Fresh
It's a visceral delight that refuses to be deterred by niceties of plot or character consistency and prefers sweat to emotion.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Maximum Risk
The other side of safe.
1996 · 1h 41m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Ringo Lam Ling-tung
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Maximum Risk
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.
Director and cast
- Ringo Lam Ling-tung Director
- 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
- Stefanos Miltsakakis as Red Face
- Frank Van Keeken as Davis
- David Hemblen as Dmitri Kirov
- Stéphane Audran as Chantal
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A standard Van Damme pic, competently assembled but with little of the manic edge found in director Lam's Hong Kong movies.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
There are so many car crashes in Maximum Risk that Van Damme ends up playing second fiddle to an ever-expanding salvage operation.
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Fresh
Lam not only handles the bravura action set pieces with ease but also a capable international cast as colorful and varied as the film's many locales.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The chases are chaotic and cliched.
Sean Means, Film.com
More films
Triple 9 (2016)
Action · Adventure · Crime · Thriller · R
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Director
- John Hillcoat
- Cast
- Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
52
Shade (2003)
Action · Crime · Thriller · R
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need enough money to enter a game with Stevens, so they decide to strike a deal with fellow crook Larry J...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Damian Nieman
- Cast
- Stuart Townsend, Sylvester Stallone, Jamie Foxx
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
40
Brothers (2024)
Action · Comedy · Crime · R
A reformed criminal's attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother on a road trip for the score of a lifetime. Dodging bullets, the law, and an overbearing mother along the way, they must heal their severed family bond before they end up killing each other.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Director
- Max Barbakow
- Cast
- Josh Brolin, Peter Dinklage, Glenn Close
IMDb
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Metacritic
50
Best of the Best 2 (1993)
Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Robert Radler
- Cast
- Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, Chris Penn
IMDb
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes
11%
The Boondock Saints (1999)
Action · Crime · Thriller · R
Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. Bu...
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Director
- Troy Duffy
- Cast
- Willem Dafoe, Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery
IMDb
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes
26%
Metacritic
44
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
IMDb
5.8
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members