington, D.C.'s Dulles International Airport. Based on Walter Wager's novel 58 Minutes , Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson's script closely follows the format of John McTiernan's Die Hard .  Once