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Janet Maslin, New York Times: It's a sleek, muscular thriller played by a terrific ensemble cast... Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Cage, one of the few American actors who gets more interesting from film to film, comes close to kidnaping the picture as Little Junior, a pumped-up but asthmatic thug who, like King Kong, is a gorilla with a wistful air about him. Read more
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The picture is watchable, but nothing about it will linger, except perhaps the feeling that, with a more polished script, it might have been significantly better. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It shouldn't be disjointed and uncompelling, but it is. Read more
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: A riveting crime drama. Read more
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: What's most effective about the new Kiss of Death is Tucci's marvelously slimy prosecutor. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: A crackling thriller that feels unusually attuned to its lowlife characters. Read more
Joe Brown, Washington Post: Caruso's acting is vivid, but amazingly quiet and internal, and it's fascinating to watch the kaleidoscopically conflicted emotions battle beneath his controlled surface. Read more
Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Cage dominates the camera, stealing scenes by the sheer intensity of his inimitable strangeness. Read more