Maximum Risk Reviews
Top CriticThe generic nature of the plot and action sequences, not to mention the presence of Jean-Claude Van Damme, made everything seem all-too-familiar.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Filmcritic.com
Fights ensue. Van-Damme kicks a lot of ass. Explosions occur. The end.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
A standard Van Damme pic, competently assembled but with little of the manic edge found in director Lam's Hong Kong movies.
Movie Metropolis
...the movie has some good moments of intrigue and adventure, and with a more charismatic hero it might have worked better.
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| Original Score: 5/10
Groucho Reviews
The energetic action isn't quite enough to overcome an undernourished story. [Blu-Ray]
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| Original Score: 2/4
Palo Alto Weekly
Villains curl their upper lip and snarl in bad Russian accents, while Van Damme bungles four-word sentences.
| Original Score: 1.5/4
Cinematter
The action's good and pointless in this bland thriller.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Q Network Film Desk
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.
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| Original Score: 1/4
Jam! Movies
Maximum Risk equals minimum impact -- even by Van Damme standards.
Austin Chronicle
Those who have seen Lam's best work know he might have pulled it off...if, just maybe, he had a more capable leading man.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
So full of holes that exciting stunts can't cover them all.
Action flicks should be fun, and this one is a bloody bore.
It just simmers down, becoming an embarrassing exercise in the pointless and predictable.
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| Original Score: 1/4
There are so many car crashes in Maximum Risk that Van Damme ends up playing second fiddle to an ever-expanding salvage operation.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
A resolutely mediocre film.
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| Original Score: 5/10
TheMovieReport.com
Devoid of any distinct personality that would set it apart from other action flicks.
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| Original Score: 2/4
