Maximum Risk (1996)

A cop/flic discovers that he had a twin who just got murdered in Nice, France. In order to find out who did it, he takes his place including the cute girlfriend in Little Odessa, NYC.

Director:

Ringo Lam

Writer:

Larry Ferguson

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Jean-Hugues Anglade

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov
Natasha Henstridge	...	Alex
Jean-Hugues Anglade	...	Sebastien
Zach Grenier	...	Ivan Dzasokhov
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Agent Pellman
Frank Senger	...	Agent Loomis
Stefanos Miltsakakis	...	Red Face
Frank van Keeken	...	Davis Hartley
David Hemblen	...	Dmitri Kirov
Stéphane Audran	...	Chantal Moreau
Dan Moran	...	Yuri
Donald Burda	...	Nicholas
Rob Kaman	...	Morris
Herb Lovelle	...	Martin
Denis Costanzo	...	Innkeeper

Storyline

A policeman finds out that he had a twin brother who was killed in a violent altercation. He takes his twin brother's place, inheriting his problems and his girlfriend, determined to expose corruption and collusion between the FBI and the Russian mafia.

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Plot Keywords:

sex scene | twin | russian mafia | martial arts | sex in a bathroom | 

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Taglines:

The Other Side of Safety.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, and for some sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bloodstone

Filming Locations:

Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,611,707, 15 September 1996

Gross USA:

$14,502,483

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$51,702,483

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Roger Birnbaum Productions, Moshe Diamant Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby SR Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ringo Lam, an Asian movie director, directed this, as his American debut. John Woo, also an Asian director had an American debut film, Hard Target (1993). Both starred Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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Goofs

When Alain is fighting with Red Face in the fire in the beginning, as he is striking his face, you can see Red Face's lips are bloodied. However just before his last strike, there is no blood on Red Face's lips.

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Quotes

Mikhail Suverov: [Tape recording] Only you can access this box. Therefore, one of things has happened. We are together again as we should had been, a family. Or I'm dead and you shouldn't trust anyone. I know you are a great marksman. Therefore, I'm leaving you a gift. One of the boxes contains evidence against government agents and the Russian mob. Hand it over to the American embassy. Alain, when I found about you, it was luck. A newspaper. The moment I saw the picture, I knew I had a brother in this world. ...

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Alternate Versions

18-rated UK video version cut by 9 seconds for violence.

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Connections

Featured in Gargoyle (2004)

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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.

User Reviews

one of the best action movies

This movie stars Van Damme who has been in many B-movies and is known as a b-movie action star.I believe thats why this movie gets this low rating. This movie is an a-movie and one of the best action movies and one of my favorites.The rating is simply ridiculous.Van Damme may not be a first rate actor but can he hold his own in this kind of material.Everything else in this movie is first rate.The plot is interesting,there are all kinds of chases and action scenes,All the action scenes are terrific and there's plenty of them.The bad guy is one impressive dude,makes for some really awesome wrestling scenes with Van Damme. The girl is the gorgeous Natasha Henstridge.In my book this is one fine action movie.