Terminal Velocity Synopsis & Summary

Synopsis

Party-hard skydiving teacher Ditch Brodie (Charlie Sheen) has a knack for getting himself into trouble, but his booze-babes-and-planes shenanigans hardly prepare him for an international plot that pits Brodie and a mysterious KGB agent against a post-Cold War Russian villain called Kerr (Chris McDonald) and an American heavy named Ben Pinkwater (James Gandolfini). Aerial set pieces alternate with tongue-in-cheek flirtation and conspiracy-theory suspense as Brodie meets a beautiful new student, Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski), then must try to explain to the authorities how he allowed her to fall out of a plane to her death. Soon Brodie -- on the run from both Kerr and the police -- begins to realize that in espionage, as in romance, often nothing is as it seems. - Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Movie Info

Theatrical Release Date:
09/23/1994
DVD Release Date:
01/05/1999
Rating:
PG-13
MPAA Reasons:
for scenes of strong action/violence, and for brief strong language.
Run Time:
100 min.
Production Co.:
Buena Vista
Director(s):
Genre(s):
Themes:
Assassination Plots, Conspiracies
Tone:
Irreverent, Paranoid, Slick, Tense
Keywords:
espionage, robbery, skydiving
Language:
English
Status:
DVD