Other mistake: McClane pulls out a 9mm Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine gun, aims it at the police chief and pulls the trigger. It's loaded with blanks but nobody except him knows that. The problem is that the police chief is surrounded by armed colleagues, and not one of them draws his gun in defence of his boss. In reality McClane would be riddled with bullets before he could pull that trigger. Not to mention an MP5 needs a blank firing adapter to use blanks (it fits on the muzzle via three lugs), none is fitted on the gun in the scene. As a blank firing prop gun it would use a hidden internal restrictor, but that wouldn't be feasible if it was meant to be able to switch between blanks and regular ammunition, as it's supposed to in the movie.
TedStixon
13th Mar 2019
Die Hard 2 (1990)
27th Aug 2001
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Revealing mistake: In the skywalk scene, when McClane pushes the paint stand on the terrorist, it is quite obvious that they use a dummy when the paint stand falls on the terrorist and crushes him. (00:45:05)
Suggested correction: What were they meant to do, stick a real person in that scene?
This is not a valid correction at all. Per the site's rules, explaining why a mistake happened does not negate the fact it's still a mistake. They could have easily just framed the shot so it wouldn't be so obvious, and this mistake would have been avoided.
I agree 100% it's not a valid correction. Is there someplace that the site rules are listed? I know several of them, like having to pause the movie doesn't count.
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Suggested correction: If you rewatch it (like I am right now!), nearly every person in that particular scene draws their weapons! Yes, maybe they would have in real life shot McClane dead, but they were well-trained enough not to end the life of an innocent civilian on a whim.
This is a nonsensical correction. No cop is going to look at someone firing a machine gun at another cop and somehow not open fire. There's no being "well-trained enough." Cops would absolutely return fire, and John would be dead.
TedStixon