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Sudden Death (1995)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 3/13

SuddenDeath
3/13: Need further proof that NHL isn't popular?

Well, I present to you Sudden Death and rest my case. By the way, Mario Lemieux played for the Pittsburgh Penguins during this period, so how come I don't see him in the movie? And Jaromir Jagr, too?

While Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals was ongoing, I was getting bored. Ditto for the awful announcing. It's evident through the boy letting his mind wander although I commend him for staying in his seat, no matter what. I'm surprised to see no security personnel around the stadium. Even the kitchen is empty. Another is Jean-Claude Van Damme getting beaten up and manhandled by a mascot (a female, no less) for a long, boring scene.

By the time the game went into overtime, I was yawning and wishing the movie would end already. So, which team won the Stanley Cup? Who cares? On the other hand, the action and the plot have been predictable from start to finish. I knew Jean-Claude Van Damme would win, and it's obvious Powers Boothe was channeling Die Hard's Alan Rickman. At the end, his character takes the girl for hostage, but why risk the unnecessary heat? If the black FBI agent died, then who's calling the shots? In fact, is anyone doing anything?

Although Van Damme saves the girl, let's not forget the inevitable high death rate when the dumb hockey fans start stampeding for the exits and trampling over others who have fallen down on the ground. Oh, yeah. The kids validate their father's status by calling him a "fireman." Let me shed a tear right now.

All in all, instead of what I hoped for, it's been Sudden Bore.