''Deathline'' (also known as ''Redline'') is a 1997

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film starring

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and

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. 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. 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".

Plot

Wade, his girlfiend Marina, and Merrick

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bio-cyber microchips in from

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to a decadent

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. 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

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. 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

as John Anderson Wade *

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as Merrick * Yvonne Scio as Marina K / Katya * Patrick Dreikauss as Mishka *

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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 *

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as Russian President * Gábor Nagy as Priest

References

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* * * 1997 films 1997 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 1997 science fiction films English-language science fiction action films {{1990s-sf-film-stub