Die Hard 2 vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7/10 for Die Hard 2). Die Hard 2 is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 32m. Die Hard 2 is the older of the two (1990 against 2008). Both are action, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Die Hard 2 posterDie Hard 21990 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Die Hard 2The Dark Knight
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 8.5/10
Year19902008
Length2h 4m2h 32m
GenresAction, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorRenny HarlinChristopher Nolan
Main castWilliam Sadler, Bruce Willis, Tom Bower, William Atherton, Bonnie BedeliaNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Die Hard 2

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the…

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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