Kiss of Death
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Kiss of Death

"Little Junior Brown. He rules the streets. He owns the game. But he doesn't own all of the players."

1995 1h 41m ★ 5.7 (351 votes) Released

Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want Little Junior Brown.

Director

Barbet Schroeder

Screenplay

Richard Price

Screenplay

Eleazar Lipsky

Rating
5.7
Runtime
101 min
Budget
$40.0M
Revenue
$14.9M
Profit/Loss
-25.1M

Production

20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox

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JPV852
★ 5/10 Sep 15, 2025

Conceptually this could've been a solid 1990s crime-thriller, maybe under the direction of Joe Carnahan or something. As it is, it's watchable enough I guess and we do get some minor Nicolas Cage craziness in there but other than that, there's no other great performances including David Caruso who continues to prove with this and later Jade, is not a movie star. And I'm not sure why Jackson took this role especially this coming post Pulp Fiction. **3.0/5**

Keywords

prisonnew york cityundercover agentgangsterpsychopathparanoiawitness protectionremakerevengemurderorganized crimerecovering alcoholicfederal agenthoodlumundercover operationneo-noir

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