Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2 (1990)

87 mistakes

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Continuity mistake: When McClane grabs Marvin the janitor and pushes him against the lockers, McClane's thumb changes position on the gun, some shots it's on the hammer, other shots it's around the handle.

Bishop73

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Revealing mistake: McClane jumps out of the helicopter at the end and lands on the wing of the larger airplane. The stunt man who does this then proceeds to move up to a long wire on the side of the wing. Any normal airplane would not have a long wire on the wing.

manthabeat

Audio problem: John is on the wing of the plane, questioning why he is there. His mouth isn't moving with what he is saying.

manthabeat

Continuity mistake: When the general is coming in for a landing, one of the bad guys is standing next to the radar display in the middle of the church. He appears to be doing something with the radar. The angle cuts, and he's now sitting down.

manthabeat

Continuity mistake: When Barnes and the SWAT team reach the Annex Skywalk, they get on the moving sidewalk. Before the terrorist stops the moving sidewalk by pressing the button, the sidewalk is already stopped, even though the light was still green at the time.

posty

John McClane: Hey Carmine, let me ask you a question. When you go through the airport metal detector, what sets it off first? The lead in your ass or the shit in your brains?

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Trivia: The film is based on a book called "58 Minutes" by Walter Wager. In the book, it is the hero's young daughter, not his wife, that is on one of the planes.

Mark Bernhard

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Question: When McClane ejected from the cockpit of the military plane, why didn't Colonel Stewart and his men shoot him while he was in the air? These men deliberately crashed a commercial plane killing innocent civilians and by doing this, it's obvious that they are ruthless, so why wouldn't they try to kill their main enemy when he is at his most vulnerable? (With the weapons the soldiers had, McClane was still in range to be hit.) Can someone explain this for me?

Answer: Because the police were moments away from arriving at the scene. They needed as much time to get away without being tracked. Every moment counts. And a target rocking about a few hundred feet in the air doesn't seem to be such an "easy target".

XIII

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