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Actors: David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Kiss of Death |
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David Caruso plays an ex-con who is trying to go straight. He used to boost cars for a chop shop. He decides to pull one last job to help out his cousin, but unfortunately gets caught. While in prison, the prosecutor comes to him and tells him he'll cut him a deal if he'll give up his boss. Unfortunately he does but the bad boss thinks the cousin gave him up and kills the cousin. Now Caruso has his own reasons for wanting him taken down. But at first he wants to just get out of prison and live a clean life. But the prosecutor promises him a clean slate and no more harassment if he promises to help him by going undercover. The bad guy is played by Nicholas Cage, whose recently deceased father left him his illegal empire. His base is a dance club and Caruso goes there to try to ingratiate himself with his old boss to get the goods on him. Many other stars including Samuel L. Jackson who plays a cop trying to help him, Michael Rappaport who plays his cousin, Helen Hunt who plays his wife, Stanley Tucci who plays the prosecutor, and Ving Rhames who plays an undercover federal agent.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Kiss of Death |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- big business/rich guy
If this is a criminal POV story...
- virtuous thief doing good
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- red
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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