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SYNOPSIS


A 747 lands in the middle of a desert. A young Russian woman is murdered in her appartment. Skydiving instructor Richard 'Ditch' Brodie ( Charlie Sheen ) takes on a new client, Chris Morrow ( Nastassja Kinski ), who on her first jump doesn't open her parachute and dies.

Except Ditch discovers she faked her death and that she is really a Russian spy trying to recover a shipment of gold. Ditch must use all his skydiving skills to outwit the villains and stay alive.


TRIVIA


  • Originally written for Tom Cruise , the spec script sold for $500, 000.



  • The final stunt - with Sheen at the wheel of a sports car falling to earth - was a mixture of Bluescreen and clever camera work as a real car was suspended beneath a helicopter and then a Reverse Zoom made it seem as if it was falling free.