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Maximum Risk
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Maximum Risk is a 1996 American crime and action film directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung. The screenplay was written by Larry Ferguson, with production by Roger Birnbaum and music by Robert Folk. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and Zach Grenier. It was produced by Columbia Pictures, Roger Birnbaum Productions, and Moshe Diamant Production.
The narrative is set in Paris and New York City and explores themes including the Russian mafia and mistaken identity. The movie has a runtime of approximately 100 to 101 minutes and was released in the United States on September 13, 1996. It was produced on a budget of $25,000,000 and generated $51,702,483 in revenue. The film is rated R and is available via video on demand.
Critical reception includes a 31% score with a 4.4/10 rating, as well as a 35% rating from another source. Audience metrics list an IMDb rating of 5.6 based on 24,866 votes and a TMDb average of 5.802. The film’s tagline is "The other side of safe."
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5.8Alain 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.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov
- Natasha Henstridge as Alex Minetti
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Sebastien
- Zach Grenier as Ivan Dzasokhov
- Paul Ben-Victor as Agent Pellman
- Frank Senger as Agent Loomis
Themes
- dying and death
- bratva (russian mafia)
- mistake in person
- twin brother
- excited
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Ratings
IMDb
5.6/10
24,866 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy cop film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ringo Lam
- Screenwriter
- Larry Ferguson
- Cast member
- Rob Kaman
- Composer
- Robert Folk
- Producer
- Roger Birnbaum
- Cinematographer
- Alexander Gruszynski
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 189378
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 4 more facts
- film editor
- Bill Pankow
- review score
- 4.4/10
- publication date
- 1997-01-23
- title
- Maximum Risk
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