The movie tells the story of Jimmy Kilmartin, a convict agreeing to go undercover and gather evidence with the help of an angry detective to ensnare a psychotic mobster in order to win an early release from prison.
23 October 1947, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
16 April 1953, Austin, Texas, USA
20 March 1970, New York City, New York, USA
7 January 1964, Long Beach, California, USA
15 June 1963, Culver City, California, USA
20 September 1929, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
3 June 1963, New York City, New York, USA
9 September 1950, New York City, New York, USA
15 January 1957, Staten Island, New York, USA
10 November 1969, Henrietta, New York, USA
22 June 1966, Roswell, New Mexico, USA
7 January 1956, Forest Hills, New York, USA
28 April 1937, San Jose, California, USA
1959, Puerto Rico
24 August 1948, Houston, Texas, USA
26 November 1989, Westwood, New Jersey, USA
5 July 1965, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
September 19, 2008
Classy film noir, as you would expect from a team including director Barbet Schroeder, writer Richard Price, and Nicolas Cage...
March 07, 2005
Cage and Caruso strike sparks in this riveting piece of pulp fiction, but it's that first Kiss you'll remember.
May 20, 2003
It's a sleek, muscular thriller played by a terrific ensemble cast...
September 19, 2008
What's most effective about the new Kiss of Death is Tucci's marvelously slimy prosecutor.
June 18, 2002
A riveting crime drama.
October 16, 2004
Violent crime tale which Caruso hoped would make him a movie star. It didn't.
January 17, 2004
The real mystery is why Caruso left NYPD Blue.
April 08, 2005
An interesting noirlike crime drama propelled by Cage's eccentric performance
September 19, 2008
Gutsy dialogue, atmospheric direction, lots of night scenes and an uninhibited take on the source material.
January 13, 2004
Atmospheric yet ultimately hollow exercise in tedium.
September 19, 2008
A crackling thriller that feels unusually attuned to its lowlife characters.
February 13, 2001
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.
