History Film / SuddenDeath

* DeadpanSnarker: Mostly by the FauxAffablyEvil villains, especially Carla, Jefferson, Scratch and finally Foss himself.

* AlternateTimeline: The movie is set in June 1995, the last 3/4 takes places during game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks. It was filmed before the 1994-95 NHL season even started (taking advantage of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994–95_NHL_lockout a lockout]] that made it easy to film at the Penguins' stadium for as long as they wanted.) The two teams that actually played during that season's championship round were the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils - who even beat the Penguins and Blackhawks respectively during that playoffs (the Devils in the second round, the Wings in the Conference Finals, both in 5 games). The Devils swept the Red Wings in 4 games to win the Stanley Cup.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: That helicopter they dropped through the roof at the end? They really did that. Ask anyone though and they'll swear it looks fake.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Pittsburgh's mayor and his wife, several executives of the mayor and the U.S. Vice President, Andrew the chef and his wife, some Pittsburgh road workers and Civic Arena employees, among other innocent people died terribly. However, [=McCord=] alone manages to save all of over 10,000 fans who attended the biggest hockey game of the season, both teams and the broadcast crew, his children, the Vice President, and everyone else alive in the building by pursuing and finally killing Foss in a [[KarmicDeath satisfyingly]] [[HellishCopter grand blaze]], and makes it out injured, but alive. Before Emily is stolen by Foss during the climax, an executive for the VP tells Darren that the VP would like to meet him. After the events of the film, he could have ended up giving Darren a reward or some form of grand recognition for his heroic efforts.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Foss guns down the cook who was forced to help the terrorists, while Scratch kills the cook’s wife back at his home.

* AlternateTimeline: The movie is set in June 1995, the last 3/4 takes places during game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks. It was filmed before the 1994-95 NHL season even started (taking advantage of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994–95_NHL_lockout a lockout]] that made it easy to film at the Penguins' stadium for as long as they wanted.) The two teams that actually played during that season's championship round were the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils - who even beat the Penguins and Blackhawks respectively during that playoffs (the Devils in the second round, the Wings in the Conference Finals, both in 5 games). The Devils swept the Wings in 4 games to win the Stanley Cup.

* AlternateTimeline: The movie is set in June 1995, the last 3/4 takes places during game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks. It was filmed before the 1994-95 NHL season even started (taking advantage of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994–95_NHL_lockout a lockout]] that made it easy to film at the Penguins' stadium for as long as they wanted.) The two teams that actually played during that season's championship round were the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils - who even beat the Penguins and Blackhawks respectively during that playoffs (the Devils in the second round, the Wings in the Conference Finals, both in 5 games). Detroit swept the Devils in 4 games to win the Stanley Cup.

* BittersweetEnding: [[Pittsburgh's mayor and his wife, several executives of the mayor and the U.S. Vice President, Andrew the chef and his wife, some Pittsburgh road workers and Civic Arena employees, among other innocent people died terribly. However, McCord alone manages to save all of over 10,000 fans who attended the biggest hockey game of the season, both teams and the broadcast crew, his children, the Vice President, and everyone else alive in the building by pursuing and finally killing Foss in a [[KarmicDeath satisfyingly]] [[HellishCopter grand blaze]], and makes it out injured, but alive. Before Emily is stolen by Foss during the climax, an executive for the VP tells Darren that the VP would like to meet him. After the events of the film, he could have ended up giving Darren a reward or some form of grand recognition for his heroic efforts.]]

* ShirtlessScene: The locker room.

* AlternateTimeline: The movie is set some time in June 1995, during game 7 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks. It was filmed before the 1994-95 NHL season even started (taking advantage of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994–95_NHL_lockout a lockout]] that helped production use the Penguins' stadium and farm team for as long as they wanted), and the two teams that actually played during that season's championship round were the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils - who even beat the Penguins and Blackhawks on the way there (the Devils in the second round, the Wings on the Conference Finals, both in 5 games). The latter team won the championship and the series in only 4 games.

** We never find out who wins the game. Everyone panics and leaves at an explosion and that's that.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Foss guns down the cook who was forced to help the terrorists.

''Sudden Death'' is a 1995 movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme. The story is about Darren [=McCord=], a UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} fire marshal who is on duty during the seventh UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague [[UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup Stanley Cup]] playoff game (with his kids in the seats), watching the game uncovers a plot to hold the stadium - and the Vice President, who is attending - for ransom.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The movie tries to pass off Van Damme's Belgian accent as [[CanadaEh Quebecois]]. Then again, a [[FakeNationality Fake Canadian]] is appropriate to a hockey-themed movie.

* AlternateTimeline: The movie is set some time in June 1995, during game 7 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks. It was filmed before the 1994-95 NHL season even started (taking advantage of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_lockout a lockout]] that helped production use the Penguins' stadium and farm team for as long as they wanted), and the two teams that actually played during that season's championship round were the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils - who even beat the Penguins and Blackhawks on the way there (the Devils in the second round, the Wings on the Conference Finals, both in 5 games). The latter team won the championship and the series in only 4 games.

* {{Expy}}: Joshua Foss, the terrorists' leder, seems to be inspired by Hans Gruber from the first ''Film/DieHard'' movie. They're both shown to be suave and elegant men, but heartless monsters at the core with no feelings for anyone who gets hurt.

* WouldHurtAChild: The terrorists are willing to harm Darren's daughter, who's being held hostage by the BigBad during the film.

* SuddenDeath: Not only the title, but plot-important.

* {{Novelization}}: By Steven Mertz. An audiobook adaptation was released at the same time, read by PowersBoothe, who plays the film's villain.

* {{Expy}}: Joshua Foss, the terrorists' leder, seems to be inspired by Hans Gruber from the first ''Film/DieHrd'' movie. They're both shown to be suave and elegant men, but heartless monsters at the core with no feelings for anyone who gets hurt.

* KarmicDeath: Carla killed a woman to steal her mascot outfit. During her fight with , the same outfit she's still wearing ends up stuck in a machine used to clean dinner plates, causing her to be [[CruelAndUnusualDeath simultaneously strangled and boiled alive]].

* RealityIsUnrealistic: that helicopter they dropped through the roof at the end? They really did that. Ask anyone though and they'll swear it looks fake.