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starring David Caruso, Nicholas...
Avid fans of "NYPD Blue," still reeling from David Caruso's smug betrayal, (forget that Jimmy Smits has been excellent) would have been happy to see his film career flounder. But with the release of "Kiss Of Death," Caruso's career, unfortunately, should take off. Directed by Barbet Schroeder ("Single White Female" and "Reversal of Fortune") and starring Caruso, Nicholas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson, "Kiss Of Death" is a powerful modern interpretation of film noir...
Loosely based on the 1947 film of the same name, writer Richard Price has added several dimensions to this version, while leaving the main plot intact. The film centers around excrook Jimmy Kilmartin (Caruso), who ends up caught between a corrupt Distcrict Attorney and an unforgiving mobster. Kilmartin, at the pleading of his cousin Ronnie, is coerced into driving a tuckload of stolen cars across Manhattan to an awaiting freighter. It is hard to forget the bizarre sight of four brightly lit trucks barreling through the streets of Manhattan. When the cops arrive on the scene, the rest...
This tense set-up could easily have been bobbled by a less accomplished director or compromised by a less talented cast. But "Kiss of Death's" ensemble succeeds magnificantly. The same vulnerable machoness which brought Caruso accolades on "NYPD Blue" works perfectly here. Few actors could have balanced the ruggedness of his character with the poignancy of the situation. Someday his gritty, New Yorker persona could get tired, but until then this style can't be slighted...
...reportedly on the cover of In Fashion. She's Angie Everhart. After dating for two months, they've announced their intention to wed--she for the first time, he for the third. Everhart, in that delicate catwalk-to-movie transitional phase, has just wrapped Jade, a drama starring David Caruso, and signed up for her first Stallone-like action role...