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Maximum Risk (1996)

R | | Action, Crime, Mystery | 13 September 1996 (USA)
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A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He is forced to kickbox his way from France to the U.S. and back while playing footsie with ... See full summary »

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Ivan Dzasokhov
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Agent Pellman
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Agent Loomis
Stefanos Miltsakakis ...
Red Face
Frank Van Keeken ...
Davis Hartley
David Hemblen ...
Dmitri Kirov
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Chantal Moreau
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Yuri
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Nicholas
Rob Kaman ...
Morris
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Martin
Denis Costanzo ...
Innkeeper
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Storyline

A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He is forced to kickbox his way from France to the U.S. and back while playing footsie with the FBI and Russian mafia. Not just muscles with a badge, the policeman must find the answers to some tough questions, none harder than what the heck is an accordian player doing in a sauna. Written by Greg Mintz <GM.Augusta@worldnet.att.net>

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fbi | twin | mafia | russian mafia | fbi agent | See All (160) »

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The other side of safe. See more »

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Action | Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, and for some sexuality and language | See all certifications »

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13 September 1996 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$5,611,707 (USA) (13 September 1996)

Gross:

ITL 532,445,000 (Italy) (2 May 1997)
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Trivia

Ringo Lam, an Asian movie director, directed this, as his American debut. John Woo, also an Asian director had an American debut film, entitled, Hard Target. Both starred John Claude Van-Damme. See more »

Quotes

Cab Driver: I could find a penguin in a sand storm.
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Connections

Referenced in Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion (2014) See more »

Soundtracks

Under The Oak Tree
Performed by Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble (as The Red Army Ensemble)
Conducted by Boris Alexander
Courtesy of Essex Entertainment, Inc.
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Q: What are the differences between the British BBFC 18 Version and the Uncut Version?
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Top action delivered by Van Damme and Lam
2 August 2000 | by (Froland, Norway) – See all my reviews

Maximum Risk is the second Van Damme-movie to be directed by a HongKong-director(the first was "Hard Target" by John Woo), Ringo Lam delivers stylish action as always, but this isn`t the same as "Full Contact", but this is very good after American standards. Van Damme delivers his usual stuff. Maximum Risk is great! 9/10
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