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Sudden Death (1995)

Sudden Death (1995)
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Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin was the producer of Sudden Death, and the action is set in his hockey arena, in which the Penguins are playing the Chicago Blackhawks. Pittsburgh fire inspector Darren McCord (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is attending the game with his two children. He's quit fighting fires because of a tragedy a few years earlier involving a child he couldn't save. Also at the game is the vice-president of the United States (Raymond Barry), who is the target of a terrorist plot. The terrorist leader, an insane ex-CIA agent named Joshua Foss (Powers Boothe), has masterminded a scheme to hold the vice-president hostage in his luxury suite while demanding that payments be transferred to his account electronically at the end of each period of the game. If he doesn't get his money, he will kill one member of the vice-president's party at the end of each period, and at game's end he will order ten bombs hidden in the arena to be detonated with all 17,000 fans present. McCord discovers the plot while his daughter Emily (Whittni Wright) is kidnapped by the terrorists too. McCord must dispatch the villains and find the bombs, while saving all the hostages. Luckily, he is adept at martial arts. He fights one henchman dressed in a Penguins mascot outfit in the arena's kitchen, and another terrorist on the arena's retracting dome. At one point, McCord switches identities with a player, is sent into the game, and scores a goal. Director Peter Hyams also directed Van Damme in the blockbuster Timecop. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

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Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, (more)
Director(s):
Peter Hyams
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Format(s):
DVD
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Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin was the producer of Sudden Death, and the action is set in his hockey arena, in which the Penguins are playing the Chicago Blackhawks. Pittsburgh fire inspector Darren McCord (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is attending the game with his two children. He's quit fighting fires because of a tragedy a few years earlier involving a child he couldn't save. Also at the game is the vice-president of the United States (Raymond Barry), who is the target of a terrorist plot. The terrorist leader, an insane ex-CIA agent named Joshua Foss (Powers Boothe), has masterminded a scheme to hold the vice-president hostage in his luxury suite while demanding that payments be transferred to his account electronically at the end of each period of the game. If he doesn't get his money, he will kill one member of the vice-president's party at the end of each period, and at game's end he will order ten bombs hidden in the arena to be detonated with all 17,000 fans present. McCord discovers the plot while his daughter Emily (Whittni Wright) is kidnapped by the terrorists too. McCord must dispatch the villains and find the bombs, while saving all the hostages. Luckily, he is adept at martial arts. He fights one henchman dressed in a Penguins mascot outfit in the arena's kitchen, and another terrorist on the arena's retracting dome. At one point, McCord switches identities with a player, is sent into the game, and scores a goal. Director Peter Hyams also directed Van Damme in the blockbuster Timecop. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
111 mins

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Director(s):
Peter Hyams
Writer(s):
Gene Quintano
Producer(s):
Moshe Diamant, Deborah Lee
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R(Violence, Not For Children)
Categories:
Action / Adventure
Warning:  This product is intended for mature audiences only. It may contain violence, sexual content, drug abuse and/or strong language. You must be 17 or older to purchase it. By ordering this item you are certifying that you are at least 17 years of age.

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    Dallen A.

    One of Van Damme best movies. Of course Im a big hockey fan...I like the whole idea of terrorist taking over during a major sporting event, and the crowd not having a clue whats going on behind the scenes. Worth it if you are a fan of Van Damme.

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    Luis A.

    This is like Die Hard but in a sports arena, Van Damme is John McClane, good action, good scenes and plot...

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    Leslie H.

    Van Damme isn't even a poor man's schwarzenegger, he's a broke man's Lundgren. I have overlooked his presence in movies I enjoyed (Bloodsport, Universal soldier, Cyborg, Hard target,Time Cop), but this was awful!!! this was trying to be die hard in a hockey stadium, say if John McClane got a day off or an uniterrupted holiday and wasn't suffering a bad hang over and decided to take some down time and go see the puck shuffled he'd have this kinda experience. The part where he fights a penguin mascott is terriable! then it's a woman he's been beatin! oh and when he's the goalie!! I just had to write a review when this popped up as a similiar movie to 300-NO WAY!! 300 was memorable for greatness this was memorable for awefullness its on my list of worst movies ever (lost souls, fear dot com, 13th warrior, Black Dahlia) hey van damme if Chuck Norris and Brian Bosworth pass on aproject so should you. This is the second pairing of van damme w/ director Hyams after Timecop.

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