Maximum Risk vs The Siege at Thorn High

The Siege at Thorn High has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.8/10 for Maximum Risk). Maximum Risk is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 58m. Maximum Risk is the older of the two (1996 against 2025). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Maximum Risk posterMaximum Risk1996 VS The Siege at Thorn High posterThe Siege at Thorn High2025
Maximum RiskThe Siege at Thorn High
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 7.8/10
Year19962025
Length1h 40m1h 58m
GenresAction, Crime, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country–Indonesia
DirectorRingo Lam Ling-TungJoko Anwar
Main castPaul Ben-Victor, Natasha Henstridge, Gloria Slade, Joe Pingue, Jean-Claude Van DammeKiki Narendra, Hana Pitrashata Malasan, Endy Arfian, Morgan Oey, Faris Fadjar Munggaran

Synopsis

Maximum Risk

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.

The Siege at Thorn High

Edwin promised to his sister on her death bed to find her son she gave up long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped im the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.

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