The plot sees an American former soldier fight separatists from a fictional Russian republic, who threaten to blow up a packed association football stadium and kill his teenage protégée, unless an elusive spectator is turned over to them before the game ends.

Meanwhile, in London, former US military soldier Michael Knox visits his late best friend's house to attend West Ham United football game with his niece, Danni.

After he kills two other men, Vlad and Anton, Knox brings the latter's body to a balcony and throws him down, smashing into concession stands and thereby summoning the police.

Steed is approached by Agent Cho, who explains that Dimitri fled Russia undercover, underwent plastic surgery, and was given amnesty in London.

Knox had managed to get and keep hold of the kill switch, but realizes it is fake; before dying, Tatiana explains that the bomb will blow up 90 minutes into the match no matter what.

But as he starts to mourn, Knox looks more closely at the frozen big screen which was not destroyed and notices a time difference in two clocks, realising that the live broadcast was pre-recorded 85 minutes into the match, and that both of them are probably alive.

Knox, Danni, her mother, and Faisal (who was near the blast but managed to survive as he rescued an older woman who he had argued with earlier) leave the stadium.

The idea for Final Score took form during a casual conversation between Signature Entertainment boss Marc Goldberg and West Ham United F.C.

As the team's longtime venue, Boleyn Ground, was about to be vacated and replaced by a residential complex, Goldberg thought it would make for a convenient and unusual film location before its demolition.

[3] As the project's impetus rested solely on the concept of an action film shot at the soon-to-be torn down stadium, an open call for script treatments was quickly issued.

It attracted a variety of works, ranging from broad outlines to scene-by-scene rundowns, from which the Lynch Brothers' submission emerged as the favorite.

[5] In the spirit of honesty, Bautista admitted that he had never heard of West Ham United and knew virtually nothing about soccer prior to the shoot,[6] nor did he grow any particular liking for the sport during it.

[11] During the shoot, Boleyn Ground's former executive suites were converted into bedrooms for some of the crew members, including director Scott Mann.

"[22] Kevin Crust of Los Angeles Times gave a mixed review "The characters are familiar movie types sufficiently fleshed out and well performed to hit all the emotional and comedic cues.

The fight scenes and stunts — especially a masterfully choreographed motorcycle chase throughout the stadium — and a lack of obvious CGI provide the requisite thrills.

In that film, a fire marshal played by Jean-Claude Van Damme must stop a group of armed robbers, who have captured his daughter and planted bombs throughout the venue, before time runs out on game seven of ice hockey's Stanley Cup Finals.

[24][25][26][27] Although he denied having seen Sudden Death prior to making Final Score, director Scott Mann acknowledged the similarities, saying "It totally is kind of like it".