Die Hard 2 (1990) – Filmsack Show Notes

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This week on Filmsack we try hard to not DIE HARD… 2…  as in the number…  not as in the “as well”… now blowing up for the Holidays like a Hallmark movie about a successful big city business lady named Holly just trying to get home to her parents house for the holidays, so she can finally focus on her neglected love life… oh… and it’s 1990 pre-911 and she is married and the plane she is on is running out of fuel and there are terrorists her husband has to kill at the airport first before her plane can land and there is an asshole with history on the plane she has to taze from 50 yards away… so… yeah…  basically HallMark movie… now streaming on HULU/DISNEY+ 

Anywho,  John McClane he’s our man if he can’t do it, nobody can? Apparently not. Yippie Ki Yay, I got this ya bunch of untrained, unmotivated losers. 

Randy, take that twinkie our your mouth and grab a pencil. Also, that is a lot of Twinkies TGIF 

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BRIEF

Die Hard 2 (1990) finds John McClane in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve, waiting for his wife’s plane to land. But terrorists, led by Colonel Stuart, hijack the airport’s communication towers and threaten disaster for the circling planes. McClane must once again go rogue, outsmarting both criminals and inept officials, to save the day. Directed by Renny Harlin, this sequel delivers bigger stakes, higher body counts, and the same McClane wit.

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Die Hard 2 (1990) – Just once, I’d like a regular, normal Christmas movie. Eggnog, a f’ing Christmas tree, a little turkey. But, no. I gotta crawl around in this mother F’in movie. #WakeUpAndSmellThe90s

SHOW NOTES

• Dying again?
• Come on man. This is my Mother-in-law’s car. Don’t tow me bruh.
• I was a cop in NY City… I only to LA… now we are in DC… Merry Christmas Murray.
• I’m just here to pick up my wife at the airport… DIE HARD ON A PLANE
• NAKED YOGA! I like to work out nekk’d.. feels good. 
• Aim remote.. .SHOOT! This is why I don’t stay in hotels.
• Synchronized Hotel Check Out. 
• Weiner exercises.
• Beepers.. Beep beep beepers… did you beep me?
• This is the 90s. Micro Chips. Microwaves. Airplane Phones. Frozen pizza was the last good thing.
• How are the kids? Leave the kids with your parents… rent a car… enjoy life.
• That old lady tried her Tazer on her dog. She also was reading about Lethal Weapon.
• Dictator needs exterdiation to the US.. the war on drugs is working.
• DWP is here to fix the electricity in your small church. A piece of me is dying with this church. DED!
• Mercenaries for hire? The colonel said so.
• Smoking at the airport! Can you do that?
• I was a NY Cop… I’m the best at observing stuff.
• I think I just saw Elvis.
• This Colonel is recognizable. 
• You can have 2 words.. F and U. PINKO!
• We got the airport police. Pre 911 was weird looking back.
• Let’s see some ID… pew pew pew.
• Look at all of these box cut hair styles.
• You know martial arts? I know fisticuffs, headbutts and hairspray to the eyes! ahhhhh Bike to the gut.
• Why do the luggage belts need to have a roller squasher.
• Where is your ID? on its way to Cleveland.
• Do you know who I am? Flying Junkyards… and Bimbos of the Sky… you think you are funny… fine.
• I am not allowed within 50 yards… is a plane over 50 yards long?
• Jeebus… this is a crime scene… 
• Cochran didn’t make it… aww man.. bummer.. more money for us.
• You fail me again and the chamber won’t be empty. Dismissed.
• You think that LA badge is going to get you a free lunch around here?
• Hell lets shut down the 
• Pulled a Glock 7.. porcelain gun that ain’t going to be detected.
• The lead in your ass or the shit in your brains. well… lead if it is a metal detector.. unless you got a lot of metal in your shit.
• How did he have a cigar in his pocket… they got leg irons on him… but they let him keep his cigar.
• Take that twinkie our your mouth and grab a pencil.
• Holly said I should wake up and smell the 90s.
• Just a feeling I have.
• and I’m fresh out of Chlorine.
• A storm is coming in…so that means more mayhem.
• This guy has been dead for 2 years.
• Just the fax gag.
• He is chain smoking.
• Reporters are bad m’kay.
• Emergency Emergency.
• They hijacked the airport! Ballsy.
• Not sure how safe it is to just chainsaw an underground power line.
• Stack ’em, Pack ’em and Rack ’em
• 2 hours they ain’t going to be circling.. they are going to be crashing.
• Who I am is unimportant… but what I want is..
• I want a 747 fully fueled.
• Who let the reporter in there?
• She talks like a reporter…
• Shh… it’s ok… I’ve done this before.
• Borrow, kill steal… he likes those 3 word things.
• I can’t believe this another basement… another elevator… how can the same shit happen to a guy twice… a bit of self awareness.
• I’m Marvin… the janitor
• Ventilation Duct… just once… a normal Christmas.
• Damnit. I hate it when I am right.
• These guys are getting shot up.
• Was that Colm Meaney?
• We got some T2 action up in here.
• People mover bring me the gun.
• Looks like a regular traffic jam.
• That is my gift. I notice things that no one else notices.
• Start looking for a new miracle.
• Annex Team give us a SITREP
• McClane McClane… if he can’t do it… nobody can… apparently… nobody can.. they ded.
• ok. So nobody drove down the road and alerted the Pentagon?
• The gov’t is going to send in a special unit…
• Scramble the military planes… 
• Listen Dick… that is your name… Dick… stronger mouthwash maybe.
• This is Dallas airport
• 1 crisis. 1 platoon
• The outer beacon is talking.
• Did things just get better or worse?
• I can’t leave because my wife is up there.
• Yo. Marvin.
• Does the airport just have 1 janitor… i zany janitor with all the maps.
• Ha… from the pulpit he directs.
• This copilot has a death wish.
• Who will fly the plane… Don’t worry about it. It is not your problem.
• We are just up to our ass in terrorist again John.
• Rounds check! Let’s go!
• John McClane Speedbump!
• Freedom. Not yet. 
• McClain McClain he’s our man… if he can’t do it… nobody can.
• 2 months of planning!
• How many grenades we got? 3 each… use them.
• EJECT EJECT EJECT
• We are right over Washington… let’s see if we can get some TV… well duh… don’t watch that.
• They are going to watch the Simpsons instead of the news.
• We are here to jerk off this cocksucker until he takes off… that was a lot to take.
• Little ole angry lady. What about that porker Willard Scott… rude.
• She picks this moment to beep him. Son of a beach.
• They are the good guys… cause they wear all white.
• Terrible Sentry… he is supposed to alert the others.
• Icicle to the eye socket!
• Lorenzo shut the f up.
• You were right. I’m just your kind of asshole.
• They went to blue rounds… is that blanks? All for show.
• Hey… where the fuck is McClain
• Snow Mobile Gun Joust.
• So much for the element of chance.
• Dick this is nuts.
• WZDC
• Don’t shoot me with Blanks ya lunatic.. wakeup call.
• Panic ensues!
• Haha… old lady taser for the win.
• Amen to that Dick
• Such a cool shot of the hangar bay doors opening up was awesome.
• Earned a kick ass vacation.
• I don’t like to fly. I don’t like to lose either.
• Assume crash positions.
• Don’t taze me yo. 
• Pretty cool stunt. Land a copter on the wing of a traveling 747
• There is a McClane on the wing. Don’t shoot… that wing is full of fuel.
• Does it ever occur to anyone to just stop the plane?
• I got enough friends!
• Stab me. I’ll bite you.
• Do you smell jet fuel? I smell jet fuel. light a match.
• Yippie Kayaaaaaaaa mother fucker
• I love that he is always surprised at his successes
• Holly here is your landing light.
• He used the fucking fire to see it.
• If he can do it… so can we!!
• Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
• I heard there were Terrorist at the airport. 
• I’ll be damned if I am going to clean up this mess.
• Awww what the hell. It is Christmas.
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• This is Buckwheat the clubhouse is open.
• Bruce Willis as John McClane: Still the everyman hero, now battling terrorists in an airport instead of a tower.
• Bigger Setting, Bigger Stakes: From a single building to an entire airport holding planes hostage.
• Colonel Stuart and the Villains: More military precision and fewer Gruber one-liners.
• Winter Wonderland: Snow-covered runways and the festive setting emphasize the holiday spirit (and McClane’s frustration).
• Familiar Faces and New Allies: Bonnie Bedelia as Holly, William Atherton as Thornburg, and new characters like the unhelpful airport police.
• High-Flying Action: Fight scenes on airplanes, baggage carousels, and snowy runways.
• Quips and Yippee-Ki-Yays: McClane’s sarcastic attitude and one-liners return with gusto.
• Renny Harlin’s Direction: Amping up the action, firefights, and explosions from the first film’s template.
• Technology and Communication: Pre-internet era struggles to coordinate rescue efforts and take down terrorists.
• Comparisons to the Original: Does it recapture the magic or just turn up the volume?
• Holiday Chaos: Like the first film, the Christmas setting adds irony and tension.
• Legacy and Influence: Die Hard 2 remains a classic example of 90s action sequels pushing bigger and louder.
• Fun Factoids: Real-life Dulles Airport filming troubles, the adaptation of the novel “58 Minutes,” and the evolution of John McClane’s character.

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