Amazon.com
1994
101 Minutes
Feature, Rated R
Available on VHS
The back of the box describes this film "When East German Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren, Rocky IV) wins the gold medal in the Pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the West with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul), vows revenge and Eric’s best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the Gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all...the fight for his life." There are numerous running sequences scattered throughout this drama. Starting as a child in the opening sequence to the Olympic competition depicted in Seoul before he runs at the airport to defect. When he starts to train again he runs on the beach as well as the road to get into racing form. The last sequence of the film is the Olympic Trial for modern pentathlon and the film comes to it’s conclusion on the track. Amazon.com offers used copies of this film at a very low price if you want to own it.
1994