Steven Seagal and Steve Austin headline this 2012 action thriller as two operatives dragged into a siege they never expected inside the walls of a supposedly empty prison.
What is Maximum Conviction about?
Cross, a former black-ops operative, and his partner Manning take on what looks like a routine assignment: decommission an aging correctional facility slated for closure. Once inside, the pair discover the building is not as empty as the paperwork claims. A handful of dangerous inmates are still locked away, and two ruthless prison guards stand between the team and a clean exit. What starts as a straightforward job for Cross and Manning turns into a fight to get everyone out alive before the facility's remaining secrets catch up with them. The setup gives director Keoni Waxman a tight, contained arena to work with corridors, cell blocks, and a countdown clock rather than sprawling set pieces, and the cast leans into that claustrophobia rather than fighting it.
About the cast
Steven Seagal and Steve Austin lead an ensemble that also includes Michael Paré, Bren Foster, Aliyah O'Brien, Steph Song, Toby Levins, and J.J. Makaro, a roster drawn from action and stunt backgrounds who bring physical, hands-on energy to a story built around close-quarters confrontation rather than dialogue-heavy scenes.
Context & significance
Maximum Conviction arrived during a stretch when Keoni Waxman directed a run of similarly lean, siege-style action pictures, several of them built around Seagal in comparable roles. The prison setting lets the film keep its scope small and its pacing brisk, favoring practical stunt work and tight geography over the larger-budget spectacle of studio action films from the same period.
Watching Maximum Conviction on Ktime
Maximum Conviction streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so it plays comfortably for viewers who prefer to watch in Farsi as well as those who want the original English track. The film's page is free to read without an account; watching it requires only a quick, free K-Time login, and the interface itself is built around a Farsi-first experience for the Iranian diaspora audience.