# Deathline > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deathline > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deathline.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathline > Source revision: 1339162237 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the 1997 science fiction film. For the 1972 British horror film, see [Death Line](/source/Death_Line). This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Deathline" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1997 Canadian film Deathline DVD cover Directed by Tibor Takács Written by Tibor Takács Brian Irving Produced by Brian Irving Starring Rutger Hauer Mark Dacascos Yvonne Sciò Cinematography Zoltán David Edited by Neil Grieve Music by Guy Zerafa Production company Millennium Films Distributed by Cinefear Release date 22 December 1997 (1997-12-22) (Russia) Running time 92 minutes Countries Canada Netherlands Hungary Language English ***Deathline*** (also known as ***Redline***) is a 1997 [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction), [action](/source/Action_film) film starring [Rutger Hauer](/source/Rutger_Hauer) and [Yvonne Sciò](/source/Yvonne_Sci%C3%B2).[1] 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.[1] 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".[2] ## Plot Wade, his girlfiend Marina, and Merrick [smuggle](/source/Smuggle) bio-cyber microchips in from [America](/source/America) to a decadent [high tech](/source/High_tech) [Russia](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Rutger_Hauer) as John Anderson Wade - [Mark Dacascos](/source/Mark_Dacascos) as Merrick - [Yvonne Scio](/source/Yvonne_Scio) as Marina K / Katya - Patrick Dreikauss as Mishka - [Randall William Cook](/source/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](/source/%C3%81gnes_B%C3%A1nfalvy) as Russian President - Gábor Nagy as Priest ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-videobusiness19980504_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-videobusiness19980504_1-1) McClain, Buzz (4 May 1998). ["Redline"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/223921483). *Video Business*. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [223921483](https://www.proquest.com/docview/223921483). Retrieved 19 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Myers, Randy (17 July 1998). ["Upstaginf an Lizard Underdogs Put 'Godzilla' to Shame"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/425000355). *The Record*. Bergen County, New Jersey. Knight Ridder Newspapers. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [425000355](https://www.proquest.com/docview/425000355). Retrieved 19 July 2024. ## External links - [*Deathline*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124349/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Deathline*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/476748/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) - [*Deathline*](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1081011_redline) at [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) v t e Films directed by Tibor Takács Metal Messiah (1977) Snow (1983) The Gate (1987) I, Madman (1989) The Gate II: Trespassers (1990) Bad Blood (1994) Sabotage (1996) Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) Redline (1997) Sanctuary (1997) Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998) Once Upon a Christmas (2000) Twice Upon a Christmas (2001) Mansquito (2005) Nature Unleashed: Earthquake (2005) The Black Hole (2006) Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006) Ice Spiders (2007) Mega Snake (2007) NYC: Tornado Terror (2008) Lies & Illusions (2009) Spiders 3D (2013) Bunks (2013) Black Warrant (2022) This 1990s science fiction film–related article is a stub. 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