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...richness of Derek McLane's set design does much to make up for the heavy-handed direction and the flimsy acting. The play is set in a house which pretends to be a ship--a ship waiting to run itself aground because no one is willing or able to navigate it. The lush blue lighting falls on a mast with a furled sail, a writing desk bearing a huge ship's wheel and a coil of rope...
...Christmastime, and McLane is meeting his wife at Dulles Airport in Washington. Before the plane lands, however, terrorists take control of the airport and threaten to kill a lot of people if the authorities don't help a shady Latin American general--who, of course, bears no resemblence to former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega--escape extradition and trial...
...movie maintains a sense of continuity with the past, borrowing lines from Diehard repeated in Diehard 2 at appropriate and clever moments, and the movie is not afraid to acknowledge its slightly recycled existence. McLane, in a metaphysical moment, exclaims, "I can't believe this is happening to me twice...
...then there is the constancy of the big finish. Naturally, McLane unravels the plot kills the bad guys and saves thousands of innocent holiday travelers. Hate to ruin the ending, but really, what else can you expect from a movie like this...
Bonnie Bedelia, who plays McLane's wife, Holly, does a fine job as one of the many unsuspecting hostages, and adds an element of comic relief. Her ability is wasted by simply using her as a trophy for Willis to claim after he slays his machine-gun toting dragons...