This was one of the better Die Hard rip-offs, and any movie with Powers Boothe as a villain automatically gets points. Plus, watching JCVD MacGuyver his own spear gun was pretty goddamn fantastic.
I feel a lot of JCVD movies do have a lot of intentional comedy in them. Of all the 80's 'batch' action starts, JCVD probably is the most self-aware. With Arnold Schwarzenegger being a close second.
The line about Stallone just saying "no" made me laugh and after I had completed my laughter, I came right here to the comments, and did a search for "Stallone." Looks like no one has made this comment already, but here goes: The line about Stallone just saying "no" made me laugh.
I was 7 years old when I saw this. One of the few scenes I remember was JCVD setting the guy on fire with the toy water gun he filled with butane and holding a lighter at the end. As a kid I thought it was brilliant! Reminding myself to try the same thing if I’m ever in a similar situation.
This is actually a good movie. I love when the helicopter crashes into the stadium. Powers Booth is a great villian in everything. Interesting to see an action movie where the hero is a fire fighter.
Some of JCVD’s best movies are the ones where his character isn’t a martial artist. It’s like he’s not wasting time trying to figure out a reason to do the splits in every scene 😂 You should check out “Nowhere to Run”
Your stuff is really funny. I actually laugh throughout 80 percent of it. I used to watch Nostalgia Critic a lot and he's still good for his serious breakdowns, but you really have the comedy review thing down. I really don't know how you don't have millions of views already. I rewatch your Stegal playlist all the time. This killed me!!! 4:10
Fun fact: My mom was a merchandiser, one of the people who put displays up in stores when new movies are released. I ended up with a promotional hockey jersey for this movie that had the movie title where the team name would be. Really comfy and I should've kept it.
Powers Boothe in a dinner jacket is like James Bond's shady brother. He was so cool, upped the quality of everything he was in. In the end credits, the character name Spota is from director Peter Hyams' awesome space western "Outland." Oh, and Fig Newtons are tasty for breakfast 'cause they're not too sweet.
@nobbynobbs8182 Speed is directed by the cinematographer of Die Hard - Jan de Bont - quite purposefully hired to evoke the SAME style. THE DIE-HARD FORMULA RECIPE: ✅ Unwitting Hero Forced Into Action (typically fulfilling a personal redemption arc) ✅ Formidable Terrorist / Mastermind Thieves Igniting the Scenario of the Premise ✅ Ticking Clock / Race Against Time ✅ Set in a Contained Space of Limited Options ✅ Hostages in Peril, Hanging in the Balance *** PROGENY TWISTS ON THE RECIPE: 01. The Rock (1996) 02. Speed (1994) 03. Under Siege (1992) 04. Sudden Death (1995) 05. Cliffhanger (1993) 06. Passenger 57 (1992) 07. Air Force One (1997) 08. Executive Decision (1996) 09. Hard Rain (1998) 10. Broken Arrow (1996) 11. Nick of Time (1995) 12. Con Air (1997) 13. Judgement Night (1993) 14. Deep Rising (1998) 15. Lockout (2012) 16. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) 17. Olympus Has Fallen (2013) 18. White House Down (2013) 19. Toy Soldiers (1991) 20. Skyscraper (2018) 21. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) 22. Snakes on a Plane (2006) 23. Masterminds (1997) 24. Chill Factor (1999) 25. The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) *** THE RECIPE FOREBEARER INGREDIENTS: 01. The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) 02. The Towering Inferno (1974) 03. Black Sunday (1977) 04. First Blood (1982) 05. Lethal Weapon (1987) 06. Commando (1985) 07. The Gauntlet (1977) 08. Assault on Precict 13 (1976) 09. Rio Bravo (1959) 10. Desperate Hours (1955) 11. High Noon (1952) 12. Alien (1979) 13. Aliens (1986) 14. Delta Force (1986) 15. Escape from New York (1981) 16. Outland (1981)
this movie is one of those wich reminds of what a cool and good time was the 1990's. the location and settings are cool, the whole movie looks good, pacing is perfect, the plot is simple but not dumb and there is tons of really good action. and compared to movies from today, the villains where pretty charismatic in the 70's, 80's & 90's, powers boothe was awesome. perfect cinema to relax after work, without being forced to listen to political messaging and reminders of what will be tomorrow.
Been subscribed. Told all my friends. Posted on social medias. Took out an add in those grocery store tabloids. Scream it from my apartment windows at 3:52, every morning. Put a note on my cats collar about it and let him loose on the neighborhood
damnnnn i forgot bout this film. i must of watched it about 20 times as a kid as greek would constantly show 80\90's actions films. seagal used to be on twice a week .im really happy your channel has grown so much man you really deserve it , still praying you get to do a seagal interview it would be epic
My favorite Van Damme movie, because my man uses an industrial dishmachine to kill an enemy, and I am a professional hydro-ceramic engineer by trade. I've got a few people I'd like to run through my machine.
This was nice movie, seen it a few times thanks for reviewing it, you are doing a great job, keep it up, keep reviewing, Love it if you can do No where to run
I've watched you now for over a year , really hope u get that silver . I can remember when u only had one name at the end of your videos awesome job . keep up the awesome reviews
Great review, always had a soft spot for this film among JCVD’s filmography. #2 of the JCVD-Peter Hyams trilogy, I think it wouldn’t have worked as well as it did without Powers Boothe’s performance and the surprisingly outstanding cinematography.
I thought this movie was a fever dream. I watched it for the first time in the early 2000's as a kid and that scene of the fight with the mascot and how that lady died traumatized me lol.
I was living in Pittsburgh when they filmed this. Got to watch a couple scenes get shot in Northside where I lived, and a bunch of my friends were extras in the Civic Center stuff when it was filmed. Fun times.
I'm not an American but that ''Conservative or Democrat'' retort made me suddenly burst into a chuckle. I too hope that you got the silver play button, RedEye.
I was not expecting a Frank “Strong Arm” Azar reference in my JCVD hockey terrorist movie review. As a Colorado native, his commercials with increasing levels of special effects had me wishing I was injured in a car wreck.
My father took me to see this film when I was 8 and I developed a legit fear of stadiums thinking someone was gonna blow me up whenever we went to one.
The goalie changing via that side door was actually a quirk of the arena the Penguins played in at the time. It used to be more common, but I think it's been completely phased out as teams got new arenas or renovated arenas.
Love your content man! Here’s an idea: a cheesy horror segment.. And you can start with ‘Tombs of the blind dead’ I’d love to see that:) Greetings from Amsterdam
"Argyle's warming up the limo" 😅😆🤣 Brilliant aye, all the way through. I can tell you had a proper laugh watching this. Doesn't look too bad either. No cheesier than Hard Target is 😛 15:14 that's cool 😃 16:08 proper slackin' 🤭
Somehow, I guess I missed this one! That, or it was one of those weed and alcohol heavy nights. I can see it would be easy to get distracted away from this one! 😜
I loved the Penguins when I was little, and when I saw this movie as a kid, I thought this actually happened and I was concerned there wouldn’t be any more games lol
The Igloo was such a cool arena. Whatever it is now is cool and all (honestly I forget the name) but it doesn't have the same kind of pizzaz that the Civic Arena did. Tho all the time I've lived here I don't recall the roof ever retracting like it could have.
The most fictional part of this movie is that for some reason anybody gives a fuck about the penguins...go NYR amirite boys? EDIT: 15:47 to 16:02 ... You sir have managed to somehow combine my utter contempt for Marchand into a clip of one of my favorite shows of all time. I've watched you're entire Seagal playlist, some of your Nick cage stuff, and a few other videos for a total of near or over 100 videos and never considered subbing because I thought it was a kick I'd be over within a few days. But you sir with that simple 15 second clip have earned yourself a sub for life. You are my hero.
Ok first I gotta say I'm damn glad I asked it to myself right before you did-"is this DieHard on ice?"😂 Also you totally should've bookended this with Last Boy Scout and Snake Eyes 👍
I remember when they shot this in Pittsburgh, the old Civic Arena has the best role in the movie. Never got to see JCVD tho. Peter Hyams directed this ???
This was one of the better Die Hard rip-offs, and any movie with Powers Boothe as a villain automatically gets points.
Plus, watching JCVD MacGuyver his own spear gun was pretty goddamn fantastic.
"This leads our main man to hang up his dalmatian and quit his job."
Two minutes in and we already have a classic line.
Eclipsed by 'Say hello to Doctor Bullet. Doctor Bullet always does house calls.'
I haven't seen this movie since it came out 🤣 1995...I was in high school and thought Van Damage was the man
Same…I was a tad older. Very 90’s movie.
I was in middle school. But I remember seeing this in theater with a friend
Yep.... I was in middle school ......... Van Damage was the man sir!!!!!!🤨🤨🤨.......🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.....👍👍👍
Fun movie, one of his best 👍🏻
That mascot fight was so unintentionally hilarious.
Lol it's all in his dead penguin eyes
Reminded me of Ace Ventura when he fights that mascot at the football game .
*Wait!* That wasn't supposed to be funny??
I am so ashamed of immature teenage me right now, who howled uncontrollably with laughter at that scene 😅
I feel a lot of JCVD movies do have a lot of intentional comedy in them. Of all the 80's 'batch' action starts, JCVD probably is the most self-aware. With Arnold Schwarzenegger being a close second.
I unironically unabashedly love this movie.
I love that it's basically one of those "Die Hard but in a blank" "John Mclone" movies
Yo I feel you A. A. Ron!
I used to have a VHS copy of this 😂 My poor family didn’t have cable, so we just had a bunch of VHS movies to watch, and this was one of them.
One of my favorite jean-Claude Van Damme movies two thumbs up
The line about Stallone just saying "no" made me laugh and after I had completed my laughter, I came right here to the comments, and did a search for "Stallone." Looks like no one has made this comment already, but here goes: The line about Stallone just saying "no" made me laugh.
I don't believe you. It all sounds plausible but there's one glaring detail you didn't take into account in the telling of your fantastic yarn.
I was 7 years old when I saw this. One of the few scenes I remember was JCVD setting the guy on fire with the toy water gun he filled with butane and holding a lighter at the end. As a kid I thought it was brilliant! Reminding myself to try the same thing if I’m ever in a similar situation.
Works like a charm at the DMV
Sudden Death was an amazing movie.
This is actually a good movie. I love when the helicopter crashes into the stadium. Powers Booth is a great villian in everything. Interesting to see an action movie where the hero is a fire fighter.
This is honestly underrated and one of JCVD's better movies. Powers Booth is always awesome.
Some of JCVD’s best movies are the ones where his character isn’t a martial artist. It’s like he’s not wasting time trying to figure out a reason to do the splits in every scene 😂
You should check out “Nowhere to Run”
Your stuff is really funny. I actually laugh throughout 80 percent of it. I used to watch Nostalgia Critic a lot and he's still good for his serious breakdowns, but you really have the comedy review thing down. I really don't know how you don't have millions of views already. I rewatch your Stegal playlist all the time.
This killed me!!! 4:10
Hey thank you so much. This makes me feel great! So glad you are enjoying the videos :)
The production values are nice.
Red Eye: Is this like Die Hard?
I'm surprised you haven't figured out sooner lol.
First time I seen this movie was in jail, one of the like 12 channels we had, man what a punishment, will never go back
I forgot about this movie, I used to love it when I was younger. Hell I saw it for the first time on the USA network
That "Thousand dollar fine!" Guy really made the most of that one line they gave him.
Fun fact: My mom was a merchandiser, one of the people who put displays up in stores when new movies are released. I ended up with a promotional hockey jersey for this movie that had the movie title where the team name would be. Really comfy and I should've kept it.
Saw this gem in the theater with my best friend when we were 14!! Great job man, thanks👍🏿
Powers Boothe in a dinner jacket is like James Bond's shady brother. He was so cool, upped the quality of everything he was in.
In the end credits, the character name Spota is from director Peter Hyams' awesome space western "Outland."
Oh, and Fig Newtons are tasty for breakfast 'cause they're not too sweet.
I saw this in the theater when this came out. Loved it
Oh boy, I've been looking forward to this one.
*Snorts a huge line of blow in a conference room in the mid 90's*
Me: How about Die Hard....in a hockey rink!
Execs: 🔥🔥🔥
You'll get the silver soon man , you are real close.
everyone give this man a sub.
One of the best Die Hard riffs.
Right there with Speed, Under Siege, and Cliffhanger.
Check out the Chinese die hard, High Risk. Movie stars Jet Li and spends most of the movie bashing Jackie Chan.
Speed? Totally different style sir
@nobbynobbs8182
Speed is directed by the cinematographer of Die Hard - Jan de Bont - quite purposefully hired to evoke the SAME style.
THE DIE-HARD FORMULA RECIPE:
✅ Unwitting Hero Forced Into Action (typically fulfilling a personal redemption arc)
✅ Formidable Terrorist / Mastermind Thieves Igniting the Scenario of the Premise
✅ Ticking Clock / Race Against Time
✅ Set in a Contained Space of Limited Options
✅ Hostages in Peril, Hanging in the Balance
***
PROGENY TWISTS ON THE RECIPE:
01. The Rock (1996)
02. Speed (1994)
03. Under Siege (1992)
04. Sudden Death (1995)
05. Cliffhanger (1993)
06. Passenger 57 (1992)
07. Air Force One (1997)
08. Executive Decision (1996)
09. Hard Rain (1998)
10. Broken Arrow (1996)
11. Nick of Time (1995)
12. Con Air (1997)
13. Judgement Night (1993)
14. Deep Rising (1998)
15. Lockout (2012)
16. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
17. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
18. White House Down (2013)
19. Toy Soldiers (1991)
20. Skyscraper (2018)
21. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
22. Snakes on a Plane (2006)
23. Masterminds (1997)
24. Chill Factor (1999)
25. The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
***
THE RECIPE FOREBEARER INGREDIENTS:
01. The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)
02. The Towering Inferno (1974)
03. Black Sunday (1977)
04. First Blood (1982)
05. Lethal Weapon (1987)
06. Commando (1985)
07. The Gauntlet (1977)
08. Assault on Precict 13 (1976)
09. Rio Bravo (1959)
10. Desperate Hours (1955)
11. High Noon (1952)
12. Alien (1979)
13. Aliens (1986)
14. Delta Force (1986)
15. Escape from New York (1981)
16. Outland (1981)
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this movie is one of those wich reminds of what a cool and good time was the 1990's. the location and settings are cool, the whole movie looks good, pacing is perfect, the plot is simple but not dumb and there is tons of really good action. and compared to movies from today, the villains where pretty charismatic in the 70's, 80's & 90's, powers boothe was awesome. perfect cinema to relax after work, without being forced to listen to political messaging and reminders of what will be tomorrow.
It was so outstanding
Been subscribed. Told all my friends. Posted on social medias. Took out an add in those grocery store tabloids. Scream it from my apartment windows at 3:52, every morning. Put a note on my cats collar about it and let him loose on the neighborhood
My favorite things about this movie
1)Blackhawks in game 7 of the Stanely Cup
2) that mascot fight
3)Powers Boothe
damnnnn i forgot bout this film. i must of watched it about 20 times as a kid as greek would constantly show 80\90's actions films. seagal used to be on twice a week .im really happy your channel has grown so much man you really deserve it , still praying you get to do a seagal interview it would be epic
My favorite Van Damme movie, because my man uses an industrial dishmachine to kill an enemy, and I am a professional hydro-ceramic engineer by trade. I've got a few people I'd like to run through my machine.
5:39 I’m suddenly very interested in @redeyereview ‘s thought process about that omelette
Love this movie. Please keep doing JCVD.
You’ll get the play button, I’ve been sayin you’ll get big since you had under 15k!
This was my jam..when I was 10! Thanks Redeye...quality stuff as always!!!
Your Silvester Stallone imitation killed me. Spot on!
Another great video with lots of Van-Damage 👍👏
I haven't seen this since my parents rented it from Blockbuster. Yeah, I'm that old.
Powers Booth always played a great bad guy
3:02 "Anyways. I'm gonna oldpersonnap you now." Everything about this sentence and how he said it is why i keep coming back to good ol' redeye.
This was nice movie, seen it a few times thanks for reviewing it, you are doing a great job, keep it up, keep reviewing, Love it if you can do No where to run
This movie was surprisingly successful in Canada.
Ah good old kick ass JCVD movie 👺🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It always makes my day when I see RedEye pop up on my feed!
Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos
I watched this movie back in the days in the cinema!
We laughed so much at that mascot fight...
Dark, but funny
Watched this movie when it came out on base in Korea. Don't remember a single thing about it.
I've watched you now for over a year , really hope u get that silver . I can remember when u only had one name at the end of your videos awesome job . keep up the awesome reviews
6:13 I was tabbed away and distracted. Didn't realize it was JCVD talking and came back to see if that line was delivered by Tommy Wiseau.
I watched the intro and knew that this was the channel I was looking for. Thanks friend.
Great action packed movie!
Great review, always had a soft spot for this film among JCVD’s filmography. #2 of the JCVD-Peter Hyams trilogy, I think it wouldn’t have worked as well as it did without Powers Boothe’s performance and the surprisingly outstanding cinematography.
I thought this movie was a fever dream. I watched it for the first time in the early 2000's as a kid and that scene of the fight with the mascot and how that lady died traumatized me lol.
Love your channel, may it continue to grow!
gotta buy gift cards cause the IRS says im in trouble, and gotta pay them in best buy gift cards --priceless *
Lol you know what I'm talking about.
I went to the fights the other night and a hockey game broke out.
I was living in Pittsburgh when they filmed this. Got to watch a couple scenes get shot in Northside where I lived, and a bunch of my friends were extras in the Civic Center stuff when it was filmed. Fun times.
I'm not an American but that ''Conservative or Democrat'' retort made me suddenly burst into a chuckle.
I too hope that you got the silver play button, RedEye.
I actually saw this movie in the theaters and good to know you feel the same way about it 🤣
Has a hockey fan I enjoyed the fact they made it a rematch of the 1992 stanley cup finals between the Penguins and the Blackhawks
I was not expecting a Frank “Strong Arm” Azar reference in my JCVD hockey terrorist movie review. As a Colorado native, his commercials with increasing levels of special effects had me wishing I was injured in a car wreck.
I was waiting for this one man, love it dude, my 2nd favorite jcvd movie💪🏽
What's your Favorite?
@@docwho2828 double impact💪🏽
@@robertojosegaribaldohuerta8088 I see.My favorite is Bloodsport
@@docwho2828 a real fan of jcvd knows that bloodsport is top 3 of his best films
"I'll put spiders in your mouth!" 🤣🤣🤣 Great vid and great movie!
Aw, you left off one of my faves:
"Hallmark huh. I guess they cared enough to send the very best."
"Gee, never heard that one before..."
12:36....Luc Robitaille was never known for his skating in the first place.
As a bostonian, Marchand is hands down my favorite player of the last 11 years
My father took me to see this film when I was 8 and I developed a legit fear of stadiums thinking someone was gonna blow me up whenever we went to one.
If only this was a Xmas movie
You didn't know of Sudden Death? I'm surprised mate, bloody classic.
"put a hundred million in this, and in that, and another in Seagal in different kinds of hats"
Gold.
So nice I thumbs up it twice..
In the 90's you had to have your "trapped with terrorist to save my loved ones" movie to beal a real action star... ;)
im the other others cuz im new... but i love how happy you sound lately sir!!!!
Holy crap I grew up with frank Azar “the strong arm.” I even had the pleasure of being his server at my job hahahahwhwhw
The goalie changing via that side door was actually a quirk of the arena the Penguins played in at the time. It used to be more common, but I think it's been completely phased out as teams got new arenas or renovated arenas.
Another good video! Kudos!
I remember seeing this in theaters when I was in middle school and I thought it was great
Love your content man!
Here’s an idea: a cheesy horror segment.. And you can start with ‘Tombs of the blind dead’
I’d love to see that:)
Greetings from Amsterdam
I do love me some horror. I should do this
"Argyle's warming up the limo" 😅😆🤣
Brilliant aye, all the way through. I can tell you had a proper laugh watching this. Doesn't look too bad either. No cheesier than Hard Target is 😛
15:14 that's cool 😃
16:08 proper slackin' 🤭
Somehow, I guess I missed this one! That, or it was one of those weed and alcohol heavy nights. I can see it would be easy to get distracted away from this one! 😜
This is one of van dammes best movies
This is one of his best movies imo
Loved this movie
I loved the Penguins when I was little, and when I saw this movie as a kid, I thought this actually happened and I was concerned there wouldn’t be any more games lol
Love the show! Strange brew!
@4:00 anyone else notice the announcer say "the Blackhawks are on the brink of elimination"...it's game 7...yeah uuhhhduuhh
when I see "4 hours until face-off" I think this movie happens in the "same universe" as john woo's face-off.. and that would be AWESOME
" Are you Democrats or Republicans?....Neither, Canadian!!!" I love that line! Cheers from Quebec!!!
The Igloo was such a cool arena. Whatever it is now is cool and all (honestly I forget the name) but it doesn't have the same kind of pizzaz that the Civic Arena did. Tho all the time I've lived here I don't recall the roof ever retracting like it could have.
Dude if any movie was worth signing up for columbia house it was this one
Love me some JC Van Dammit
The Quest (1996) and Maximum Risk (1996) are due!
The most fictional part of this movie is that for some reason anybody gives a fuck about the penguins...go NYR amirite boys?
EDIT:
15:47 to 16:02 ... You sir have managed to somehow combine my utter contempt for Marchand into a clip of one of my favorite shows of all time. I've watched you're entire Seagal playlist, some of your Nick cage stuff, and a few other videos for a total of near or over 100 videos and never considered subbing because I thought it was a kick I'd be over within a few days. But you sir with that simple 15 second clip have earned yourself a sub for life. You are my hero.
Oh my god you know the strong arm?!?! You must be in Colorado! So am I haha
Lol I grew up in Colorado! Frank is a legend
He totally seems like the kind of person to make urinal cakes in his face to advertise haha
And as much a legend he is, I am more a fan of yours ! Keep up the great work I love your sense of humor
@@ManMilff thanks friend :)
lol ive seen this before. every time he walks onto the ice, all i can think is "hmm i wonder how long it took him to put on all that equipment" lmao
Ok first I gotta say I'm damn glad I asked it to myself right before you did-"is this DieHard on ice?"😂 Also you totally should've bookended this with Last Boy Scout and Snake Eyes 👍
My dad and I use to burn this up, he loved all the cheesy action flicks. I need to see if you reviewed Timecop.
I was a huge JCvD an an a hockey fan loved this movie about you still need to do Lion Heart please!
This movie kicks ass!!!!!!!!
Watched this in theatres
I remember when they shot this in Pittsburgh, the old Civic Arena has the best role in the movie. Never got to see JCVD tho. Peter Hyams directed this ???
Yes, this is Die Hard on Hockey
A security guard gets to take his kid into the team and other places during gametime! That's beyond any stretch of reality.