SUDDEN DEATH

Guy’s awe of young Van Damme...

I’ll keep this one short and sweet. People might argue that this is a complete rip-off of “Die Hard”. Well, it is but “Die Hard” doesn’t have Van Damme and “Sudden Death” doesn’t have Willis, so there, you have the difference. I was born in 1983 and all that was when I was growing up was cool sleak action movies, something that seems to have dissapeared completely. I think I addressed this in another review of a new Van Damme movie.

In this classic (yes, classic) Van Damme plays a retired firefighter from Canada who has gotten a job as a fire marshal (inspector) at the Stanley cup finals. The Vice President shows up, gets kidnapped by terrorists, Van Damme’s kids get caught in the crossfire (this makes it personal) and he has to disarm a bunch of bombs while doing his famous splitkick all over the place.

In watching this movie again I actually got some goosebumps. The reason for this is because I get very sentimental. I remember going to the videostore with my friend and checking the new releases shelf. “Sudden Death” was up there as the number one rental. It was out of stock. Me and my friends showed up everyday for three days until we got a copy. We were blown away. Then I got older and VHS died and all my Van Damme tapes became obcelite. Then came the DVD and now I own all of the classics on various collectors editions. Now I’m just lying in wake for the BluRay releases so I can see his spin and split kicks in HD.

Guy’s Rating: Support the cause! Keep the “Muscles From Brussels” alive!

Girl's uhm...

I am a Bruce Willis fan.

Girl's Rating: If you broke your Die Hard DVD and can't find any copies, I guess this will suffice.