Deathline

Deathline
Deathline
	DVD cover
Directed by	Tibor Takács
Written by	Tibor Takács; Brian Irving
Produced by	Brian Irving
Starring	Rutger Hauer; Mark Dacascos; Yvonne Sciò
Cinematography	Zoltán David
Edited by	Neil Grieve
Music by	Guy Zerafa
Production; company	Millennium Films
Distributed by	Cinefear
Release date	22 December 1997 (Russia);
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	Canada; Netherlands
Language	English

Deathline (also known as Redline) is a 1997 science fiction, action film starring Rutger Hauer and Yvonne Sciò.^[1] It was also released under the title Armageddon. A Canadian-Dutch co-production it was filmed mainly in Hungary.

Reception

Video Business characterized the film as "an extended chase-and-shoot piece set in a bizarre retro-Soviet Moscow of the near future", noting that it had a few full-frontal sex scenes.^[1] Film critic Randy Myers called it "a diverting and entertaining bit of futuristic phooey" that was "cheap and tawdry" but "so gonzo and entertaining that you can't help but enjoy it".^[2]

Plot

Wade, his girlfiend Marina, and Merrick smuggle bio-cyber microchips in from America to a decadent high tech Russia. On his last job, Wade is double-crossed and murdered by Merrick.

Realizing he might have some worth, Wade is resurrected by a secret Russian military organisation. He later escapes from a hospital and, helped by Katya who is a double of Marina, goes after Merrick.

However Merrick used the money he stole to buy himself powerful new friends. It also turns out that Merrick is just a pawn in a bigger game with a group that plans on taking Russia over.

Cast

Rutger Hauer as John Anderson Wade
Mark Dacascos as Merrick
Yvonne Scio as Marina K / Katya
Patrick Dreikauss as Mishka
Randall William Cook as Special Prosecutor Vanya Dzerzhinsky
Michael Mehlman as Serge
Ildiko Szucs as Antonia
Istvan Kanizsai as Assistant Prosecutor
John Thompson as Minister of Defence Udo
Gabor Peter Vincze as Lieutenant Lo
Scott Athea as Brat
Atilla Apra as Yamoto
Jak Osmond as Assassin
Roger La Page as Beggar
Ágnes Bánfalvy as Russian President
Gábor Nagy as Priest

References

^ ^a ^b McClain, Buzz (4 May 1998). "Redline". Video Business. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via ProQuest.
^ Myers, Randy (17 July 1998). "UPSTAGING AN LIZARD UNDERDOGS PUT `GODZILLA' TO SHAME". The Record. Bergen County, New Jersey. Knight Ridder Newspapers. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via ProQuest.

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[:0-1] McClain, Buzz (4 May 1998). "Redline". Video Business. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via ProQuest.

[2] Myers, Randy (17 July 1998). "UPSTAGING AN LIZARD UNDERDOGS PUT `GODZILLA' TO SHAME". The Record. Bergen County, New Jersey. Knight Ridder Newspapers. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via ProQuest.

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