4.9 Score

1995 • 1h 50min • R • Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama

Sudden Death

"Terror goes into overtime."

When 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.

IMDb 5.9

RT 50%

Director

Peter Hyams

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Gene Quintano

Karen Elise Baldwin

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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

Dorian Harewood

Matthew Hallmark

Kate McNeil

Kathi

Michael Gaston

Hickey

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Michael Gaston Hickey

Audra Lindley Mrs. Ferrara

Brian Delate Blair

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Karen Elise Baldwin TV Director

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