Maximum Risk

Maximum Risk is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker 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. It received lukewarm reviews, but it was a moderate commercial success.