Die Hard 2 Page #4

Synopsis: A year after his heroics in L.A, detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is mixed up in another terrorist plot, this time at Washington Dulles International Airport, where he is waiting for his wife (Bonnie Bedelia). That same night, South American politico and drug profiteer Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero) is arriving in U.S. custody. McClane takes action when a treasonous ex-colonel (William Sadler) seizes control of the airport, threatening to crash every inbound flight unless Esperanza is freed.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
R
Year:
1990
124 min
1,868 Views


MCCLANE:

Just speeding on sugar, thanks to

your parents. I really appreciate

you coming a day late, honey. Nothing

I like better than a weekend with

the Munsters.

I:

HOLLY:

Mom give you any trouble about

borrowing her new car?

J:

MCCLANE:

(CAREFULLY)

No... not yet. Uh...how 'bout if

when you land, we don't drive over

the river and through the woods to

Grandma's house, but check into the

Airport motel?

HOLLY:

You're on, Lieutenant.

They both hang up. The OLDER WOMAN beside Holly smiles at her.

OLDER WOMAN:

Isn't technology wonderful?

HOLLY:

My husband doesn't think so.

OLDER WOMAN:

Well, I do. I used to carry around

those awful mace things -

She opens her purse and displays a Taser stun gun.

OLDER WOMAN(cont'd)

(SHOWING IT)

Now I zap any bastard who screws with

me. I tried it on my little dog,

poor thing, limped for a week.

As Holly tries to smile politely, we

CUT TO:

15 MCCLANE 15

Coming out of the phone booth and almost COLLIDING with -

7

(X)

16 NEW ANGLE 16

Colonel Stuart.

STUART:

Excuse me -

Pause as they dance away from each other. Then -

I MCCLANE:

--do I know you?

STUART:

R (TIGHTLY)

I... get that a lot. I've... been

on TV.

J:

MCCLANE:

You and me both, pal. The hell with

it.

Now it's Stuart's turn to look at McClane oddly; then he moves

off. McClane looks after him, trying to place him... shrugs...

heads for the bar.

CUT TO:

17 A LITTLE SEMI-RURAL CHURCH - NEAR THE AIRPORT 17

Charming until the SUB WOOFER ROAR of a big jet SCREAMS by,

practically in the little church's backyard.

Now we notice that the church is a little run down - trim needing

paint, sidewalk cracked - and a neat SIGN confirms our

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Steven E. de Souza

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