# Maximum Impact

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{{short description|Film by Andrzej Bartkowiak}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Maximum Impact
| image          = Maximum Impact.jpg
| caption        = Russian theatrical release poster
| native_name    = {{langx|ru|Максимальный удар}}
| director       = [Andrzej Bartkowiak](/source/Andrzej_Bartkowiak)
| producer       = [Alexander Nevsky](/source/Alexander_Nevsky_(actor))<br>Alexander Izotov
| screenplay     = [Ross LaManna](/source/Ross_LaManna)
| starring       = Alexander Nevsky<br>[Kelly Hu](/source/Kelly_Hu)<br>[Mark Dacascos](/source/Mark_Dacascos) <br>[Danny Trejo](/source/Danny_Trejo)<br>[Tom Arnold](/source/Tom_Arnold_(actor))<br>[Eric Roberts](/source/Eric_Roberts)
| music          = [Sean Murray](/source/Sean_Murray_(composer))
| cinematography = Vern Nobles
| editing        = Thomas Calderon
| production_companies = Hollywood Storm<br>Czar Pictures
| distributor    = [CineTel Films](/source/CineTel_Films) (US)
| released       = {{Film date|2017|11|30|Russia|2018|9|28|United States}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes
| country        = [Russia](/source/Russia)<br>[United States](/source/United_States)
| language       = [English](/source/English_language)<br>[Russian](/source/Russian_language)
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Maximum Impact''''' ({{langx|ru|Максимальный удар|Maksimal'ny udar}}) is a 2017 [action comedy film](/source/action_comedy_film) directed by [Andrzej Bartkowiak](/source/Andrzej_Bartkowiak), written by [Ross LaManna](/source/Ross_LaManna), and starring [Alexander Nevsky](/source/Alexander_Nevsky_(actor)), [Kelly Hu](/source/Kelly_Hu), [Yevgeny Stychkin](/source/Yevgeny_Stychkin), [Mark Dacascos](/source/Mark_Dacascos), [Danny Trejo](/source/Danny_Trejo), [Tom Arnold](/source/Tom_Arnold_(actor)) and [Eric Roberts](/source/Eric_Roberts). The film was released theatrically in Russia on November 30, 2017, and [direct-to-video](/source/direct-to-video) in the United States on October 2, 2018.

== Plot ==
A failed terrorist assassination attempt on the [U.S. Secretary of State](/source/U.S._Secretary_of_State) while he is visiting [Moscow](/source/Moscow) for international negotiations results in the abduction of his granddaughter. While the world sits on the brink of [World War III](/source/World_War_III) special agents from the [CIA](/source/CIA) and [FSB](/source/Federal_Security_Service) must unite to save the girl and prevent war.

== Cast ==
*[Alexander Nevsky](/source/Alexander_Nevsky_(actor)) as [FSB](/source/Federal_Security_Service) Agent Maxim Kadurin
*[Kelly Hu](/source/Kelly_Hu) as [CIA](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) Agent Kate Desmond
*[Mark Dacascos](/source/Mark_Dacascos) as Tony Lin
*[Tom Arnold](/source/Tom_Arnold_(actor)) as Barnes
*[Yevgeny Stychkin](/source/Yevgeny_Stychkin) as FSB Agent Andrei Durov
*[Maksim Vitorgan](/source/Maksim_Vitorgan) as FSB Agent Dobrynin
*[Danny Trejo](/source/Danny_Trejo) as Don Sanchez
*[William Baldwin](/source/William_Baldwin) as The Man In Shadows
*[Eric Roberts](/source/Eric_Roberts) as [Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State) Robert Jacobs
*Polina Butorina as Brittany Jacobs
*Matthias Hues as Ian
*[Alphonso McAuley](/source/Alphonso_McAuley) as Nathan Robinson
*[Bai Ling](/source/Bai_Ling) as Melany Scanlon
*[Keith Powers](/source/Keith_Powers) as Special Agent Vance
*[Odin Lund Biron](/source/Odin_Lund_Biron) as P.B. Floyd
*[Hafedh Dakhlaoui](/source/Hafedh_Dakhlaoui_(actor)) as Goon 1
*[Pavel Maykov](/source/Pavel_Maykov) as the guard at the cigar club
*[Victoria Bonya](/source/Victoria_Bonya) as the girl by the pool at the cigar club

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt4921370}}
* [https://www.exler.ru/films/25-12-2017.htm Review of film] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Andrzej Bartkowiak}}

Category:2017 films
Category:2017 action comedy films
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Category:Russian action comedy films
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Category:Films directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Category:American multilingual films
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Category:American action comedy films
Category:Films set in Russia
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Category:Films about the Federal Security Service
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