After knowing that a man who died recently in a breakneck car chase, is the twin brother he never knew, a policeman takes his twin brother's place, inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend to go undercover to avenge his brother's death.
29 July 1955, Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France
12 February 1954, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
30 July 1963, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
November 02, 2008
The plot holds together pretty well, which is not always the case in Van Damme's movies, and does not require the concoction of labored explanations for his pronounced accent.January 22, 2002
There are so many car crashes in Maximum Risk that Van Damme ends up playing second fiddle to an ever-expanding salvage operation.February 14, 2001
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.July 08, 2008
It's a visceral delight that refuses to be deterred by niceties of plot or character consistency and prefers sweat to emotion.January 01, 2000
It just simmers down, becoming an embarrassing exercise in the pointless and predictable.September 25, 2003
For sweet bloody thrills, this one beats the summer blockbuster competition hands-down.May 20, 2003
Villains curl their upper lip and snarl in bad Russian accents, while Van Damme bungles four-word sentences.August 13, 2008
The energetic action isn't quite enough to overcome an undernourished story. [Blu-Ray]August 20, 2008
...the movie has some good moments of intrigue and adventure, and with a more charismatic hero it might have worked better.April 27, 2003
Premium Van Damme...Henstridge is eye-poppingly appealingJune 24, 2006
A standard Van Damme pic, competently assembled but with little of the manic edge found in director Lam's Hong Kong movies.January 01, 2000
Action flicks should be fun, and this one is a bloody bore.