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When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.
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When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.
Budget 35,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 64,350,171 USD
According to writer Randy Feldman, he wrote the first draft of the screenplay for the movie as a comedy/action movie parody. The only scene that remained in the finished film was the scene where Van Damme fights the penguin mascot. The original vision for this movie would become the basis for the remake Welcome to Sudden Death (2020).
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis were considered for the role of Darren McCord, but all three turned the role down before Jean-Claude Van Damme got the part. Schwarzenegger turned down the role because he had already filmed True Lies (1994) and Junior (1994) back to back. Stallone turned the role down because he didn't like the quality of the script. Willis turned the part down because he was already working on Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).
The announcer used in the movie is actually the Pittsburgh Penguins' real announcer Mike Lange. He also uses some of his trademark sayings such as "Scratch my back with a hacksaw" and "Call Arnold Slick in Turtle Crick". The color commentator is also the current Penguins radio play by play man, Paul Steigerwald.
The film was shot during the NHL lockout during the 1994 - 1995 hockey season, which was finally resolved later that year.
Peter Hyams wasn't interested in making the film when he first heard about it, thinking it was a lame idea for an action film. But Jean-Claude Van Damme, who had done Timecop (1994) with Hyams, recruited him after accepting the lead role, and Hyams liked Van Damme's ideas for the film enough to agree to sign on as director.
"Play-by-Play Announcer: It's so loud in here, I can barely hear myself think. Color Commentator: You don't have to think, Mike. It's hockey."
"Play-by-Play Announcer: He hit his head on the ice. He hit it so hard that his kids will be born dizzy."
