Fresh
It's a visceral delight that refuses to be deterred by niceties of plot or character consistency and prefers sweat to emotion.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Maximum Risk
The other side of safe.
1996 · 1h 40m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Overview
Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.
Director and cast
- Ringo Lam Ling-Tung Director
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Mikhail Suverov
- Natasha Henstridge as Alex Minetti
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Sebastien
- Zach Grenier as Ivan Dzasokhov
- Paul Ben-Victor as Agent Pellman
- Frank Senger as Agent Loomis
- Stefanos Miltsakakis as Red Face
- Stéphane Audran as Chantal Moreau
- Dan Moran Cast
- David Hemblen Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
31%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A standard Van Damme pic, competently assembled but with little of the manic edge found in director Lam's Hong Kong movies.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
There are so many car crashes in Maximum Risk that Van Damme ends up playing second fiddle to an ever-expanding salvage operation.
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Fresh
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.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The chases are chaotic and cliched.
Sean Means, Film.com
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