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Maximum Risk
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4.9/10   6,342 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Larry Ferguson (written by)
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Release Date:
13 September 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Other Side of Safety. more
Plot:
A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He... more | add synopsis
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Good & Bad Of 'Maximum Risk' more (57 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jean-Claude Van Damme ... Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov

Natasha Henstridge ... Alex Minetti
Jean-Hugues Anglade ... Sebastien

Zach Grenier ... Ivan Dzasokhov

Paul Ben-Victor ... Agent Pellman

Frank Senger ... Agent Loomis
Stefanos Miltsakakis ... Red Face
Frank Van Keeken ... Davis Hartley
David Hemblen ... Dmitri Kirov
Stéphane Audran ... Chantal Moreau

Dan Moran ... Yuri
Donald Burda ... Nicholas
Rob Kaman ... Morris

Herb Lovelle ... Martin
Denis Costanzo ... Innkeeper
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Also Known As:
Bloodstone
The Exchange
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, and for some sexuality and language.
Runtime:
100 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
It was Jean-Claude Van Damme's idea that Asian action director Ringo Lam direct this film, as his American directorial debut. more
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Cab Driver: I could find a penguin in a sand storm. more
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Featured in Gargoyle (2004) (V) more
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Under The Oak Tree more

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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Good & Bad Of 'Maximum Risk', 22 May 2006
7/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

This Jean-Claude Van Damme action vehicle gets good marks for sound, low profanity, some very good action scenes and some interesting characters that keep your attention. It loses marks for excessive violence, too much "Rambo" mentality (good guys don't get hit despite a barrage of bullets) and, yet, another modern-day film in which the FBI is corrupt.

This is also another of these action films that has TOO much action. It would be better with some more lulls. It almost gets ridiculous in spots. Nevertheless, some of the scenes such as car chases, fires and explosions are so well-done you have to admire the great stunt work in here. Man, those stunt men earn their money!

You would be hard-pressed to find two leads in any film with the bodies of Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge and neither are shy about showing them off, so you have the usual gratuitous sex scenes, but they are brief, as is the profanity. This is a loud film. If you have good speakers, be ready to have the room shake with lots of bass.

Overall, it's about 100 minutes of mindless but entertaining diversion.

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