Pentathlon (1994)

An Olympic gold medalist escapes to freedom in the US, only to be tracked down by his sadistic ex-coach.

Director:

Bruce Malmuth

Writers:

William Stadiem (story), Bruce Malmuth (story),

Stars:

Dolph Lundgren, David Soul, Renée Coleman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dolph Lundgren	...	Eric Brogar
David Soul	...	Heinrich Müller
Renée Coleman	...	Julia Davis
Roger E. Mosley	...	John Creese
Evan James	...	Offerman
David Drummond	...	Hundt
Daniel Riordan	...	Jürgen Reinhardt
Philip Bruns	...	Vic
Gerald Hopkins	...	Christian
Erik Holland	...	Rudolph Brogar
Bruce Malmuth	...	Erhardt
Mel Stewart	...	Olympic Athlete
Anthony T. Pennello	...	Cop #1
Barry Lynch	...	Horst
Andreas Reinl	...	Schubert

Storyline

After winning the Olympic gold medal in the Pentathlon, East German Eric Brogar escapes to freedom in the United States. But his former coach vows revenge. When Eric's sadistic ex-coach finds him, Eric is caught in a deadly game fighting for his life.

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Plot Keywords:

olympics | gold medal | pentathlon | coach | shot in the chest | 

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Taglines:

Play to win, if you lose, you die

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Korean

Release Date:

4 June 1994 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Ironman

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Live Entertainment, PFG Entertainment, Pentathlon Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Olympic swimming contest was filmed at Pepperdine swimming pool in Malibu.

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Goofs

In the fencing competition, the referee is standing between the competitors and the scoring equipment. In reality, the referee would stand on the other side of the strip, facing both the competitors and the scoring equipment.

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Quotes

Mueller: History is made of chaos and murder.

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Pentathlon (2011)

User Reviews

hmmm

Being a big Dolph Lundgren fan, I was surprised to see a completely different side of him in this one, portraying him as being a pathetic, injured burnout who flips burgers for a living, while walking down dark alleys with no company beside his portable TV and his beer. When he is menaced by a group of hoodlums, they laugh at him when his trick knee gives out and he can't chase them. This struck me as being very odd, because it was Dolph acting like a regular guy, rather than the sarcastic killing machines he's typecast as. Sadly, as enjoyable as all of the footage of him being a loser (and his inspiring comeback into grade-A Pentathalon runner material), it sort of abruptly switches gears, turning into one of his usual action movies with a nonsense subplot involving neo-Nazis. It's a shame that the whole thing couldn't have been like the first two acts, or this would be by far his best performance, in a close tie with GR13 from Universal Soldier.