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Sudden Death
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Sudden Death is a 1995 American action film directed by Peter Hyams, who also served as the director of photography. The screenplay was written by Gene Quintano, with music composed by John Debney. The cast includes Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry, and Whittni Wright. Produced by Universal Pictures, Shattered Productions, Imperial Entertainment, and Signature Entertainment, the movie was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
The narrative is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specifically at the Civic Arena, and centers on terrorism and ice hockey. Its tagline is "Terror goes into overtime." The film has a runtime of 111 minutes and is rated R. It was released on October 27, 1995, with additional publication dates in December 1995 and April and May 1996. The production budget was $35,000,000, and the box office revenue totaled $64,350,171.
Critical reception includes a 50% review score with a 5.1/10 average, an IMDb rating of 5.9 from 39,371 votes, and a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The TMDb vote average is 6.03. The film is categorized under the genres of action, crime, and thriller.
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Film · TMDB
6.0When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Darren Francis Thomas McCord
- Powers Boothe as Joshua Foss
- Raymond J. Barry as Vice President Daniel Bender
- Whittni Wright as Emily McCord
- Ross Malinger as Tyler McCord
- Dorian Harewood as Matthew Hallmark
Themes
- explosive
- hostage
- ice hockey
- terrorism
- vice president
- pittsburgh, pennsylvania
- pittsburgh penguins
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
39,371 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- terrorism
- Director
- Peter Hyams
- Screenwriter
- Gene Quintano
- Cast member
- Faith Minton
- Composer
- John Debney
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Peter Hyams
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 942832
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- ice hockey
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- publication date
- 1996-04-04
- title
- Sudden Death
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 64350171
- review score
- 5.1/10
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