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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: July 3, 1990

Runtime: 124 minutes

Genres: Action, Thriller

Rating: 7.0/10 (5961 votes)


Die Hard Collection

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    Die Hard

    NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

  • Live Free or Die Hard

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  • Die Hard: With a Vengeance

    Die Hard: With a Vengeance

    New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

  • Die Hard 2

    Die Hard 2

    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.

  • A Good Day to Die Hard

    A Good Day to Die Hard

    Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.


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Cast

  • Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis

    John McClane

  • Bonnie Bedelia

    Bonnie Bedelia

    Holly McClane

  • William Sadler

    William Sadler

    Stuart

  • John Amos

    John Amos

    Major Grant

  • Franco Nero

    Franco Nero

    General Ramon Esperanza

  • William Atherton

    William Atherton

    Richard Thornberg

  • Dennis Franz

    Dennis Franz

    Capt. Carmine Lorenzo

  • Art Evans

    Art Evans

    Leslie Barnes

  • Fred Thompson

    Fred Thompson

    Trudeau

  • Tom Bower

    Tom Bower

    Marvin

  • Sheila McCarthy

    Sheila McCarthy

    Samantha 'Sam' Coleman

  • Don Harvey

    Don Harvey

    Garber

  • Reginald VelJohnson

    Reginald VelJohnson

    Sgt. Al Powell

  • Tony Ganios

    Tony Ganios

    Baker

  • Peter Nelson

    Peter Nelson

    Thompson

  • Robert Patrick

    Robert Patrick

    O'Reilly

  • John Leguizamo

    John Leguizamo

    Burke

  • Tom Verica

    Tom Verica

    Kahn

  • John Costelloe

    John Costelloe

    Cochrane

  • Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Miller

  • Mark Boone Junior

    Mark Boone Junior

    Shockley

  • Dale Jacoby

    Dale Jacoby

    Blue Light Team

  • Tom Everett

    Tom Everett

    Northeast Plane - Navigator

  • Jeanne Bates

    Jeanne Bates

    Northeast Plane - Older Woman

  • Colm Meaney

    Colm Meaney

    Windsor Plane - Pilot

  • James Lancaster

    James Lancaster

    Windsor Plane - Navigator

  • Amanda Hillwood

    Amanda Hillwood

    Windsor Plane - Stewardess

  • Felicity Waterman

    Felicity Waterman

    Windsor Plane - Stewardess

  • Vance Valencia

    Vance Valencia

    Foreign Military Plane - Pilot

  • Julian Reyes

    Julian Reyes

    Foreign Military Plane - Young Corporal

  • Richard Domeier

    Richard Domeier

    WNTW Cameraman

  • Robert Lipton

    Robert Lipton

    WNTW Chopper Pilot

  • Rob Steinberg

    Rob Steinberg

    WZDC - Victor

  • Dominique Jennings

    Dominique Jennings

    WZDC Newscaster

  • Robert Sacchi

    Robert Sacchi

    Engineer

  • Stafford Morgan

    Stafford Morgan

    Engineer

  • Tom Finnegan

    Tom Finnegan

    Engineer

  • Thomas Tofel

    Thomas Tofel

    Engineer

  • Wynn Irwin

    Wynn Irwin

    Engineer

  • Robert Costanzo

    Robert Costanzo

    Sgt. Vito Lorenzo

  • Lauren Letherer

    Lauren Letherer

    Rent-A-Car Girl

  • Charles Lanyer

    Charles Lanyer

    Justice Man

  • Joseph Michael Roth

    Joseph Michael Roth

    Airport Cop

  • Dru Berrymore

    Dru Berrymore

    Capt. Lorenzo's Secretary (uncredited)