"How could the same shit happen to the same guy twice?" marvels Det. John McClane (now of the LAPD). Clearly the filmmakers do not lack self-awareness. If anything, the shit is a bit deeper this time, in that the single-handedness of McClane's heroics makes less sense at a Major Metropolitan Airport than at a neatly sealed-off office building. On purpose, the absurdity of the situation has been pushed to a point where just about anyone in the audience can feel like a wiseguy. Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Fred Dalton Thompson; directed by Renny Harlin. (1990) — Duncan Shepherd
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