Maximum Risk

Maximum Risk
Maximum Risk
	Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Ringo Lam
Written by	Larry Ferguson
Produced by	Moshe Diamant
Starring	Jean-Claude Van Damme; Natasha Henstridge;
Cinematography	Alexander Gruszynski
Edited by	Bill Pankow
Music by	Robert Folk
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures; Roger Birnbaum Productions;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates	September 13, 1996 (United States); January 1, 1997 (France);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$51.7 million

Maximum Risk is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Hong Kong director Ringo Lam in his American directorial debut, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge. The plot follows French police detective Alain Moreau (Van Damme) as he becomes entangled in an international conspiracy encompassing Russian gangsters and corrupt American officials, with various parties after his life because of his uncanny resemblance to a dead mob informant. His only ally appears to be his doppelganger's girlfriend, Alex Bartlett (Henstridge).

The film was released in the United States on September 13, 1996.^[2] The film was mildly successful at the box office.^[3]

^ "Maximum Risk". The Numbers. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
^ "Jean-Claude Van Damme". The A.V. Club. March 11, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
^ "A lukewarm action movie with a very familiar twist gets reheated on streaming". September 16, 2022.

[numbers-1] "Maximum Risk". The Numbers. Retrieved February 6, 2015.

[2] "Jean-Claude Van Damme". The A.V. Club. March 11, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2011.

[3] "A lukewarm action movie with a very familiar twist gets reheated on streaming". September 16, 2022.

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