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Suicide Kings (1997)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 19

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33

Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
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Movie Info

Television director Peter O'Fallon made his feature film debut with this independent film that pays obvious homage to the style of Quentin Tarantino, with plenty of violence and funny, talkative hit men. Suave gangster Charlie Barrett (Christopher Walken) meets four young men who have taken over his regular booth at a popular bistro. Charmed by the swaggering kids, he agrees to take a ride with them, but they give him a sedative and he awakens in a deserted mansion, taped to a chair with one of

Oct 20, 1998

Artisan Entertainment

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All Critics (42) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (19) | DVD (6)

Rips right into its twisted plot and seldom slows. The movie is only 15 minutes old before one character says, 'This has gone too far.'

December 17, 2004 Full Review | Comment
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Christopher Walken is tied to a chair most of the movie, and he's the center of attention. If that's not a selling point, you and I will never agree on anything.

March 26, 2004 Comment
New Times

This movie assembles all the indie-film-of-the-Nineties cliches: brainless criminals, a bad plan, lots of dialogue, and Christopher Walken.

August 11, 2003 Comment
AboutFilm.com

A fairly average and predictable comedy-mystery, it is raised a notch by the likes of Walken, Denis Leary, and the supporting cast

March 20, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

...it isn't that well-written and if you're accustomed to the genre it might even seem predictable.

January 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Comment
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Some unpredictable twists, intense thematic moments, and strong performances, the movie does not provide quite enough to warrant a recommendation.

March 14, 2001 Comment
NutzWorld
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Audience Reviews for Suicide Kings

In the wake of Quentin Tarantino's massive success, many people tried to cash in on the formula, and the world was subjected to a slew of imitators, ripoffs, and clones. While this film is in that vein, it is one of the amiable and enjoyable, and has a bit of its own fun and slick entertainment to offer. It's just a

December 20, 2011
cosmo313
Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

Odd title but a decent mobster/thriller comedy with the man who has played a million mob bosses at the heart of the show as always. Without Walken this would probably have been very very average and not as amusing, Walken is so dead pan and shifty its eerie, I dunno how he does it but his gangster performances never

July 3, 2011
phubbs1

Super Reviewer

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