A major international airport becomes an arena for terror on a snowy Christmas Eve, as Detective John McClane is drawn into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with an elite special forces unit which has seized a bustling airport in Washington, D.C. Led by a maniacal former U.S. military officer, the group plans to intercept the extradition of a Central American military leader as he is brought into the United States for prosecution on drug charges.

Unless their demands are met, the terrorists will cause passenger airliners to come crashing down around the airport. To prove their intentions, they demonstrate their ruthlessness and control of the airport's communication system by misdirecting a packed airliner, crashing the aircraft and killing all those aboard. Their plan is swift, brutal and brilliant...but they didn't count on the presence of John McClane.

CAST AND CREW

Bruce Willis Bonnie Bedelia William Sadler William Atherton Mark Boone Junior Renny Harlin

GENRE

Action

CERTIFICATE

Suitable only for 15 years and over.

RUN TIME

2 hours 4 minutes

RELEASED

1990