Review of Maximum Risk (1996) by Robert C — 30 Sep 2006

What? Van Damme in a good action movie... surely not. For those who hate him...you get to see him die in the opening scene, Hurray! But oh no, wait, Van Damme has an exact twin, hmm that story's never been used (Double impact) and alive Van Damme being the crappy detective who he is decides he must go and find out what his brothers been up to.

Turns out that his brother was mixed up in the Russian mob, even though they're in New York/France for two halves of the movie, and some dirty FBI agents also want the evidence Jean-Claude Van Corpse holds against them.

Though it sounds very cliché for a typical type of guy movie it was actually very well strung out. The action starts as soon as the movie starts, and whereas in some of his movies Van Damme gets kicked around a bit before doing anything here he pretty much holds his own.

The movie does actually have a lot of action and this adds to the overall momentum. Would have been nicer to see more of his "famous" Kickboxing skills but oh well, the only time they're on full show is when hes fighting another guy.

..in a sauna wearing only a towel... and that just screams GAY to me. Natasha Henstridge kinda floats around but apart from the poor gratuitous sex scene there wasn't much call for her. Good explosions, great car chases, violent fight scenes.