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5.3

Terminal Velocity

PG-13·1994·102m

Action

Summary

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.

Cast

Charlie Sheen

Ditch Brodie

Nastassja Kinski

Chris Morrow

James Gandolfini

Ben Pinkwater

Christopher McDonald

Kerr

Gary Bullock

Lex

Melvin Van Peebles

Noble

Cathryn de Prume

Karen

Terry Finn

Birthday Mom

Tim Kelleher

Jump Junkie #1

Brooke Langton

Jump Junkie #2

Tim Lounibos

Jump Junkie #3

Lori Lynn Dickerson

Helicopter Newscaster

Hans Howes

Sam

Cynthia Shope

Babe

Richard Sarafian Jr.

Dominic

Suli McCullough

Robocam

Rance Howard

Stunt Pilot/Chuck

Margaret Colin

Joline "Jo" (uncredited)

Martha Vazquez

Newscaster

Matthew Mazuroski

Jump Instructor "Tom"

Sofia Shinas

Broken Legs

Chester Bennett

Vlad

Billy Hank Hooker

Gunman #1

John C. Meier

Gunman #2

Yevgeni Shutov

Foreign Minister

Terey Summers

Cashier

Sanford Gibbons

Greyhound Clerk

Sam Smiley

Corvette Owner

Kurek Ashley

Cargo Pilot

Paul Guyot

Car Wash Attendant

Robert L. Lee

FAA Inspector #1

Michael Gaughan

FAA Inspector #2

James R. Wilson

Bartender

Michelle Crisa

Stewardess

Maya Bulgakova

Krista's Mother (uncredited)

Yuriy Nazarov

Krista's Father (uncredited)

William Bolander

Hiker (uncredited)

Debbie Overbey

Hiker (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Deran Sarafian

Screenplay

David Twohy

Reviews

Geronimo1967

August 26, 2023

Man of the moment Charlie Sheen is "Ditch", an accident-prone, pain in the neck skydiver. When one of his passengers (Nastassja Kinski), ostensibly on her first jump, hits the ground with one hell of a thud, he is certain that he took all the steps necessary to ensure her safety. What happened? Well nothing is quite as it seems, and soon he is on the trail of some dodgy KGB agents after some airborne gold. There is plenty of action, to be fair, but the film is simply a vehicle for Sheen, and he has long since lost his boyish charms. The dialogue seems to have emerged from a teenage scriptwriters meeting that decided "let's use some smutty words, tee tee", and the plot is really pretty thin and lacklustre. Some films just don't have much of a shelf life - this is certainly one of those.