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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 10/20/1998 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 49 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Action, Drama, Action Thriller, Police Detective Film

When his brother is murdered, a policeman is caught between his devotion to the law and his family's desire for revenge in this action drama. Patrick Swayze plays Truman Gates, who left his backwoods Appalachian home for life as a Chicago police officer. When his brother is killed by a gangster, Truman is determined to seek legal retribution. His older brother Briar (Liam Neeson) has different ideas, however, and travels to the city to seek old-fashioned vigilante justice. Truman must now choose between his family's belief in mountain justice and the duties of his job. Though the film is not particularly action-packed, director John Irvin does provide the expected gunplay and macho confrontations. However, despite a surprisingly distinguished cast (also including Helen Hunt and Michael J. Pollard), little distinguishes the film from numerous other revenge stories with a similar outline. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

Patrick Swayze - Truman Gates
Liam Neeson - Briar Gates
Adam Baldwin - Joey Rosselini
Helen Hunt - Jessie Gates
Andreas Katsulas - John Isabella

John Irvin directs Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, and Helen Hunt in the action film Next of Kin, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials, marking this as a bare-bones release from Warner Brothers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide