Reception
Maximum Risk opened on September 13, 1996, at the number 1 spot at the box office, taking in $5,612,707 in its first weekend, and made a final tally of just $14,502,483.
Critics were mixed on the movie, noting that as a Ringo Lam film it was a disappointment when compared to his earlier work, while as a Van Damme feature it was better than average and probably one of his best films.
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Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
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