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| Directed by | Ringo Lam |
| Produced by | Moshe Diamant |
| Written by | Larry Ferguson |
| Starring | Jean-Claude Van Damme Natasha Henstridge Jean-Hugues Anglade |
| Music by | Robert Folk |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Editing by | Bill Pankow |
| Release date(s) | September 13, 1996 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | Domestic: $ 14.5 Million Foreign: $37.6 Million Worldwide: $ 52.1 Million |
Maximum Risk is a 1996 American action film directed by Ringo Lam his American directorial debut, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge.[1]
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Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a cop in Nice, France. Alain is at a funeral that is being held for a fellow cop, when Alain’s partner Sebastien (Jean-Hugues Anglade) shows up. They discover that his name was Mikhail Suverov, and Mikhail was born on exactly the same day Alain was. As it turns out, Mikhail is the twin brother Alain never knew he had.
Tracing his brother's steps back to New York City, Alain discovers that Mikhail was a member of the Russian Mafia, who was chased down and killed when he attempted to get out. Of course, now Alain is mistaken for Mikhail, who was also mixed up in a war between Mafia organizations. With his only real ally being Mikhail's fiancé Alex Bartlett (Natasha Henstridge), Alain sets out to avenge his brother's death, which is complicated not only by the Mafia, but by two corrupt FBI agents.
Maximum Risk opened on September 13, 1996, at the number 1 spot at the box office, taking in $5,612,707 in its first weekend, and made a final tally of just $14,502,483.[2]
Critics were mixed on the movie, noting that as a Ringo Lam film it was a disappointment when compared to his earlier work, while as a Van Damme feature it was better than average and probably one of his best films.[3][4]
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