Kiss of Death
 | Directed by Barbet Schroeder Starring: David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen Hunt, Kathryn Erbe 20th Century Fox, 1995, DVD Customer Rating: 18 reviews Recommend |
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In Barbet Schroeder's gritty thriller, David Caruso is an ex-con who's lured back into a life of crime for one last heist. When a detective (Samuel L. Jackson) offers him his freedom in return for turning on a gangster (Nicolas Cage), he becomes a reluctant pawn caught between federal agents and the mob. Helen Hunt, Stanley Tucci and Michael Rapaport co-star in this stylish, streetsmart film noir.
This remake of a 1947 film noir casts David Caruso (freshly escaped from TV's NYPD Blue) in the role originally played by Victor Mature. He plays Jimmy Kilmartin, a reformed criminal struggling to keep straight and keep his wife (Helen Hunt) from going back to the bottle. But a favor for his cousin lands him back in the clink, and when his wife dies, he comes out ready to make a deal with the D.A. He becomes an informant, joining the crew of Little Junior Brown (Nicolas Cage), a pumped-up, asthmatic psycho who weightlifts strippers for amusement. Eventually, Jimmy finds himself forced to keep his radar up for treachery from both the criminals he's finking on and the cops he's working for. This film, directed by Barbet Schroeder, didn't do much business, despite a powerful but controlled performance by Caruso and a scarily splashy one by Cage. — Marshall Fine
Title: Kiss of Death
Sales Rank: 8235 in DVD
Actor: David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen Hunt, Kathryn Erbe
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Studio: 20th Century Fox, 2004-06-01, Theatrical Release: 1995-04-21
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 101 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.25 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds
- Still a good flick, but one little thing missing
- I remember waiting with anticipation for this movie to be released on Friday April 21st, 1995. I saw the trailer for this, and they had the Chambers Brothers doing "Time Has Come Today"; to me that's the ultimate freak out song, so I was expecting this to be extremely intense movie. I wasn't disappointed from the acting in the movie as Nicholas Cage and… More reviews
- Kiss of Death
- I really like this movie. Has nudity and strong violence which I Don't care for, but I'm a fan or all three lead actors so my over all opinion is good. … More reviews
- great purchase
- Very seldom if at all that you see Nicholas Cage play a bad guy in a movie.He does a great job in this one. More reviews
- David Caruso is cool, Kathryn Erbe is gorgeous! Nicolas Cage - eh!
- David Caruso, as Jimmy Kilmartin; ex-hood, ex-felon was great. Showing that post-"NYPD" and pre-"CSI: Miami" demeanor. All the while being pushed around by the cops (Samuel L. Jackson as Calvin), almost killed by "Little Junior - B.A.D.," played by Nicolas Cage; psycho-hood son of father gangster "Big Junior" (what else!) played by Philip Baker Hall.
Jimmy goes to prison,… More reviews
- Slow thriller with some good performances
- This isn't the great film it could have been, but it has some great acting and powerful scenes. It's worth watching for the quality acting, but the pace is far too slow. … More reviews
