Kiss of Death (1995)

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Studio: 20th Century Fox Studio: 20th Century Fox

Rating: R

Release Date: May 19, 1995

Running Time: 101 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen Hunt, Kathryn Erbe, Stanley Tucci, Michael Rapaport, Ving Rhames, Philip Baker Hall, Anthony Heald

director: Barbet Schroeder

Kiss of Death

Ex-con Jimmy Kilmartin is caught in an inescapable web of double crosses, deceit and sudden death when he's forced to infiltrate New York's criminal underground. Trapped between a vicious psychopath and an unscrupulous D.A., Kilmartin must find the strength and ingenuity to save himself and his family.

December 18, 2000

"Kiss Of Death" kicks in with more subtlety and finesse. Director Barbet Schroeder (Reversal of Fortune) and writer Richard Price (Clockers) update the classic 1947 film noir that featured Richard Widmark's startling debut performance as the giggling psycho who terrorized Victor Mature as an ex-con trying to go straight on the twisted streets of New York. This time, Nicolas Cage is the bad boy, and David Caruso, fresh from his TV walkout on the NYPD Blue series, plays the flawed hero. It's…