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Maximum Risk (1996)
Directed by Ringo Lam
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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.
Rated R | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Jean-Claude Van Damme | Natasha Henstridge | Jean-Hugues Anglade | Zach Grenier | Paul Ben-Victor | Frank Senger | Stefanos Miltsakakis | David Hemblen | Stéphane Audran | Dan Moran | Donald Burda | Herb Lovelle | Carlo Rota | Joe Pingue | Gloria Slade | Jackie Richardson | Albert Schultz | Dan Duran | Raymond Accolas | Kedar Brown | John Nelles | Kevin Rushton | Branko Racki | Kamel Krifa | Brian Jagersky | James Millington | Edward A. Queffelec | Brian Kaulback | Claire Cellucci | Hugh Thompson
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/24/2021 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Borrowed | 5.5 stars |
| 04/04/2013 | TV | DVD | Owned | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
OK, yet another JCVD film that I thought I’ve seen but I really did not! I guess I’ve been skipping over it for that fact and possibly just confused it with those other mid-90s Van Damme films in which he’s paired w/a 90s era actress (Hard Target/Yancy Butler, Nowhere to Run/Rosanna Arquette). Here it’s Natasha Henstridge! Also, JCVD teaming up w/a popular HK director again.
This time it’s Ringo Lam at the helm and maybe my least favorite film of his (that I’ve seen). It’s weird that several HK directors crossed over to Hollywood in the mid-90s (after a string of success in HK from the 80s to the 80s. Think John Woo, Tsui Hark, et al who also worked w/JCVD). And as we’ve seen, very few enjoyed any kind of success. Maybe John Woo had an okay run but nothing close to his HK productions of the 80s. I’d love to know how these guys got to be attached to Van Damme.
On to the film at hand, yeah, it’s not good. It’s another goofy JCVD has a twin, mistaken identity plot with a story to unravel his twin’s past and connections to the Russian mob and so forth. Ugh. Stupid.
Some okay action sequences altho it’s never really explained how Van Damme is so Damme good at martial arts. Yes, he was a soldier and excellent sniper or whatever but the rest? Unknown. BUT I will offer an half-star bump for Henstridge boobs because until this film I didn’t know she did any nude scenes. Good for her cuz she’s got it.
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