A former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the Vice President and others hostage, planning to blow up the building during the seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.
23 July 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 June 1964, London, Ontario, Canada
17 February 1966, Montréal, Québec, Canada
21 February 1958, Alameda County, California, USA
17 August 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 June 1932, USA
9 August 1955, Illinois, USA
14 March 1939, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA
31 August 1964
1987, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
6 August 1954, Scott Township, Pennsylvania, USA
2 March 1948, Sacramento, California, USA
19 October 1941, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
January 05, 2017
An especially blatant Die Hard knockoff...June 18, 2002
Sudden Death is one of the best action thrillers of 1995. It's also the film Jean-Claude Van Damme has been building up to for 10 years.May 12, 2001
Despite the elaborate stunts, go-go-go direction from Peter Hyams, plus butt-kicking and surprise goalie action from Van Damme, Death deserves the hockey-puck booby prize for...getting its jollies by putting kids in jeopardy.February 09, 2006
Reuniting Hyams and Van Damme, director and star of Timecop, this spectacular nail-biter exploits their combined, if limited, abilities to the full.February 13, 2001
A treat for Jean-Claude Van Damme fans, a superior action thriller loaded with jaw-dropping stunts and special effects, and strong in production values.November 12, 2005
The best of the many Die Hard rip-offs made during the 1990s. Sudden Death is a thrilling rollercoaster ride of hard-edged action.December 05, 2004
Wooden-as-ever Van Damme is no Bruce Willis, unfunny main bad guy Powers Boothe is no Alan Rickman, and uninspired director Peter Hyams is no John McTiernan.November 02, 2008
Van Damme is at his butt-kicking best, with Sudden Death offering all the thrills, spills and stuff blowing up that action fans relish.November 02, 2008
Good clean fun, with just the right ratio of explosions to dialogue.July 31, 2003
Gets a lot of mileage out of the well-worn trapped-in-a-blank-full-of-hostages action genre.May 20, 2003
Offers above-average pyrotechnics, a body count that steadily mounts, and plenty of hand-to-hand combat.January 01, 2000
Van Damme races against time, trying to thwart Boothe and defuse all the bombs. But in the hands of director Peter Hyams, these are just banal action-movie chores.