10 Overlooked & Underappreciated 90s Action Movie Flicks

10. Sudden Death (1995)

Throughout the 1990s Jean-Claude Van Damme starred in many action movies, from the good (A.W.O.L, Hard Target, Universal Soldier), to the bad (Street Fighter, Double Team, Knock Off). Between all these there is the excellent but criminally overlooked Sudden Death. TERROR GOES INTO OVERTIME.

During an NHL Stanley Cup game, a hockey arena is taken over by terrorists. Holding the vice-president hostage, they threaten to blow up the whole building with everyone in it. Unfortunately for these bad apples, the arena’s fire inspector is Darren McCord (JCVD) and his children happen to be in attendance. Many people have likened this to a Die Hard at a hockey game, like that is a bad thing.

Sudden Death is directed by Peter Hyams, who had previously worked with Van Damme on Timecop, and went on to work with Arnold Schwarzenegger in End of Days. So, we’re in good hands for a reliable action romp. This underappreciated bit of carnage was loosely remade in 2020 as Welcome to Sudden Death starring Michael Jai White. In the updated version basketball takes the place of ice hockey.