Maximum Risk

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Maximum Risk

R,

1996,

1h 40m,

Action

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French police officer Alain Moreau makes an astonishing discovery: Mikhail, a man who died recently in a breakneck car chase, is the twin brother he never knew. Alain then uncovers a web of family secrets that lead him to New York City, where his brother was involved with the Russian Mafia. Teaming up with Mikhail's lover, Alex Minetti, Alain must now assume his twin's identity and go undercover to avenge Mikhail's death.

Leonard Klady

Variety

Jul 8, 2008

It's a visceral delight that refuses to be deterred by niceties of plot or character consistency and prefers sweat to emotion.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

A standard Van Damme pic, competently assembled but with little of the manic edge found in director Lam's Hong Kong movies.

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Richard Harrington

Washington Post

Jan 22, 2002

There are so many car crashes in Maximum Risk that Van Damme ends up playing second fiddle to an ever-expanding salvage operation.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Mar 24, 2024

3/4

...a briskly-paced thriller that benefits from its compelling storyline and smattering of exciting action sequences...

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

Mar 28, 2022

2/4

As usual, the cars crash into easy targets, like cardboard boxes or outdoor furniture. Glass crashes easily, and most of Van Damme's stunts are executed by stunt doubles.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Feb 23, 2022

6/10

There is always a place for this kind of unpretentious, functional action cinema.

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Hagrid R

Oct 23, 2018

Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge do well in this mid 90's action flick one of the many movies that Van Damme plays his own twin.

Ron G

Jan 30, 2017

Cliche and boring from beginning to end. You might get some chuckles from the awful ADR or the occasional awkward line-delivery. But it's hardly worth the time unless you're all out of Ambien, in which case this should put you right to sleep. For Van Damme completists only.

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Anakin R

Mar 6, 2010

The two parts of this film that elevate above what would of struggled to even be average are Jean-Claude Van Damme and the action scenes. Van Damme is likable and more than competent at tackling the numerous stunts. The action scenes have everything you would expect from a film like this with explosions, car chases, hand to hand combat and shootouts in abundance and they all work while being equally thrilling and tense. They also executed really well with everything in camera and plenty of detail peppered throughout them all. The plot and the script are serviceable and are at least not boring despite being somewhat cliched and obvious.

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Ringo Lam

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Jean-Claude Van Damme

Alain Moreau

Natasha Henstridge

Alex Minetti

Zach Grenier

Ivan Dzasokhov

Jean-Hugues Anglade

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Synopsis

French police officer Alain Moreau makes an astonishing discovery: Mikhail, a man who died recently in a breakneck car chase, is the twin brother he never knew. Alain then uncovers a web of family secrets that lead him to New York City, where his brother was involved with the Russian Mafia. Teaming up with Mikhail's lover, Alex Minetti, Alain must now assume his twin's identity and go undercover to avenge Mikhail's death.

Director: Ringo Lam
Producer: Moshe Diamant
Screenwriter: Larry Ferguson
Production Co: Roger Birnbaum Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.1M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround

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