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• Emil K

  
  Kiss of Death is something more closer to an average TV-production than a real film with vision or talent. While there are many good names involved in this production it still cannot rise to be anything particulary interesting or remotely suspenseful. Diretor Barbet Schroeder clearly… More
  Kiss of Death is something more closer to an average TV-production than a real film with vision or talent. While there are many good names involved in this production it still cannot rise to be anything particulary interesting or remotely suspenseful. Diretor Barbet Schroeder clearly has no interest in staging set pieces and he trusts more calmer and elegant tone in his films. Still at the same time it feels that he is just incapable to make anything powerful from a material like this. With his regular cinematographer Luciano Tovoli, Schroeder shoots his film with firm but very dull fashion. There was not a single moment here that had the dramatic power it should have had, or not even a remotely there was a hint of suspense to be seen anywhere. Things for this film are not helped by Nicolas Cage's typically overblown turn as thug named Little Junior and David Caruso does not impress either. Basically Richard Price's screenplay does serve an interesting story but director and the actors cannot deliver the goods of it and that is just a shame. This is just plain flat and hollow film that is completely forgettable after the end credits hit the screen. There is not a single thing here that would make it unique or, to be honest, even watchable. Kiss of Death is lazy and lifeless filmmaking that lacks dramatic edge of many other and better crime-films of 90's

• Red L

  
  What impressed me to start with was all the name actors - Nicholas Cage, Samuel Jackson, Helen Hunt, etc. You are alternately distressed at the hopelessness of fighting organized crime and hope for the hero.

• Bruce B

  
  A whole host of great actors that were so much younger and greener in 1995. David Caruso plays an excellent part as a informant to a Distrait Attorney, and who he is informing on is a tough Little Junior Brown (Nicolas Cage, mean while he's putting up with the cop who was shot… More
  A whole host of great actors that were so much younger and greener in 1995. David Caruso plays an excellent part as a informant to a Distrait Attorney, and who he is informing on is a tough Little Junior Brown (Nicolas Cage, mean while he's putting up with the cop who was shot in a prior crime Samuel L Jackson, Plenty of action and very well written for a 1995 movie that is worth watching more then once. 4 1/2 stars

• Anthony L

  
  An overlooked and underrated thriller with a great cast and some memorable lines.

• Lady D

  
  Forget the other well known actors in this film, this is a David Curuso film, with the smaller parts being played by others. Curuso himself plays quite a good role, unfortunately I think Nick Cage ruined this film, his attempt at playing the pshycho, was less than believable and he… More
  Forget the other well known actors in this film, this is a David Curuso film, with the smaller parts being played by others. Curuso himself plays quite a good role, unfortunately I think Nick Cage ruined this film, his attempt at playing the pshycho, was less than believable and he just looked like a corny action star.

• Dean M

  
  Remake of the classic forties noir, but this aptly titled version is probably more famous for being the first David Caruso's big screen looked okay.

• xGary X

  
  A rather run of the mill thriller that could've worked if Caruso wasn't the lead. He's not THAT bad, but he's just so "made for TV"...but it has got some decent moments, mainly involving Nicolas Cage's enjoyably psychotic gangster.

• Stuart B

  
  Excellent thriller with a great lead cast. Cage is brilliant in his role.

• Steve B

  
  Don't bother yourself with this one. Stick with Victor Mature and Richard Widmark.

• Michael G

  
  Caruso killed this movie before Cage could save it. Cage is great but the movie isn't.

• Matthew A

  
  Utterly boring and stupid. Seriously this film was going nowhere and was just dragging everything on. Crap and overused storyline. What a shame, there were a few good actors in here. And Nicholas Cage for once developed his character, as all his others are the same, unlike this time.… More
  Utterly boring and stupid. Seriously this film was going nowhere and was just dragging everything on. Crap and overused storyline. What a shame, there were a few good actors in here. And Nicholas Cage for once developed his character, as all his others are the same, unlike this time. Don't bother wasting 2 hours of your life on this crap, unless you have absolutely nothing to do.

• Ashton R

  
  This flick was actually geniunely fun to watch. All the actors were great, but I must say that Cage was the most entertaining. He was both scary and ridiculous as Little Junior, and had me at the edge of my seat wondering what he was going to do next whenever he came on screen.… More
  This flick was actually geniunely fun to watch. All the actors were great, but I must say that Cage was the most entertaining. He was both scary and ridiculous as Little Junior, and had me at the edge of my seat wondering what he was going to do next whenever he came on screen. Jackson was also good as the hardened cop, and it was interesting to see him go from hating Caruso's character to actually considering him a friend. The flick also spanned quite a few years and went from one spectrum to almost the complet opposite in terms of story. I wasn't expecting that, but it was a pleasant surprise. This is not a great movie per se, but it's definitely worth at least one viewing if you like cop/criminal interaction.

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