Sudden Death (1995)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 33
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 16
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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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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
Dec 22, 1995 Wide
Nov 1, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
Darren McCord -
Powers Boothe
Joshua Foss -
Raymond J. Barry
Vice President -
Whittni Wright
Emily McCord -
Ross Malinger
Tyler McCord -
Dorian Harewood
Hallmark -
Steve Aronson
Dooley -
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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 C. Brown
Wootton -
Rick LeFevour
Ante Room SS Man -
Brian Smrz
Thug -
John Sterling
Kitchen Secret Service ... -
Jeff Habberstad
Lewis -
Harold Surratt
Hallmark's Secret Servi... -
Fred M. Waugh
Bluto -
Michael Gaston
Hickey -
Gilbert B. Combs
Hallmark's Secret Servi... -
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 Servi...
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All Critics (34) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (16) | DVD (3)
Reuniting Hyams and Van Damme, director and star of Timecop, this spectacular nail-biter exploits their combined, if limited, abilities to the full.
Top CriticOffers above-average pyrotechnics, a body count that steadily mounts, and plenty of hand-to-hand combat.
Sudden Death is one of the best action thrillers of 1995. It's also the film Jean-Claude Van Damme has been building up to for 10 years.
Despite the elaborate stunts, go-go-go direction from Peter Hyams, plus butt-kicking and surprise goalie action from Van Damme, Death deserves the hockey-puck booby prize for...getting its jollies by putting kids in jeopardy.
A treat for Jean-Claude Van Damme fans, a superior action thriller loaded with jaw-dropping stunts and special effects, and strong in production values.
Sudden Death isn't about common sense. It's about the manipulation of action and special-effects sequences to create a thriller effect, and at that it's pretty good.
Good clean fun, with just the right ratio of explosions to dialogue.
Van Damme is at his butt-kicking best, with Sudden Death offering all the thrills, spills and stuff blowing up that action fans relish.
The best of the many Die Hard rip-offs made during the 1990s. Sudden Death is a thrilling rollercoaster ride of hard-edged action.
Wooden-as-ever Van Damme is no Bruce Willis, unfunny main bad guy Powers Boothe is no Alan Rickman, and uninspired director Peter Hyams is no John McTiernan.
Gets a lot of mileage out of the well-worn trapped-in-a-blank-full-of-hostages action genre.
Fun Die Hard knockoff that uses the stadium for all its worth. The mascot fight is a highlight.
A mildly satisfying high-energy romp complete with outstanding professional hockey footage and intense physical confrontations.
I'm surprised not only that there wasn't a lawsuit over the film, but also by how watchable the film is (though it truly is bad, it's fun at least).
Works as entertaining mix of good action and unintended comedy, but the viewers won't enjoy it today as much as they did in 1995.
Although this is an uninspired re-working of the Die Hard formula, it is probably O.K. as mindless holiday entertainment.
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