Pentathlon (film)
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| 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 |
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| Running time | 101-minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
Pentathlon is a 1994 American action thriller film 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).
Plot
After winning a gold medal for East Germany in the pentathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, athlete Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) flees from his abusive trainer, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) and the olympic team.
Eight years later, Meuller is no longer a trainer. He has become a neo-Nazi terrorist, responsible for a series of attacks on German government officials, and Meuller 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, Meuller and his thugs plot to assassinate a rabbi and an ambassador while spreading a hate message on cable television. After viciously beating up Julia's father Vic Davis (Phillip Bruns) and shooting Creese, Meuller and his thugs kidnap Eric, who retaliates by wiping out most of the neo-Nazis. Later, at the another Olympic pentathlon finals. Eric not only triumphs, but he also ends up shooting Meuller dead in self-defense at the end when Meuller tries to kill him at the finish line.
Cast
- Dolph Lundgren as Eric Brogar (Brogar)
- David Soul as Mueller
- Renée Coleman as Julia
- Roger E. Mosley as Creese
- Evan James as Offerman
- David Drummond as Hundt
- Daniel Riordan as Rhinehardt
- Philip Bruns as Vic
- Gerald Hopkins as Christian
- Erik Holland as Rudolph Brogar
- Bruce Malmuth as Erhardt
- Mel Stewart as Olympic Athlete
- Anthony T. Pennello as Cop #1
- Barry Lynch as Horst
- Andreas Reinl as Schubert
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