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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 05/13/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 1 Genres: Action, Action Thriller, Martial Arts See Also: Maximum Risk [Includes Digital Copy], Maximum Risk [Blu-ray]

Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a French cop whose colleagues make a startling discovery -- a man named Mikhail, who was killed in a high-speed chase with police, looks exactly like him. Curious about the stranger with his face, Alain is told by his mother Chantal (Stephane Audran) that Mikhail was in fact his twin brother, whom her poor family was forced to give up at birth. Alain wants to know more about the brother he never knew, but the more he learns the more troubling the news becomes; it seems that Mikhail was involved with gangsters, corrupt FBI agents, and a gang of drug dealers. In order to avenge his brother's death and get to the bottom of his sad story, Alain assumes Mikhail's identity and travels to New York City, where to maintain his cover he takes up with Alex Minetti (Natasha Henstridge), Mikhail's tough-as-nails girlfriend, before finding himself hip-deep in danger with Mikhail's associates. Maximum Risk was the first American film from noted Hong Kong action director Ringo Lam, whose City on Fire has often been cited as a key inspiration for Reservoir Dogs. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Jean-Claude Van Damme - Alain Moreau
Natasha Henstridge - Alex Minetti
Zach Grenier - Ivan Dzasokhov
Jean-Hugues Anglade - Sebastien Thirry
Stéphane Audran - Chantal Moreau
Paul Ben-Victor - Agent Pellman
Frank Senger - Agent Loomis

Jean-Claude Van Damme's Maximum Risk comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves director Ringo Lam's original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Spanish, French, and English soundtracks have also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages. There are no special features on this release, but Van Damme fans and genre enthusiasts will enjoy the fine picture and sound quality. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide