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SUDDEN DEATH

What You Need To Know:

SUDDEN DEATH takes all the conventions of the action-adventure genre and plays them out in a by-the-numbers DIE HARD-like setting. Jean-Claude Van Damme tries to get the bad guys at the Stanley Cup NHL Hockey Championships. It is ultra-violent and ultra-predictable.

Content:

(NA, B, LLL, VVV, N, A, D, M) Pagan worldview of justice with moral elements of caring for family; 26 obscenities & 2 profanities; extreme violence including numerous depicted point-blank shootings, assorted gunfire, several explosions, burning man alive, hand forced into hot grease, stabbing, hand impaled, skull crushing, punching, kicking, hockey fights, man falls to death & crashes on car, gruesome scene of dead people coming out of zamboni, & helicopter crashes into arena; naturalistic upper male nudity & brief rear male nudity; alcohol use; smoking; and, extortion, kidnapping, one PC joke, & threats of murder

More Detail:

In SUDDEN DEATH, Darren McCord, played of course by Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a security guard at the final game of the Stanley Cup, NHL hockey championships. Facing off are the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks. Attending the game is Darren with his two kids. Also attending is the Vice President of the United States and a group of bad security men who are greedy for money. The bad guys, led by Joshua Foss, make their way into the Vice President’s box and lay down their demands: money or death for all in the whole arena. The Vice President, sets his companions at ease as best he can, but Foss starts killing people. McCord inadvertently discovers the diabolical plan and must come to the rescue. McCord defuses bombs and shoots out Foss’s goons. At the final showdown, McCord swings around on some wires to the Vice President’s box, saves the survivors and avoids being crushed by a helicopter that actually falls into the arena.

This may be Jean-Claude Van Damme’s most accessible and best movie. However, that isn’t saying much. He is still just a set of muscles. This movie does not have an obscene amount of obscenities and is somewhat family friendly, showing McCord as a concerned father. This movie does showcase, however, many different ways to die and delights in shocking its audience.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.