Review of Sudden Death (1995) by Jussi H — 17 Oct 2013

The lack of appeal in Sudden Death comes from the fact that the first 30 minutes are some of the most boring 30 minutes of my life. There was no appeal, no real connection, and no explainable motivation for the characters which just leaves the idea that the main villains are villains for the sake of being villains while the rest is questionable.

Sudden Death is problematic because unlike many other Jean-Claude Van Damme films, it lacks the heart and honour of the battle as a theme in substitute of stereotypical action norms which critics may approve of but I do not, and as a dedicated fan of Jean-Claude Van Damme, my opinion is fairly valid.

He's the only one trying in Sudden Death; because it's a film that's too routine and basic as an action film to supply any sufficient entertainment. It's premise is too basic and it's lighting is too dark. Sudden Death just isn't gripping or interesting and it constantly deviates back and fourth between a hockey game and a poorly executed hostage situation, and honestly in no time I became sick of it. Sudden Death was clearly not a good film.

The mild benefits of Sudden Death are that the musical score in Sudden Death was good because it was well compose, intense and befitting at various time periods.

And Jean-Claude Van Damme's performance was better than expected. For such a routine and basic action film he does a decent job, better than people would have expected from him.

But nevertheless Sudden Death was an unsavoury and boring action film which is better than Jean-Claude Van Damme's worst work but nowhere near close to any of his best.