Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death (1995)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (37 reviews)

  • 39% of users liked it
    (8,879 ratings)

A convict agrees to go undercover and gather evidence on a notorious crime lord in order to win an early release from prison in this tough, gritty crime drama. Much of the tension develops from the inner conflict of Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso), who feels torn between his desire to win freedom for… More

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R, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By
Barbet Schroeder
Written By
Richard Price
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
May 19, 1995 Wide
On DVD
Jun 1, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

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

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

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

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

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

  • Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

    A riveting crime drama.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

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