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34% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 35% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings French police officer Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) makes an astonishing discovery: Mikhail, a man who died recently in a breakneck car chase, is the twin brother he never knew. Alain then uncovers a web of family secrets that lead him to New York City, where his brother was involved with the Russian Mafia. Teaming up with Mikhail's lover, Alex Minetti (Natasha Henstridge), Alain must now assume his twin's identity and go undercover to avenge Mikhail's death. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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Maximum Risk | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: D+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Maximum Risk | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Leonard Klady Variety It's a visceral delight that refuses to be deterred by niceties of plot or character consistency and prefers sweat to emotion. Jul 8, 2008 Full Review Maximum Risk | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Derek Adams Time Out A standard Van Damme pic, competently assembled but with little of the manic edge found in director Lam's Hong Kong movies. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Maximum Risk | Rotten Tomatoes (4) David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a briskly-paced thriller that benefits from its compelling storyline and smattering of exciting action sequences... Rated: 3/4 Mar 24, 2024 Full Review Maximum Risk | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot As usual, the cars crash into easy targets, like cardboard boxes or outdoor furniture. Glass crashes easily, and most of Van Damme's stunts are executed by stunt doubles. Rated: 2/4 Mar 28, 2022 Full Review Maximum Risk | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Grant Watson Fiction Machine There is always a place for this kind of unpretentious, functional action cinema. Rated: 6/10 Feb 23, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Transformer , Anime F JCVD playing a cop fin find out that he had a twin brother who was killed then turns out he's on a cat and mouse game finding out that there trying to kill him but won't allow it. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/14/22 Full Review Audience Member Jean Claude Van Damme novinho e em dose dupla, mas por pouco tempo, boa trama, aqueles velhinhos que ainda dão caldo... Porém tomei para o final perde fôlego, e torna-se mais do mesmo porradaria e bomba regular, bem regular.... Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review jelisije j A decent action film, but not overall the greatest story. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Boneyard L This is a stock ‘90s action flick with lower than average intelligence. The action is decent but everything else, from the acting to the cinematography, brings down the average considerably. Content warning: female nudityClosest comparison: It's like Who Am I? (1998) by way of Bloodsport.Setting: ActionPlot: ActionTone: Action Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/13/21 Full Review Audience Member This is a "B" action film about separated-at-birth JCVDs. When JCVD's identical twin brother is murdered he goes undercover to find the killers. Police corruption, the Russian Mafia, and more all come into play in the passable film. JCVD is actually decent. He has good screen presence, and if you are a fan I would add a star. Natasha Henstridge is an absolutely captivating beauty, but her acting is flat in this one. The biggest criticism I have is that the action scenes are choppy and poorly filmed. The lack of good fight choreography makes this one dated and a disappointment. Many of the scenes show close up angles on the pints of attack clearly as a cheap and easy way to use stunt doubles without audience detection. The result detracts from the movie. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review trevor g Van Damme is in true form here - if you came wanting Tom Hanks in Forest Gump type cinema clearly you have mismatched your expectations with reality. This isn't supposed to be Oscar winning - it's an action movie but the subtleties of Van Damme's relationship with his dead brother, the tape left behind, the chainsaw fight scene, and beautiful Natasha Henstridge smart with-an-edge love interest create an entertaining movie well worth the watch. It strays away from I think typical action movies that you'd naturally put this on par with, because there were nuances. The sudden affection of the Russian mob boss towards Alain Moreau right before the changing of the old guard coup d'etat, Van Damme's unexpected compassion towards the Taxi cab driver trying to make a novel out of his adventures and symbolic keychain as well as the strategic use of Alain Moreau's sniper skills drawing from his time served in the armed forces - these all add contrasting elements that weren't all predictable. There was a certain nuance here that speaks of artistry Ringo Lam in his American directorial debut gives to the movie. Definitely on my list of favorite movies, can't wait for a few years to forget the plot and watch again. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ringo Lam Director Jean-Claude Van Damme Alain Moreau Natasha Henstridge Alex Minetti Zach Grenier Ivan Dzasokhov Jean-Hugues Anglade Sebastien Paul Ben-Victor Agent Pellman
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Synopsis French police officer Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) makes an astonishing discovery: Mikhail, a man who died recently in a breakneck car chase, is the twin brother he never knew. Alain then uncovers a web of family secrets that lead him to New York City, where his brother was involved with the Russian Mafia. Teaming up with Mikhail's lover, Alex Minetti (Natasha Henstridge), Alain must now assume his twin's identity and go undercover to avenge Mikhail's death.

Director
Ringo Lam

Producer
Moshe Diamant

Screenwriter
Larry Ferguson

Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Roger Birnbaum Productions

Rating
R

Genre
Action

Original Language
English

Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2012

Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.1M

Runtime
1h 40m

Sound Mix
Surround
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