An Olympic gold medalist escapes to freedom in the US, only to be tracked down by his sadistic ex-coach.An Olympic gold medalist escapes to freedom in the US, only to be tracked down by his sadistic ex-coach.An Olympic gold medalist escapes to freedom in the US, only to be tracked down by his sadistic ex-coach.
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- TriviaThe Olympic swimming contest was filmed at Pepperdine swimming pool in Malibu.
- GoofsTwo sound errors concerning one of the henchman's gun. He is carrying a pistol with a silencer but when he unlocks the weapon, ready to shoot, the gun clicks like a .38 revolver's cylinder, and when he fires at Eric not only the silencer can't be heard - which is supposed to reduce the firing sound - but it sounds like a revolver firing.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Pentathlon (2011)
Featured review
One of Dolph's most entertaining flicks
As someone who's seen almost 30 of Dolph's movies I have to say this is one of the standouts from his filmography. Most of the movies he makes are quite entertaining and simple, mostly existing for Dolph to kill a bunch of guys and save the day. This one is quite different as it's probably the most ridiculous movie he's ever made. It's even more ridiculous than Bridge of Dragons which exists in some weird alternate fantasy universe where all the countries in the world have merged. In Pentathlon Dolph is an Olympic athlete who competes for East Germany and after certain circumstances force his hand, he flees to America. However, despite him trying to get away from everything and start a new life his communist coach has other ideas in mind and tracks Dolph with the intent of killing him! If that doesn't sound amazing then you should skip this movie. But if it does sound great you should give it a watch as the movie gets even better later on, especially in the last act which is absolutely incredible in its absurdity.
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- Jan 7, 2019
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- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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