The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie?

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The tagline “Die Harder” comes from the 1990 movie Die Hard 2. The film is also commonly identified by its full promotional title, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, making the clue a play on the name of the 1988 original.

Bruce Willis returns as New York police officer John McClane, who becomes trapped in a crisis at Washington Dulles International Airport on Christmas Eve. A group of terrorists takes control of the airport’s communications and threatens aircraft waiting to land, forcing McClane to act while authorities struggle to respond.

Renny Harlin directed the sequel, which also stars Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, Art Evans, and Franco Nero. Its story was loosely adapted from Walter Wager’s 1987 novel 58 Minutes, although the film changes significant details and places the action in a winter holiday setting.

The tagline is sometimes mistaken for the official title, but Die Harder is principally a promotional subtitle or slogan. The standard film title is Die Hard 2, while Die Hard with a Vengeance is the separate third movie, released in 1995.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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