Maximum Risk (1996)

Directed by

Ringo Lam

Genre

action film, crime film, buddy cop film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 573 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French police detective discovers his twin brother was a mob informant. He takes the brother's identity to uncover a conspiracy involving Russian gangsters and corrupt American officials.

tensefast-pacedgrittysuspensefulaction-packedseriousmelancholic

What happens

Maximum Risk is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Ringo Lam in his American directorial debut, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge. The plot follows French police detective Alain Moreau (Van Damme) as he becomes entangled in an international conspiracy encompassing Russian gangsters and corrupt American officials, with various parties after his life because of his uncanny resemblance to a dead mob informant. His only ally appears to be his doppelganger's girlfriend, Alex Bartlett (Henstridge). The film was released in the United States on September 13, 1996. It received lukewarm reviews, but it was a moderate commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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