Written by Mr. Mouseburger 28th Nov 2005
Kindly submitted by A Concerned Citizen
After seeing McClane kick his buddy and mentor Major Grant into the maelstrom of a jet engine, combined the fact that McClane has buggered up his plans umpteen times, Colonel Stuart is extremely p***ed!
Colonel Stuart runs along the wing of a moving plane (as you do) towards McClane, brandishing a knife, before pinning McClane to the ground and attempting to stab him. McClane holds back Stuart’s knife, which is uncomfortably close to his face. After McClane screams in defiance, he bites Stuart's hand like a little girl. Stuart screams in pain, and falls off McClane, releasing his grip on the knife.
McClane gets up, only to face Colonel Stuart standing in some in some killer 'Bruce Lee-esque' stance. After beating the total and utter crap out of McClane with a series of fast and powerful kicks; all of which are performed on the wing of a plane, Colonel Stuart kicks McClane and trips him, sending him slipping to the edge of the wing.
From this position, McClane notices the emergency latch for dumping the fuel out of the plane. After yelling "Bon Voyage" to McClane, Stuart kicks him off the wing and sends our hero rolling down the snow-covered runway, to the sound of Stuart shouting, "Happy landings, asshole".
However, McClane's last act on the wing was to open the fuel hatch, and the petrol is now gushing out of the wing. Although the fuel is gushing out of the plane at a rate and magnitude that could rival Niagara Falls, Colonel Stuart fails to notice it and after removing McClane's coat from the wing flaps, he goes inside to join the other celebrating terrorists.
John McClane is lying on the runway, with a tired yet triumphant look. Pulling out a lighter, McClane says his trademark line:"Yippekayay, motherf***er!" and chucks the lighter onto the ground.
This ignites the line of fuel spilled from the wing, and the flames chase the terrorist's getaway plane. The terrorists are too busy celebrating to care or notice, and when the flames catch up to the engine, they are all incinerated by the great fireball that engulfs the plane, culminating in the plane exploding spectacularly!
I cant this lame death was mentioned but not the icicle (sorry about the spelling, how is that spelt any ways) through the eye HELLO ICICLE THROUGH SOMEONES EYE
I really disliked this death, because of the fact that they killed off 2 guys at once. I would have both Stuart and McClane off the plane. With Stuart landing after McClae so he's a few feet away from McClane. Unfortunately for Stuart McClane lights the fuel path he's standing on. So he cooks whilst the rest of them blow up. Not bad, eh???
Really nitpicky, the film's actual title is just plain 'Die Hard 2'. 'Die Harder' is a tagline that's just kind of caught on.
I just saw this movie last movie. I can't quite say I liked this death. I think he should died a worse way just like the other guy who chopped up by the jet engine.
Actually, the tagline's been on boxes and everything since at least VHS, so it's...an actual tagline.
The fact is that it's not really part of the title. It's simply announced as 'Die Hard 2'. It's a tagline, but it's not a subtitle.
I saw this film a few weeks back- finally.
This death is definitely unsatsifying. Stuart was a madman, you could even see it in his eyes, and he simply blows up. I hated how Major Grant got the better death of grinding when he all in all had less screen time and was far less malevolent.
I probably would've liked it better if Stuart realized there was a fuel leakage so he hurriedly slides down there to try fixing it and right as his hand touches it, McClane's line of fire speeds up, ignites him and then everything explodes. That would've at least been interesting.
Not to nitpick, but they weren't too busy celebrating- they noticed that they're low on gas.
Well, the other terrorists certainly didn't know - and neither did Esperanza or Stuart notice. I mean, if they knew, they would not be taking off and blowing smoke rings (as one terrorist is doing).
This was kind of an anticlimactic ending. I think it would have been better if they got further out, ran out of gas and plunged into the Atlantic.
This guy can block bruce's attacks.
I agree, it was anticlimatic. I always hate deaths that end with two significant characters (in this case Stuart and Esperanza) getting killed. I think that, McClane dislodged the fuel latch then Stuart tackled him off the plane. McClane would use Stuart as a human cushion to evade being killed at breakneck speeds (that tends to happen when you fall off a really fast plane) then he lights it up as Esperanza nearly escapes.