Sudden Death The Rewatchables
Sudden Death poster
Sudden Death

Most Rewatchable Scene

Van Damme playing goalie

In the discussion (25)
Approx. transcript time · 00:24:30Read transcript
  • The opening fire and dead girl are rejected as rewatchable-scene material; the rescue staging is criticized as confusing and grim.
  • The divorced-parent birthday conflict evokes a personal childhood memory of competing treats and sports tickets.
  • The family scene produces anxiety for one viewer but enjoyment for another.
  • The luxury-suite exposition is a scene candidate, with escalating period-by-period ransom demands and the watch-price correction highlighted.
  • The mascot kitchen fight is praised as bizarre, funny and effective; the costume’s physical limitations make the opponent’s success astonishing.
  • The mascot fight is placed second among hypothetical most-ridiculous 1990s action scenes, with another Sudden Death scene reserved for first; no full top-ten list is supplied.
  • Hallmark rescuing McCord and then being punched is a scene candidate; the apparently obvious future betrayal and the unrealistically casual response to the punch are discussed.
  • Armed terrorists delaying a clear shot is criticized as an escape-enabling trope.
  • The water-gun attack and Hallmark’s burned-face return are scene candidates, with the makeup compared to Cape Fear.
  • McCord effortlessly jumping down arena seating rows is praised as physically remarkable.
  • Van Damme’s save, punch and the announcer’s strange-night observation are favorite parts of the goalie sequence.
  • Changing into the goalie’s equipment to hide from nearby pursuers is criticized as unexplained and impossibly time-consuming, while remaining wonderfully absurd.
  • A sideline reporter investigating the goalie and being killed is proposed as an additional comic action beat.
  • The short-handed penalty situation and last-second tying goal are criticized as implausible and poorly explained after the film’s earlier attention to hockey detail.
  • The two roof fights are rewatchable-scene candidates.
  • The prolonged helicopter crash is a scene candidate, with repeated screaming angles and the villains’ collective evil laugh enjoyed.
  • Van Damme playing goalie is the agreed most-rewatchable scene, compared favorably with famous sports-movie moments.
  • The save is admired, with a wish that the goalie sequence had lasted longer.
  • The family pickup scene is disliked for the hostile son and ex-wife.
  • The family’s lack of excitement about Game Seven tickets is considered implausible.
  • The feverish goalie’s continued use and unattended oxygen treatment are questioned.
  • The goalie voluntarily leaving Game Seven is criticized as contrary to hockey’s competitive ethos.
  • McCord’s homemade weapons and decision to use the roof rather than the elevator are questioned.
  • The rooftop leap and swing while holding explosives are considered implausibly precise, yet riveting.
  • The henchman nicknamed Drunk Bono gives away the entire plan after two punches despite insisting he is a professional.