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Cast & Crew

Peter Hyams
Director
Gilbert B. Combs
As Secret Service #1
Manny Perry
As Brody
Jophery C. Brown
As Wootton
Jean-Claude Van Damme
As Darren Francis Thomas McCord
Brian Smrz
As Thug
Rick LeFevour
As Ante Room Secret Service Agent

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Sudden Death is a 1995 action movie about a firefighter named Darren McCord (Jean-Claude Van Damme) who must rescue his daughter and stop a terrorist group from blowing up a packed hockey stadium during a championship game. The movie takes place during the Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks, where Darren takes his son Tyler and daughter Emily to watch the game as a birthday gift for Tyler. However, their night out turns into chaos when Emily gets kidnapped by Carla (Carol Alt), the sole female member of a terrorist group led by ex-CIA agent Joshua Foss (Powers Boothe). The terrorists have taken the Vice President of the United States and several other VIPs hostage in a luxury suite and plan to blow up the stadium with explosives unless their demands are met. Darren, determined to save his daughter and the other hostages, must use his skills as a firefighter to navigate through the stadium's ductwork and disarm the bombs while evading Foss' men. Meanwhile, Secret Service Agent Matthew Hallmark (Steven Williams) and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police team up to surround the arena and try to take control of the situation. As time runs out, Darren races against the clock to save his daughter and prevent the bombs from detonating, leading to a thrilling showdown with Foss in the climax of this action-packed movie.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Sudden Death include Léon: The Professional, True Heart, The Last of the Mohicans, The Crow, The Fugitive, Heat.

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Sudden Death was released in theaters on December 22, 1995.