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Kiss of Death (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 35

Fresh: 23

Rotten:12

Average Rating: 6.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: KISS OF DEATH opens with ex-convict Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) attempting to distance himself from his shady past. His cousin, Ronny (Michael Rapaport), shows up at his door begging for help... KISS OF DEATH opens with ex-convict Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) attempting to distance himself from his shady past. His cousin, Ronny (Michael Rapaport), shows up at his door begging for help with one more heist, and Jimmy agrees to participate against his better judgment. Things go sour when a detective is shot, and Jimmy is left to take the fall. As Jimmy's hopes for a normal life with his wife (Helen Hunt) and daughter fade, he becomes a pawn of the police in their attempts to bring down a psychotic gangster named Little Junior (Nicolas Cage). Caruso and a pumped-up, supremely menacing Cage highlight a spectacular cast that also features Samuel L. Jackson as the cop who becomes Jimmy's solitary ally and Stanley Tucci as a Machiavellian district attorney. Novelist Richard Price supplies the screenplay, and director Barber Schroeder (SINGLE WHITE FEMALE) ensures that KISS OF DEATH, based loosely on the 1947 film of the same name, unfolds with the grooved precision of a well-made watch while bristling at every turn with the volatile life of a vividly imagined criminal underworld. [More]

Starring: David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathryn Erbe

Starring: David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathryn Erbe, Helen Hunt, Michael Rapaport, Ving Rhames, Stanley Tucci

Director: Barbet Schroeder

Director: Barbet Schroeder
Composer: Trevor Jones
Screenwriter: Richard Price
Producer: Barbet Schroeder, Susan Hoffman

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What's most effective about the new Kiss of Death is Tucci's marvelously slimy prosecutor.

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09/19/08
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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Classy film noir, as you would expect from a team including director Barbet Schroeder, writer Richard Price, and Nicolas Cage...

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09/19/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A crackling thriller that feels unusually attuned to its lowlife characters.

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09/19/08
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Gutsy dialogue, atmospheric direction, lots of night scenes and an uninhibited take on the source material.

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09/19/08
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No review available.

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04/22/08
Cole Smithey
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No review available.

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06/13/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

An interesting noirlike crime drama propelled by Cage's eccentric performance

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04/08/05
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Cage and Caruso strike sparks in this riveting piece of pulp fiction, but it's that first Kiss you'll remember.

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03/07/05
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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No review available.

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11/02/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Violent crime tale which Caruso hoped would make him a movie star. It didn't.

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10/16/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

The real mystery is why Caruso left NYPD Blue.

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01/17/04
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Atmospheric yet ultimately hollow exercise in tedium.

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01/13/04
Michael Dequina
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No review available.

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05/28/03
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

It's a sleek, muscular thriller played by a terrific ensemble cast...

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

The real problem with this film is a so-so screenplay: the dialogue is lame, and many scenes lack any real suspense.

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03/23/03
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Unjustly overlooked thriller packs a punch

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12/21/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Nicolas Cage is a riot. Caruso, immersing.

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09/18/02
Clint Morris
Moviehole

It ain't anything ground-breaking, but it gets the job done, and well.

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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
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