A homicidal hockey mascot. A firefighter-turned-fire marshal-turned-Stanley Cup Finals goalie. Lethal gym equipment. A magnificent helicopter escape plan. Lots and lots of roundhouse kicks. All of these elements and more make Sudden Death, released on this date in 1995, the most glorious action extravaganza of superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career.
Essentially Die Hard At A Hockey Game, Sudden Death tells the tale of divorced former firefighter Darren McCord (Jcvd), who, after a workplace tragedy, has become a fire marshal at Pittsburgh Civic Arena. For his young son Tyler (Ross Malinger)’s birthday, Darren is bringing Tyler and daughter Emily (Whittni Wright) to the office. The occasion? Game 7 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals, an imagined rematch of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals bout between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Vice President Daniel Binder (Raymond J. Barry) is in attendance with a prestigious entourage in a skybox.
Of course, it wouldn...
Essentially Die Hard At A Hockey Game, Sudden Death tells the tale of divorced former firefighter Darren McCord (Jcvd), who, after a workplace tragedy, has become a fire marshal at Pittsburgh Civic Arena. For his young son Tyler (Ross Malinger)’s birthday, Darren is bringing Tyler and daughter Emily (Whittni Wright) to the office. The occasion? Game 7 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals, an imagined rematch of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals bout between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Vice President Daniel Binder (Raymond J. Barry) is in attendance with a prestigious entourage in a skybox.
Of course, it wouldn...
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- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
The stock price tells the basic story. If investors believed that Best Buy founder Richard Schulze was likely to succeed with the plan he unveiled yesterday then the company’s shares would be trading close to his proposed offer of as much as $26 a share. Instead they’ve settled in at about $19.90. One reason for the doubt: Best Buy is incorporated in Minnesota which sets an unusually high bar for hostile takeovers. Acquirers who don’t have board approval must own their stock in a target company for at least four years — and then win the support of owners of 80% of the voting shares. That’s too high a threshold even for Schulze, who controls 20.1% of Best Buy’s voting shares. And the conventional wisdom is that the board likely won’t support his offer. At the very least they’d want a higher bid, perhaps more than $30 a share,...
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- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
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