Maximum Risk
by Ringo Lam
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Actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Natasha Henstridge, Paul Ben-Victor, Zach GrenierDirector: Ringo Lam
Brand: Sony
Producer: Eugene Van Varenberg
Producer: Jason Clark
Producer: Limor Diamant
Producer: Moshe Diamant
Producer: Richard G. Murphy
Producer: Roger Birnbaum
Writer: Larry Ferguson
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-05-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Maximum Risk
Movie Review: The Steamiest Van Damme Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
Director Ringo Lam and Executive Producer Roger Birmbaum bring us one of Jean-Claude Van Damme's most adventurous, erotic thrillers. "Maximum Risk" is Van Damme at his maximum best. This high budget, lavishly produced, emotionally packed action film has a great plot with numerous chase scenes and daredevil stunts unfolding against a background of exotic locales. All are highlighted by a suspenseful score form Robert Folk.
Van Damme is police officer Alain Moreau who is investigating the death of his estranged twin brother, Mikhail Suverov, in the South of France. His investigation leads him to New York City and his brother's girlfriend, Alex Minetti (model/actress Natasha Henstridge who was the alien femme fatale in "Species"). She works at a club operated by Russian mobsters. Mistaking Alain for his twin, the mobsters soon try to kill him. Corrupt FBI agents are using him to find a safe deposit box that can expose their illegal operations. Meanwhile, Moreau is falling in love with Alex. Held captive by Russian mobsters inside a hotel room, fearing for their lives, they make passionate love against the bathroom sink.
Also hot on Moreau's trail is Red Face (Stefanos Miltsakakis), a blonde, muscular grim-faced hit man, who is an unstoppable fighting machine. They engage in sweaty hand-to-hand combat inside a burning Parisian office building; they grapple with a knife in the cramp confines of a bank's elevator; and they kick box in a steamy Russian bath house. Famous for his bad guy persona, Miltsakakis has appeared in several of Van Damme's films including "Lionheart," "Cyborg," and "Derailed." He had a major role in "Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite."
"Maximum Risk" is a must have for fans of the "Muscles from Brussels." If you're not a fan, this is a great introductory film. After watching "Maximum Risk," you will want to see more of Van Damme's action adventures.
Summary of Maximum Risk
Alain moreau is a french soldier who must assume his dead brother mikhails identity to find out who he really was. Alain travels to new yorks underworld is quickly mistaken for his brother and encircled by a russian syndicate which draws him into corruption and crossfire. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Jean-claude Van Damme Natasha Henstridge Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: Ringo LamWhen a kickboxing police inspector is murdered, his kickboxing twin brother infiltrates the Russian mob in order to see justice meted out--as painfully as possible. A slimmed-down Jean-Claude Van Damme is surprisingly effective as the lead(s), but the real star here is gritty Hong Kong director Ringo Lam (probably best known for City on Fire, the film that inspired Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs), who makes a lethal American debut with this hard-edged, convoluted film, which uses the identical-sibling gimmick to considerably darker effect than the goofball Double Impact. Some incredible stunt work and a terrifically ruthless final reel make this underrated action film a winner, although fans of Species may be somewhat disappointed that costar Natasha Henstridge never fully displays the assets that made her famous. --Andrew Wright
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