Die Hard 2 (1990)

Now working for the LAPD, cop Bruce Willis awaits the arrival of his wife into Dulles International Airport when the airport and its incoming traffic is hijacked by ex-military terrorists looking to free a corrupt foreign leader being extradited to the United States. As with the most typical of sequels, this generally follows the same notes as the original but tries to do everything much bigger and over the top, which the stunts very much are which is probably the best part of the film. Unfortunately the bad guys cannot hold a candle to Hans Gruber and the plot is too convoluted to even care much about. I do applaud the return of Reginald VelJohnson as the sidekick of sorts to Willis and the addition of John Amos as the commander of a special forces unit sent to take the hunt for the terrorists out of Willis’s more capable hands.