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Sudden Death is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Hyams released in USA on 22 december 1995 with Jean-Claude Van Damme
Sudden Death (1995)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 22 december 1995
Length 1h50
Directed by Peter Hyams
OriginUSA
Themes Sports films, Films about terrorism, Films about the labor movement, Ice hockey films, Sports d'hiver
Rating58%
Sudden Death is a 1995 American action film directed by Peter Hyams, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Powers Boothe. The film was released in the United States on December 22, 1995. The film, set in a hockey stadium, was written by Gene Quintano based on a story by Karen Elise Baldwin, the wife of Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin, who was the producer.
Sudden Death features a collaboration between Powers Booth and Raymond J. Barry, reuniting them for the first time since 1992's Rapid Fire. This is the second film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by Peter Hyams, they both worked together in Timecop, the previous year.
The film was a box office disappointment in the United States, grossing less than $20.4 million at the box office on a $35 million budget. It also received mixed to negative reviews at the time of its release. However, the film was a huge success internationally, particularly in Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom making $64 million worldwide. In other countries, it made close to $50 million in profit with video sales.
Synopsis
Darren McCord (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a Canadian-born firefighter with the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau who suffered a personal crisis after he was unable to save a young girl from a house fire. Now removed from active duty, Darren is the fire marshal for the Civic Arena.Actors
Jean-Claude Van Damme
(Darren Francis Thomas McCord)
Powers Boothe
(Joshua Foss)
Raymond J. Barry
(Vice President Daniel Bender)
Whittni Wright
(Emily McCord)
Ross Malinger
(Tyler McCord)
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