Maximum Risk (1996)

Director
Ringo Lam

Main cast
Jean-Claude Van Damme; Jean-Claude Van Damme; Natasha Henstridge; Jean-Hugues Anglade; Zach Grenier

Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller

Description
A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He is forced to kickbox his way from France to the U.S. and back while playing footsie with the FBI and Russian mafia. Not just muscles with a badge, the policeman must find the answers to some tough questions, none harder than what the heck is an accordian player doing in a sauna.


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