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Maximum Risk (1996)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 32
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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 8

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Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a French cop whose colleagues make a startling discovery -- a man named Mikhail, who was killed in a high-speed chase with police, looks exactly like him. Curious about the stranger with his face, Alain is told by his mother Chantal (Stephane Audran) that Mikhail was in fact his twin brother, whom her poor family was forced to give up at birth. Alain wants to know more about the brother he never knew, but the more he learns the more troubling the news

R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Ringo Lam

In Theaters: Sep 13, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Oct 30, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Alain Moreau
Natasha Henstridge
Alex Minetti
Zach Grenier
Ivan Dzasokhov
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Sebastien Thirry
St�phane Audran
Chantal Moreau
Paul Ben-Victor
Agent Pellman
Frank Senger
Agent Loomis
David Hemblen
Kirov
Stefanos Miltsakakis
Red Face
Frank VanKeeken
Davis Hartley

Critic Reviews for Maximum Risk

All Critics (33) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (24) | DVD (7)

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

July 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Leonard Klady

Variety

Top Critic

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

January 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Richard Harrington

Washington Post

Top Critic

Lam not only handles the bravura action set pieces with ease but also a capable international cast as colorful and varied as the film's many locales.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

The chases are chaotic and cliched.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Sean Means

Film.com

Top Critic

Action flicks should be fun, and this one is a bloody bore.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Bruce Westbrook

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

The generic nature of the plot and action sequences, not to mention the presence of Jean-Claude Van Damme, made everything seem all-too-familiar.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

The plot holds together pretty well, which is not always the case in Van Damme's movies, and does not require the concoction of labored explanations for his pronounced accent.

November 2, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

...has its moments of fun and excitement, and even though it's uneven and hits rock bottom on occasion, it should be of interest to die-hard action fans. (Blu-ray Edition)

August 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...the movie has some good moments of intrigue and adventure, and with a more charismatic hero it might have worked better.

August 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The energetic action isn't quite enough to overcome an undernourished story. [Blu-Ray]

August 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

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

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

Time Out

For sweet bloody thrills, this one beats the summer blockbuster competition hands-down.

September 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

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Bryant Frazer

Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Villains curl their upper lip and snarl in bad Russian accents, while Van Damme bungles four-word sentences.

May 20, 2003 Comment

Susan Tavernetti

Palo Alto Weekly

Premium Van Damme...Henstridge is eye-poppingly appealing

April 27, 2003 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

Those who approach Maximum Risk with minimal expectations will, in the end, experience at least the occasional pleasant surprise.

April 16, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

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Fights ensue. Van-Damme kicks a lot of ass. Explosions occur. The end.

August 1, 2002 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Zesty chases and Van Damme's always exciting fights scenes fit well within a story that carries more intrigue than the average kick-and-crash extravaganzas.

June 18, 2002 Full Review | Comment

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

The plot moves along so that a mandatory fight scene is sure to pop up every fifteen minutes to make sure the audience isn't snoozing, but Lam manages to botch at least half of these scenes with shaky camerawork and scrappy editing.

February 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

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A cop (Van Damme) just found out about something new. He's had a twin brother all these years and didn't know it, but the bad part is that he just found out by finding his twin's dead body. Little does this cop know that his twin brother was a Russian agent. Since he looks just like the person that just died, everybody

September 14, 2009

Jason Owens

Super Reviewer

Typical Van Damme plot line envolving murder and revenge but in the hands of Lam its is just about ok. There are some really nice action sequences here that really look good and slick involving cars and leaping about in front of trains hehe the stunts make the film really as the cast are kinda lame in their

July 25, 2008