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Die Hard 2
Die harder.
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Die Hard 2 is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand and Philo in United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, and Google Play. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
Synopsis
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
More about Die Hard 2
Cast
Bruce WillisJohn McClane
Bonnie BedeliaHolly McClane
William SadlerStuart
John AmosMajor Grant
Franco NeroGeneral Ramon Esperanza
William AthertonRichard Thornberg
Dennis FranzCapt. Carmine Lorenzo
Art EvansLeslie BarnesCredits
- Directed by
- Renny Harlin
- Written by
- Steven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson, Walter Wager
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Die Hard Collection
- Budget
- $70M
- Box office
- $240M
Production
- Gordon CompanyUnited States
Silver PicturesUnited States
20th Century FoxUnited States
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