Die Hard 2 cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

1990 · 962 frames · Directed by Renny Harlin

Explore 962 frames from Die Hard 2 and study the film’s composition, color palette, lighting, shot scale and aspect ratio. Open any frame to use composition guides, color analysis and false color tools.

962 frames 2.36:1 Mostly wide shots
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Frame from Die Hard 2 — street, fire, night
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Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — walking, night, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — night, person, human face
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark purple
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — standing, room, face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Muted red
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — walking, person, building
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — sitting, room, table
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — sitting, door, night
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Frame from Die Hard 2 — standing, room, table
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Medium brightness · Dark pink
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — standing, room, dialogue
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — standing, room, dialogue
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — night, snow, land vehicle
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark orange
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — person, building, stairs
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — shirt, person, window
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark red
Medium shot frame from Die Hard 2 — kitchen, suit, tie
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Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — sitting, standing, room
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark red
Medium shot frame from Die Hard 2 — jacket, face, hair
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Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark red
Frame from Die Hard 2 — walking, phone, street
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Low brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — walking, train, person
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Die Hard 2 — hand, microphone, face
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue

Visual profile of Die Hard 2

This visual profile is calculated from 962 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Die Hard 2

Dark red 35.9% · 804 frames Dark orange 12.2% · 385 frames Dark gray 8.5% · 415 frames Dark blue 7.3% · 234 frames Muted red 6.4% · 464 frames Black 6% · 229 frames Gray 5.6% · 443 frames Dark pink 4.2% · 190 frames Dark purple 4.2% · 182 frames Muted orange 1.6% · 144 frames Muted blue 1.3% · 132 frames Red 1.2% · 133 frames Orange 1.1% · 79 frames Dark teal 0.9% · 38 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 68% of films in the collection
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Contrast: lower than 66% of films in the collection
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  • Saturated colors appear frequently in these frames.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 75% — 721 frames721Medium shot — 5% — 50 frames50Close-up — 0% — 4 frames4

Explore the visual relationships

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
97% color similarity Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
93% color similarity Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
93% color similarity Man on the Moon (1999)
90% color similarity Rocketman (2019)
89% color similarity Only God Forgives (2012)
89% color similarity Strictly Ballroom (1992)
85% color similarity Practical Magic (1998)
85% color similarity The New Guy (2002)
85% color similarity Fanny och Alexander (1982)
83% color similarity Horrible Bosses (2011)
81% color similarity Female Trouble (1974)
80% color similarity Black Rain (1989)
78% color similarity In the Name of the Father (1993)
77% color similarity No Strings Attached (2010)
74% color similarity

Visual tags in Die Hard 2

snowmobile snow christmas tree airplane corded phone scoreboard night rain uniform weapon box taxi fire window blind television helicopter fountain poster phone flower cigarette office land vehicle gun

Films with a similar visual profile

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
96% match · 230 frames
Man on the Moon (1999)
89% match · 547 frames
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
89% match · 821 frames
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
89% match · 489 frames
Rocketman (2019)
88% match · 560 frames
Only God Forgives (2012)
88% match · 188 frames
Horrible Bosses (2011)
87% match · 427 frames
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
87% match · 640 frames
Fanny och Alexander (1982)
87% match · 459 frames
Black Rain (1989)
86% match · 539 frames
Practical Magic (1998)
86% match · 688 frames
In the Name of the Father (1993)
85% match · 599 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 962 frames available for Die Hard 2 in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.