John Woo's first Hollywood feature stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, a down-and-out Cajun merchant seaman, who, after saving a young woman, Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler), from a gang of thugs on the streets of New Orleans, agrees to help her search for her father (Chuck Pfarrer), a homeless Vietnam vet. They locate local businessman Randall Poe (Elliott Keener), for whom the vet had been working, and learn that her father has become a victim of wealthy sportsman Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen), who, along with his cronies, hunts homeless men as a form of recreation. After Fouchon finds out that the girl is investigating the murder of her father, he arranges for she and Chance to be ambushed, but they manage to escape into the backwoods of Louisiana -- his stomping grounds. Realizing he needs to regroup, Fouchon assembles a private army to invade the bayous. They track the pair to the rustic cabin of Chance's Uncle Douvee (Wilford Brimley), and the real fireworks begin. Michael Costello, Rovi
After his brother is badly beaten by a street gang, Jean-Claude Van Damme deserts the foreign legion in order to avenge his honor in this action film also known as A.W.O.L. and Wrong Bet. Jason Ankeny, Rovi
Martial arts movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme made his debut behind the camera as the director of this sweeping action drama. Van Damme stars as Chris Dubois, a clown pickpocket and Fagin-like leader of orphan thieves in 1925 New York City. Kidnapped by gun smugglers and then sold to pirate captain Lord Dobbs (Roger Moore), Chris eventually ends up the property of Khao (Aki Aleong), a master Asian kickboxer. His fighting skills win Chris a chance at a legendary contest, a gladiatorial showdown between champions of the world's many diverse combat styles in a Tibetan lost city. Along for the trip are the avaricious Dobbs, heavyweight boxing champ and fellow competitor Maxie (James Remar), and Carrie (Janet Gunn), a beautiful female reporter. Karl Williams, Rovi
Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin was the producer of Sudden Death, and the action is set in his hockey arena, in which the Penguins are playing the Chicago Blackhawks. Pittsburgh fire inspector Darren McCord (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is attending the game with his two children. He's quit fighting fires because of a tragedy a few years earlier involving a child he couldn't save. Also at the game is the vice-president of the United States (Raymond Barry), who is the target of a terrorist plot. The terrorist leader, an insane ex-CIA agent named Joshua Foss (Powers Boothe), has masterminded a scheme to hold the vice-president hostage in his luxury suite while demanding that payments be transferred to his account electronically at the end of each period of the game. If he doesn't get his money, he will kill one member of the vice-president's party at the end of each period, and at game's end he will order ten bombs hidden in the arena to be detonated with all 17,000 fans present. McCord discovers the plot while his daughter Emily (Whittni Wright) is kidnapped by the terrorists too. McCord must dispatch the villains and find the bombs, while saving all the hostages. Luckily, he is adept at martial arts. He fights one henchman dressed in a Penguins mascot outfit in the arena's kitchen, and another terrorist on the arena's retracting dome. At one point, McCord switches identities with a player, is sent into the game, and scores a goal. Director Peter Hyams also directed Van Damme in the blockbuster Timecop. Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Category Martial Arts, Chase Movie, Action Thriller
- Theme: Hostage Situations, Kidnapping, Boxers, Vigilantes, Mercenaries, Terrorism, Out For Revenge, Flight of the Innocent
- Studio: Universal Studios
- Run Time: 06 hr 48 min
- Language: English
- Subtitle Language: English, French
- Picture Format: widescreen, pan_and_scan
- Release Date: February 10, 2009
- Lead Actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Roger Moore, Harrison Page, Lance Henriksen
- Supporting Actor: Willie C. Carpenter, Michael D. Leinert, Chuck Pfarrer, Bob Apisa, Wilford Brimley, Brian Thompson, Dorian Harewood, Ashley Johnson, Jack McGee, Kasi Lemmons, Ross Malinger, Whittni Wright, Yancy Butler, Janet Gunn, Lisa Pelikan, James Remar, Raymond J. Barry, Deborah Rennard, Arnold Vosloo, Jason Adams, Stefanos Miltsakakis, Ken Milchick, Kiato, Larry John Meyers, Manon Marcoux, Marc D. Williams, Mark Hager, Matt Lyon, Ong Soo Han, Peter Malota, Phil Spano, Harold Surratt, Rick LeFevour, Scott Wilson, Karen Baldwin, Jodie Charattanawet, Jen Sung Outerbridge, Jeff Hochendoner, Eduardo Ricard, Rik Kiviaho, Ip Choi Nam, A.D. Muyich, Abdel Qissi, Anderson C. Bradshaw, Audra Lindley, Brauno Belfiore, Chang Ching Peng Chaplin, Stuart Wilson, Sven Ole Thorsen, Freeman King, Dean E. Wells, Douglas DuVal, Daniel R. Pagath, Steve Aronson, Milton E. Thompson Jr., Bernard Canepari, John Hateley, Allan Pinsker, Anthony Marino, Bill Clement, Billy Blanks, Cesar Carneiro, Christopher M. Brown, David Flick, Dennis Rucker, Donald Pike, Ed Evanko, Gilbert B. Combs, Glenda Morgan Brown, Gordon Masten, Habby Heske, Jack Skelly, Jean Pierre Nutini, Jeff Howell, Jeff Jimerson, John Sterling, Lenore Banks, Leonard Gaines, Lindsay Sargeant, Lindsey Carlos, Loren Freeman, Magic Schwartz, Magnus Ljungberg, Marco St. John, Martin Gerber, Michael Gaston, Micheline Lettich, Paco Prieto, Paul Mochnik, Ray Laine, Roger La Page, Rohn Thomas, Tara Nichelle Biberstein, Theodore Raimi, Thunder Wolf, Tony Valentino, Tracy Shakespeare, Vinnie Sciullo, Voyo, Ze'ev Revach, William Terry Amos, William Cameron, Tony "Satch" Williams, Steven R. Purwin, Scott Spiegel, Rema D. Webb, Pat Brisson, Michel Qissi, Michael Davila, Michael Caloz, Mark Kachowski, Luc Robitaille, Lew Hopson, Lawrence Bender, Kristopher VanVarenberg, Kate McNeil, Julie Rudolph, Jules Sylvester, Jophery Brown, Joe Warfield, Jennifer D. Bowser, Jeff Speakman, Jeff Habberstad, James Brewster Thompson, H. Rudy Gontha, Glenn Alan Gardner, George McDaniel, Eric Karson, Emilio Migliozzi, Douglas Rees, Diane Robin, Dean Milor Thomas, Dave Efron, Camelia Lightbourne, Callum Keith-King, Brick Bronsky, Brian Smrz, Brian Hutchison, Brian Delate, Bill Dalzell III, Alan Clement, Dixie Neyland Tymitz, Vichai Indtrasathit, Tommy LaFitte, Thomas Saccio, Takis Triggelis, Sifu Williams, Shane Meier, Sebastian Massa, Ryan Cutrona, Roz Bosley, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Roger Etienne, Robert Pavlovich, Paul Steigerwald, Paul Moses, Mike Lange, Michael R. Aubele, Michael M. Foley, Michael Ian Lambert, Maurice Lamont, Mark de Alessandro, Manny Perry, Louis Mandylor, Lonnie Burr, Joseph Dykes, John Hall, Jeff Langton, Jeanette Kontomitras, Jay Caufield, Jason Cavalier, Jack Erdie, Galen Yuen, Fred Mancuso, Fred M. Waugh, Faith Minton, Ellis Winston, Eliott Keener, Clement Von Franckenstein, Christopher Nixon, Cherdpong Laoyont, Chai Chapanond, Carlton Holder, Butch Luick, Brad Moniz, Azdine Nouri, Aki Aleong
- Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sheldon Lettich, John Woo, Peter Hyams
