Deathline

This article is about the 1997 science fiction film. For the 1972 British horror film, see Death Line.

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
Language	English

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 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

• 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

External links

• Deathline at IMDb
• Deathline at AllMovie
• Deathline at the TCM Movie Database
• Deathline at Rotten Tomatoes