Terminal Velocity (1994)

This is one of those movies I grew up watching since I was seven years old and I would consider this film as one of those action movies that are entertaining to watch about a daredevil maverick skydiver name Richard ‘Ditch’ Brodie (Charlie Sheen), who takes a skydiving instruction for a beautiful new client name Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski), who apparently dies from her first jump. Ditch discovers that Morrow faked her own death and is really a Russian spy. The two unlikely team up to stop a mafia of Russian criminals from stealing a shipment of Russian gold. Sheen had some funny moments during the film. Like for example: seeing his 1970 white Dodge Charger being totally shot by the bad guys was hilarious. For the film’s cast: Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore) plays an aggressive, blonde haired Russian who loves his 1993 red Cadillac Allanté. And James Gandolfini, in one of his earlier roles, plays an interesting performance as a seemingly mild-mannered deputy district attorney from Tucson, Arizona. The first time I saw this movie, I had no idea that was Gandolfini till later over years I would hear about him in The Sopranos. This movie has two incredible action sequences, like when Sheen and Kinski ride a 350 mile per hour jet engine thru the desert and when Sheen drives McDonald’s car out of a plane while it’s in the air. I can still remember watching a behind the scenes glimpse on how they shot the car jump sequence by using 23 of the same Cadillac Allantés and completely destroyed nine of them. With incredible action sequences, from either the sky or the ground, TERMINAL VELOCITY is one of those action movies (from the 90’s) that are entertaining to watch.