The climax features Major Grant (John Amos) fighting McClane on the wing of a moving Boeing 747. McClane knocks Grant off the wing and directly into the plane's jet engine. The workprint features a highly graphic, multi-angle shot of Grant being shredded into a bloody mist, a sequence heavily trimmed for the R-rating. 3. Alternate Ending Elements and Subplots

When John McClane jams an icicle into a mercenary's eye, the workprint holds on the gruesome shot much longer, showing the brutal aftermath in graphic detail.

While 20th Century Studios (now owned by Disney) has never officially released the workprint on Blu-ray or 4K Ultra HD, it remains a heavily traded piece of cinema history online, celebrated by fans who prefer their John McClane adventures as raw, bloody, and unrated as possible.

A temporary musical score (often borrowed from other movies). Uncalibrated color timing.

The tension on the airplane between McClane’s wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), and the sleazy reporter, Richard Thornburg (William Atherton), features extended dialogue. Thornburg is depicted as even more narcissistic, openly plotting how he will spin the upcoming flight disruption into a primetime news exclusive.

The Die Hard 2 workprint runs significantly longer than the standard 124-minute theatrical version. It features a treasure trove of deleted, extended, and alternate scenes that change the pacing and tone of the movie. 1. Unrated and Extreme Violence

For hardcore cinephiles and action movie historians, the holy grail of this sequel is the elusive . This legendary bootleg cut contains roughly two hours and twenty minutes of footage—nearly twenty minutes longer than the final theatrical release. It offers a fascinating look at a bloodier, more character-driven version of John McClane’s second bad day.

This is the most famous element of the Die Hard 2 workprint. Theatrically, the film is scored by Michael Kamen (who also scored the first film). However, the workprint uses a temp track cobbled from other movies.

Several lines of dialogue are completely different, featuring alternate takes or rougher, un-dubbed audio before Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) cleaned up the actors' lines. The Holy Grail for Film Preservationists

The most significant value of the workprint lies in its character development. Renny Harlin and the studio eventually trimmed the film to maintain a breakneck pace, but in doing so, they excised moments that humanized the supporting cast and raised the stakes.

The workprint contains several moments of visceral gore that were toned down or entirely excised for the R-rated theatrical release: