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Kiss of Death
MEANRANK
60/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 38, highest is Metacritic critics on 72. Critics average 70, everyone else 57.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young criminal agrees to become an informant for the FBI to avoid a long prison sentence. He is thrust back into the criminal underworld to gather evidence against his former associates, including a ruthless and paranoid crime boss. His dangerous double life creates constant tension, as he must betray his old friends while protecting his family from the deadly repercussions if his cover is blown.
Details
- Director
- Barbet Schroeder
- Writers
- Eleazar Lipsky, Richard Price
- Based on
- a work by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 21 April 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $40.0M
- Box office
- $14.9M
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