| Pentathlon | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bruce Malmuth |
| Produced by | Martin E. Caan |
| Written by | William Stadiem and Bruce Malmuth |
| Starring | Dolph Lundgren |
| Music by | David Spear |
| Cinematography | Misha Suslov |
| Editing by | Joseph Gutowski |
| Studio | Live Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Live Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | South Korea: 4 June 1994 United States 21 March 1995 Japan 29 April 1995 |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pentathlon is a 1993 American action thriller directed by Bruce Malmuth and starring Dolph Lundgren as an East German Olympic gold medalist pentathlete on the run from a lethal coach (David Soul).
After winning a gold medal for East Germany at the pentathlon in the 1988 olympics in Seoul, East German athlete Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) makes an escape to freedom from his abusive trainer, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul).
Eight years later, Mueller is no longer a trainer. He has become a terrorist, responsible for a series of attacks on German government officials, and Mueller has discovered that Eric is in Los Angeles.
Brogar had become a self-pitying boozehound until his talents were spotted by his diner-owning boss John Creese (Roger E. Mosley). Still smarting over Eric's defection, Mueller beats Eric's father Rudolph Brogar (Erik Holland) to death before flying to Los Angeles.
While Eric reunites with his former girlfriend Julia Davis (Renee Coleman), who hones his endurance skills at her dad's woodland retreat, Mueller joins forces with neo-Nazi sympathizers including Eric's former rival Rhinehardt (Daniel Riordan).
At a peace rally, Mueller and his thugs plot to assassinate a rabbi and an ambassador while spreading a hate message on cable TV. After viciously beating up Julia's father Vic Davis (Phillip Bruns) and shooting Creese, Mueller and his thugs kidnap Eric, who retaliates by wiping out most of the neo-Nazis.
Three weeks later, at the pentathlon finals, Eric not only triumphs in his tryout, but he also ends up shooting Mueller dead in self defense when Mueller tries to kill him at the finish line.