Main Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry, Whittni Wright, Ross Malinger
Release Year: 1995
Country: US
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Dorian Harewood - Hallmark; Steve Aronson - Dooley; Michael R. Aubele - Ace; Karen Baldwin - TV Director; Pat Brisson - Player; William Cameron - Secret Service; Bernard Canepari - Jefferson; Bill Dalzell III - Spota; John Hateley - Briggs; Jeff Howell - Usborn; Tommy LaFitte - Sugarman Guard; Ray Laine - Foss Man #1; Audra Lindley - Mrs. Ferrara; Kate McNeil - Kathi; Larry John Meyers - Box Secret Service #2; Faith Minton - Carla; Paul Mochnik - Andrew Ferrara; Jean Pierre Nutini - Employee; Manny Perry - Brody; Diane Robin - Mrs Baldwin; Rohn Thomas - Mayor Taylor; Dixie Neyland Tymitz - Mrs Wirtz; Dean E. Wells - Kloner; Jophery Brown - Wootton; Rick LeFevour - Ante Room SS Man; Brian Smrz - Thug; John Sterling - Kitchen Secret Service Agent; Jeff Habberstad - Lewis; Harold Surratt - Hallmark's Secret Service; Fred M. Waugh - Bluto; Michael Gaston - Hickey; Gilbert B. Combs - Hallmark's Secret Service; Brian Delate - Blair; Luc Robitaille - Himself; Bill Clement - Pre-Game Announcer; Ed Evanko - Baldwin; Jennifer D. Bowser - Joan; Jay Caufield - Tolliver; Alan Clement - Mr Wirtz; Jack Erdie - Scratch; David Flick - Spectator; Glenn Alan Gardner - Sugarman Driver; Mark Hager - Elevator SS Man; Rosine "Ace" Hatem - Concessionaire; Jeff Hochendoner - Duckerman; Brian Hutchison - Young Agent; Jeff Jimerson - Anthem Singer; Mark Kachowski - Beaumont; Callum Keith-King - Kitchen Assistant; Mike Lange - Play by Play Announcer; Butch Luick - Fat Man; Fred Mancuso - Pratt; Anthony Marino - Vendor; Ken Milchick - Coach; Brad Moniz - Toowey; Daniel R. Pagath - Assistant Coach; Allan Pinsker - Order Man; Douglas Rees - Spotter; Thomas Saccio - Foss Helicopter Pilot; Vinnie Sciullo - Foss Man; Jack Skelly - Elderly Guard; Phil Spano - Player; Paul Steigerwald - Color Commentator; Milton E. Thompson Jr. - Kurtz; Rema D. Webb - Cindy; Glenda Morgan Brown - Mrs Taylor; John Hall - Hallmark's Secret Service
Credit
William Barclay - Art Director, Karen Baldwin - Associate Producer, Howard Baldwin - Associate Producer, Deborah Brown - Casting, Penny Perry Davis - Casting, Jason Clark - Co-producer, Jack Frost Sanders - Co-producer, Richard Cohen - Co-producer, Dan Lester - Costume Designer, Jack Frost Sanders - First Assistant Director, Peter Hyams - Director, Steven Kemper - Editor, Jeff Gullo - Editor, Anders P. Jensen - Executive Producer, Ash R. Shah - Executive Producer, Sundip R. Shah - Executive Producer, Sunil R. Shah - Executive Producer, Deborah Lee - Line Producer, John Debney - Composer (Music Score), Katalin Elek - Makeup, Philip Harrison - Production Designer, Peter Hyams - Cinematographer, Moshe Diamant - Producer, Caryl Heller - Set Designer, Garry J. Elmendorf - Special Effects, John Des Jardin - Special Effects, VIFX - Special Effects, Gregory L. McMurray - Special Effects, Les Lazarowitz - Sound/Sound Designer, Gary Bourgeois - Sound/Sound Designer, Brad Sherman - Sound/Sound Designer, Gene Quintano - Screenwriter, Tom Perry - Re-Recording Mixer
