A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.
Practical Effects
Full-scale tunnel flood sequences — CGI couldn't touch this in '96.
Stunts
Stallone's free-climbing through a collapsing ventilation shaft.
Production
Rome's Cinecittà Studios built a functioning 800-foot tunnel set.
Director
Rob Cohen
Sylvester Stallone
Kit Latura
Amy Brenneman
Madelyne Thompson
Viggo Mortensen
Roy Nord
Stan Shaw
George Tyrell
Barry Newman
Norman Bassett
Dan Hedaya
Frank Kraft
Jay O. Sanders
Steven Crighton
Karen Young
Sarah Crighton
Claire Bloom
Eleanor Trilling
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Grace Calloway
Renoly Santiago
Mikey
Danielle Harris
Ashley Crighton
Trina McGee
LaTonya
Marcello Thedford
Kadeem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The tunnel set was so massive it became a tourist attraction for Romans during production. Locals reportedly placed bets on which stunt performers would 'drown' each day.
This was Stallone's desperate pivot after Judge Dredd bombed — he literally begged Universal to let him do 'a real human being' again. The result? A trauma counselor action hero with a dead wife backstory.
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