Terminal Velocity (1994)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Deran Sarafian

Writer (WGA):

David Twohy (written by)

Release Date:

23 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Mystery

Tagline:

It is not the fall that kills you

Plot:

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.

Plot Keywords:

KGB | Gold | Skydiving | Russian Mafia | Martial Arts

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Richard 'Ditch' Brodie
Nastassja Kinski	...	Chris Morrow
James Gandolfini	...	Ben Pinkwater
Christopher McDonald	...	Kerr
Gary Bullock	...	Lex
Hans Howes	...	Sam (as Hans R. Howes)
Melvin Van Peebles	...	Noble
Suli McCullough	...	Robocam
Cathryn de Prume	...	Karen (as Cathryn De Prume)
Richard Sarafian Jr.	...	Dominic
Lori Lynn Dickerson	...	Helicopter Newscaster
Terry Finn	...	Birthday Mom
Martha Vazquez	...	Newscaster
Tim Kelleher	...	Jump Junkie #1
Brooke Langton	...	Jump Junkie #2

Runtime:

102 min | Germany:97 min (TV version)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Germany:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Trivia:

Ditch drives a white 1970 Dodge Challenger, an homage to the iconic white 1970 Dodge Challenger in Vanishing Point (1971), which was directed by Richard C. Sarafian, the father of this movie's director, Deran Sarafian.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The girl throws pebbles at the electric fence surrounding the facility they break into in the desert, the electrified fence sparks. Pebbles thrown at a single layer electrified fence would not cause a reaction.

Quotes:

Richard 'Ditch' Brodie: Oh, god... no... dead people... agh.

Movie Connections:

References "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992)

Soundtrack:

TONIGHT

Somewhat Silly

By 1994 Charlie Sheen`s highly acclaimed performances in PLATOON and WALL STREET were a long faded memory and he found himself starring - That`s " starring " as in " Starring Eric Roberts in a movie few people got the chance to see in a cinema " - in dross like TERMINAL VELOCITY . To be honest this isn`t the worst film you`ll ever see but it is a fundamentally mediocre one . Sheen plays a sky diving instructor who finds himself facing possible manslaughter charges after the death of one of his students . I won`t spoil it but there`s a very unlikely plot twist about half way through where both Sheen`s character and the audience gasp " I don`t believe this " and then things get more and more unlikely as the hero finds himself chased by Slavic bad guys .

Like I said it`s not the worst thriller ever made , it stars actors most people will recognise and the sky diving stunts are fairly good , in fact this might have been a good thriller after all but it`s ruined by too many unlikely plot twists