Overview
- RTLZWEI is showing Die Hard 2 in Germany at 20:15 on December 25, following Die Hard’s primetime broadcast on December 24.
- The 1988 original is included in the Disney+ subscription catalog, with additional rental or purchase options on platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies and the Sky Store.
- Recent features emphasize the first film’s Christmas Eve setting and its status as a genre-shaping action landmark starring Bruce Willis as John McClane.
- Renny Harlin directed Die Hard 2 after John McTiernan was unavailable while working on The Hunt for Red October.
- Die Hard 2’s production stitched one scene from eight locations—Granada Hills, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, the Mojave Desert, Alpena, Sault Ste. Marie and Denver—on a roughly $70 million budget that yielded about $240 million worldwide.