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This movie is all about Natasha Henstridge

posted 13 years ago by Fluke_Skywalker
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I'm a Van Damme fan from back in the day--I actually saw "Kickboxer" at the theater--but "Maximum Risk" had eluded me all these years. I finally rectified that the other night and... Meh. Just my opinion of course. I thought JCVD was quite good in it, though. Contrary to popular opinion, the man can really act.

But really, "MR" is all about Natasha Henstridge. She was stunning in this movie. Just... wow. And, she was also quite good and brought more to the role than was there on the page. I'm shocked she didn't become a bigger star. Someone in the Sigourney Weaver mold that could do drama, comedy and action with equal grace.

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[–] AfroGeek 12 years ago

This was her back in her prime. and what a great rack!

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[–] destroyerwod 12 years ago

Yeah its weird, she did some pretty good movies, Ghost of Mars, this one, The Whole Nine/Ten Yard and the Species wich where very decent action horror flicks. But she never made it big as an action chicks, and yet she had everything, enough talent, a beauty hard to match, i guess she never got this "kick start" that for exemple Kate Beckinsale got with Underworld. I mean, before Underworld i had no idea who was Kate Beckinsale, even tough it was far from her first role, then all of a sudden, BAM she got that big and even movies like Whiteout that was barely average at best in its kind(slasher, psycho killer) manage to catch my attention.

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[–] wickedsam1994 11 years ago

To me she just screams as a perfect bond girl :L

[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

She looks so great in this. One of the hottest women ever in an action movie.

[–] DracTarashV 10 years ago

I'll say both Natasha and Van Damme did equally good jobs. Natasha's looks, however, steal the movie.

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[–] Dan_Garten 9 years ago

Yes.

[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 8 years ago

She is stunning, but I agree about the movie being Meh.

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