Deathline

{{About|the 1997 science fiction film|the 1972 British horror film|Death Line}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Deathline | image = Death line dvd cover.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = [[Tibor Takács (director)|Tibor Takács]] | writer = Tibor Takács [[Brian Irving]] | producer = [[Brian Irving]] | starring = [[Rutger Hauer]] [[Mark Dacascos]] [[Yvonne Sciò]] | narrator = | cinematography = Zoltán David | editing = Neil Grieve | music = Guy Zerafa | studio = [[Millennium Films]] | distributor = Cinefear | released = {{Film date|1997|12|22|Russia|df=y}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Canada Netherlands Hungary | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Deathline''''' (also known as '''''Redline''''') is a 1997 [[science fiction]], [[action film|action]] film starring [[Rutger Hauer]] and [[Yvonne Sciò]].<ref name="videobusiness19980504">{{Cite news |last=McClain |first=Buzz |date=4 May 1998 |title=Redline |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/223921483 |access-date=2024-07-19 |work=Video Business |id={{ProQuest|223921483}} }}</ref> It was also released under the title ''Armageddon''. A Canadian-Dutch-Hungarian 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.<ref name="videobusiness19980504" /> 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".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Randy |date=17 July 1998 |title=Upstaginf an Lizard Underdogs Put 'Godzilla' to Shame |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/425000355 |access-date=2024-07-19 |work=The Record |location=Bergen County, New Jersey |id={{ProQuest|425000355}}|agency=Knight Ridder Newspapers}}</ref>

==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

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0124349}} * {{TCMDb title|id=476748}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|1081011_redline}}

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