Siskel & Ebert - Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
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- Siskel and Ebert reviews an American action thriller film "Die Hard 2", or either call it "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" in July 4, 1990. Bruce Willis reprises the role as an NYPD rookie cop John McClane, alongside alongside Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, Art Evans, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Dennis Franz, Fred Thompson, John Amos, and Reginald VelJohnson.
It is a sequel to 1988's original classic film "Die Hard", and is the second installment of the "Die Hard" franchise.
Both of them really enjoyed this movie for the action sequences and some cool special effects. Gene gave four stars as it is one of the best sequels of 1990, and one of them great summer blockbusters. Roger actually liked it a lot more than the original one. They actually preferred this installment as a terrific improvement over the last summer sequels, "RoboCop 2" and "Another 48Hrs" as a major disappointments.
I agree with Gene and Roger, I also enjoyed it a lot. The action scenes were cool, the special effects were really impressive, and Bruce Willis was still charming and good heart as John McClane. Although, the foul-language was too much. Anyway, it was a very terrific entertainment film. It does lacks the fresh thrills of its predecessor, but it still works as an over-the-top and reasonably taut, big-budget sequel, with plenty of set pieces to paper over the plot deficiencies. A marginal thumbs up for me on "Die Hard 2: Die Harder".
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) 3.5/4 đđđ
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P.S., I really liked "RoboCop 2".
Directed by Irvin Kershner (Empire Strikes Back).
Die Hard 2 is one of the best sequels ever made ...Not as good as the first but I think it's the best sequel in the series . And it was one of my favorite films from 1990 along with my all time favorite Schwarzenegger film Total Recall.
I actually really like Die Hard 2. The airport in the blizzard was a great setting. The villain was also incredibly ruthless and sadistic. Really underrated action movie
High Voltage Media platoon of the year 1986 , the warriors, beverly hills cop, 48 hours, trading places, under siegue and above the law are also underrated đ
Die Hard 2 was great, donât get me wrong. But the first one is a stone cold masterpiece
PowerGlove79 you are right đđđ
Exactly đŻ
I give your comment a thumbs up
Wrong! Incredibly this sequel eclipsed the original where the death of Hans was stupidly handled
Facts!!!!!
I watch this film during Christmas every year along with the first film.
Bruce Willis is a legend
Steven Baxter no tanto como el gran clint eaatwood pero de que willis es leyenda lo es jaja
Fuck yes!!!!!
Amazing how Gene Siskel would combined James Bond and Die Hard together.
Die Hard 2 is the most underrated sequel in cinema. Predator 2 is a close second.
Predator 2 is corporate shit!
@@jothishprabu8 Predator 2 from the 1990's.
@@DOHC2L itâs still bad
The last 20min of predator 2 is shit but the rest was good
@@jothishprabu8 I prefer predator 2 over the first one
SISKEL: "I sat there aghast with pleasure. Is that possible?"
EBERT IMMEDIATELY: "No."
Nobody had a mastery of the English language like Ebert.
This came from an era when action movies were really on a hot streak. I think the Indiana Jones pictures kicked the genre into high gear and got a lot of directors trying to one-up them for energy, tension and set pieces. Look at from this early '90s time period the incredible Terminator 2, Total Recall, Speed, Point Break and The Fugitive. I think there are even more worthy of honorable mentions. Die Hard 2 is still one of the best action pictures around.
Jedijones todas las que nombraste son tremendos peliculones aunque ahora hay un par de grupos que no le gusto die hard 2 aunque a mi me sigue parecuendo una clasica secuela junto con terminator 2 y alien 2 aunque obvio terminator 2 y alien 2 son de accion y ciencia ficcion y die hard 2 es solo accion
Ironically, the Bond films (the grandfather of action movies) were on a cold streak throughout the 80's. "License to Kill" tried to emulate the Joel Silver productions (Die Hard and Lethal Weapon), but wasn't a very memorable title.
â@@alexpilgrim8248 Licence To Kill was decent but yeah, The Bonds of the 80's were not exciting. The 60's will forever be the best Bond decade.
This really was a good picture. I'm glad they agreed, for a change.
Why is it that I like listening to these two critics?
Well, they work great together and are very entertaining. More so for me it is this passion they have for films (that i share) and how serious they took them, how excited or angry they got. I admire that. Actually when i was young i could not imagine grown ups act like that over a movie.
@@silent-trouble I love movies too
Calmy & Articulately discussing movies.
A lost art in 2020...
Great sequel, along their Thumbs was up for Tom Cruise's racing film Days Of Thunder as well.
Die hard 1 is a better movie but die hard 2 is more fun, snowy airport hell is christmasy more than an LA cocktail party
The action set pieces in 2 are fun but the tension is gone.
@@ricardocantoral7672 I think Die Hard 2 had incredible, non-stop, wall-to-wall tension.
@@jedijones Those action scenes are well done but they don't have the tension of the first film in my book. The first film makes me think of isolation, your back against the wall, and no hope of the calvary arriving. I just don't feel the same about Die Harder.
@@ricardocantoral7672 totally disagree, even with plot holes galore, i feel the tension of the bullshit world, especially after the forced plane crash and mcclain crying over it, they sell the suspension of belief but to each their own
Die Hard 2 was the only sequel that was a real Die Hard movie. All the others were generic action films that forced John McClane into unrelated plots that didn't follow the original's formula.
Lol, according to Roger Ebert, Die Hard < Die Hard 2. đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
I donât know what heâs on here
Not as good as the first die hard but still a good action movie!
A lot of people think it's blasphemy, but I've found a lot of the sequels to classis action movies better than the original. Leathal Weapon 2, Die Hard 2, Another 48 Hrs.
...Wayne's World 2
Batman Returns. I might be alone on this though.
@@DOSRetroGamer I actually agree with you
refinedsugar Lethal Weapon 2 isnât better than the first one. Die Hard 2 was forgettable, DH1 is a classic. Another 48 Hours was awful.
What about Beverly Hills Cop 2? The first one was a really funny action comedy movie but the second has more action and its more fun with more action set pieces, chases and a great villain
" how can the same thing happened to the same guy twice ? " great line from a worthy sequel , should have stop making DIE HARD after 2.
Vengeance was a banger tho.
Roger thought this was better than the one, no way! I have to completely disagree. The original has a better plot and is way more memorable.
bill cosbys description as ghost dad has hilariously aged poorly. i friggin love die hard 2 though. super underrated
"Way superior to the original Die Hard." Woof. Bad take, Roger.
pvthitch Ikr, I canât believe he thought it was better than the first one. But then again, he only gave the first movie 2/4 stars and Die Hard 2 3.5/4 stars. He was also wrong about Home Alone 3, saying it was better than the first two movies. And he thought Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was the best Mad Max film. He was dead wrong sometimes.
Ouch. Though I am one of the ones who really like Die Hard 2. I just wish it didn't have the cringe worthy dialogue about Glocks. I didn't like the scene in the tower when he fires off the gun with blank rounds either.
Die Hard 2 is one of my favorite action movies. I can watch it over and over again. I didn't like Die Hard much and never watched it a second time.
@hexed33 I agree with him there. MI:2 is a fun, stylish, energetic action movie. MI:1 has a needlessly complicated plot.
I agree. The first was brilliant but this was better
Whereâs the review for Die Hard With a Vengeance?
uploaded video of siskel and ebert of die hard with a vengance
What about "Ghost Dad"?
Itâs nowhere near as good as the original but itâs a good sequel. I wonât agree with Ebert itâs better than the first movie but itâs a definitely above average sequel that manages to be good in its own right.
We of the Die Hard republic only recognize the McTiernan films.
*cue 21 tower exploding salute*
No. Only the first four.
Oh c'mon! 2 and 4 are good too.
@@jothishprabu8 DH2 is fun. I can live without 4.
First 3 great, last two corny
It wasnt an amazing movie but a fun good sequel
Simo RIP franco culumbus
I don't know, I prefer the first Die Hard over Die Harder
The weakest of the original trilogy but I'd still take it over Live Free and A Good Day.
Personally I kind of prefer Live Free over this, which I know sounds shocking, but I only saw it once and remember at least liking over two at one point, but I do agree that it's way better than A Good Day.
Live Free is good IMO. A Good Day was trash.
@@DarkHeroesForever This and Live Free are my favorites. They simply had more tension than the others.
1) Diehard/ Diehard 3
2) Diehard 2
3) Diehard 4.0
4) Diehard 5
Ricardo Cantoral die hard 4 para ser una mezcla de pelicula infantil y hacker es mejor que toda la saga de james bond y rapido y furioso de la 4 para arriba
Other good movies from 1990...
Goodfellas
Total Recall
Ghost
The Hunt for Red October
Misery
Home Alone
Miller's Crossing
Edward Scissorhands
Awakenings
The Hunt For Red October was leagues above the Ford/Noyce follow up films.
Best die hard movie. There, I said it
Ebert thought this was better than the first film? No way, the first one is a classic, this movie was forgettable.
Diehard 2 and all its sequels are the most contrived pieces of garbage ever put to film. Watching these biased reviews make me wonder why I ever gave an ounce of credit to S&E. Rest in piece
Loved the first Die Hard HATED the 2nd one. Renny Harlin got exposed as a hack with Ford Fairlane & Cutthroat Island (which Ebert shockingly liked)
dudemanjack98 I agree, I actually prefer the 1st, 3rd and 4th! More than the 2nd.
I don't like Die Hard 2, either. I like Die Hard 1 and Die Hard With A Vengeance.
Sorry but Renny Harlin isn't a hack and Die Hard 2 doesn't suck.
Like Peter Hyams, Harlin is a talented director who somehow always happens direct shit.
You never know if the producer took control of some of the filmmaking here but the bottom line is the film is very well put-together.