Die Hard 2 1990 by AverageMansReviews

Die Hard 2 1990 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/references to the Soviet Union/terrorism/shooting/squashing/electrocution/biting/burning/decapitation/impaling/cutting/strangling/medical.

Not again: in a nutshell; it is that time again of the festive period LAPD Lieutenant John McClane [Bruce Willis:] this officer, which is still gritty, that has become a minor celebrity because of what happened some time ago at the Nakatomi Plaza. But unfortunately whilst waiting for his wife's flight Holly Gennero McClane [Bonnie Bedelia:] a strong woman that like her husband takes no rubbish, their marriage is complicated they are perfect for one another, but on both sides they find it difficult to sometimes be accommodating, consequently they don't back down and butt heads. So whilst LAPD Lieutenant McClane has a hunch and rumbles on to a terrorist situation developing involving  Colonel William Stuart [William Sadler:] the leader of this terrorist group their mission without giving much away is to apprehend this package and to make sure it has a safe journey to freedom.

The framework and pacing of this 124 minutes film is good, generally speaking firstly it knows what it is designed to do and it sticks to that, even though the film starts straight away on reflection; it does have another gear to it where it does have a sense of get up and go to it the more you watch of this sequel.

Action/Art: so yes like its predecessor the action sequences are plentiful; such as LAPD Lieutenant McClane interrupts this situation followed by gunfight unfortunately has to go up and threw the air vents again and having to quickly escape this aircraft which has been shot up by Colonel Stuart and his unit which they have thrown many grenades inside, so LAPD Lieutenant McClane quickly comes up the idea to sit in this seat and inject from this aircraft; this is where the art comes into it as these grenades explode and LAPD Lieutenant McClane escapes we get a bird's eye perspective of this sequence as he comes up in the air in this seat and this giant explosion; yes for those highly critical people out there this sequence is clearly beginning to show its age, with the green screen black outline [if you are of a certain age you know what I mean; where you can see the division between the performer and whatever they are going with the green screen or just to cover my back something like the green screen,] but it is still highly imaginative and creative as action visual perspective.

Comedy/Character developments and performances: now there are other elements of comedy throughout this project, but this is where I would like to focus a little bit of time on Holly McClane as she meets this seemingly peaceful old lady sitting next to her on her flight, I will leave it there. But more importantly we have Richard "Dick" Thornburg [William Atherton:] a news reporter for KFLW-TV News, he has a history with the McClane's specifically Holly as he will make reference to in this sequel, but all you need to know about him is he is still a shorter version of his first name. He is not the only returning supporting character Sergeant Al Powell [Reginald VelJohnson:] this police officer is someone we met in the previous film, but unfortunately in this sequel his screen time is very little. As it relates to the character developments and the performances; they are nicely progressed as it relates to the returning characters and the cast for this sequel has excellent chemistry so in a nutshell good character developments with all-round good performance.

This film receives: 10/10, it is top-notch entertainment; it is basically the same as its predecessor, but they were smart they went with still a big situation but something different. Yes this film also has a couple of awards accredited to its name 1 Winner; BMI Film & TV Awards 1991, 1991 BMI Film Music Award Michael Kamen and 1 Nominee Awards of the Japanese Academy; Award of the Japan Academy 1991 Best Foreign Film.