''Deathline'' (also known as ''Redline'') is a 1997
science fiction,
action film starring
Rutger Hauer and
Yvonne Sciò. It was also released under the titles ''Redline'' and ''Armageddon''. A Canadian-Dutch co-production it was filmed mainly in Hungary.
Plot
Wade, Marina and Merrick
smuggle goods in from
America
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to a decadent
high tech Russia in the near future. On his last job, Wade and his girlfriend are murdered by Merrick.
Realizing he might have some worth, Wade's body is brought back to life 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
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Rutger Hauer as John Anderson Wade
*
Mark Dacascos as Merrick
*
Yvonne Scio as Marina K / Katya
* Patrick Dreikauss as Mishka
*
Randall William Cook
Randall William Cook (born 1951) is an American special effects artist most known for ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. He worked on ''Ghostbusters'', as designer, sculptor and animator of the 'Terror Dogs'; '' The Gate'', as visual effects desi ...
as Special Prosecutor Vanya Dzerzhinsky
* Michael Mehlman as Serge
* Ildiko Szucs as Antonia
* Istvan Kanizsai as Assistant Prosecutor
*
John Thompson John Thompson may refer to:
Academics
* J. A. Thompson (1913–2002), Australian biblical scholar
* John D. Thompson (1917–1992), nurse and professor at the Yale School of Public Health
* John G. Thompson (born 1932), American mathematician
* ...
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
* Agnes Banfalvi as Russian President
* Gábor Nagy as Priest
References
External links
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1997 films
1990s science fiction action films
Canadian science fiction action films
English-language Canadian films
English-language Dutch films
1990s English-language films
Films directed by Tibor Takács
1990s Canadian films
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