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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 06/01/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller, Gangster Film

A convict agrees to go undercover and gather evidence on a notorious crime lord in order to win an early release from prison in this tough, gritty crime drama. Much of the tension develops from the inner conflict of Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso), who feels torn between his desire to win freedom for the sake of his family and his belief in a code of honor that sees ratting on others as an unforgivable sin. His misgivings are compounded by fear when he learns that his target is to be the notorious Little Junior (Nicolas Cage), a violent eccentric with a hair-trigger temper. Luckily for the ex-con, Junior takes a shine to Jimmy, welcoming him into his inner circle. While this pleases the investigators, it means further trouble for Jimmy, who would undoubtedly be killed were his deception ever discovered. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

David Caruso - Jimmy Kilmartin
Samuel L. Jackson - Calvin
Nicolas Cage - Little Junior Brown
Helen Hunt - Bev Kilmartin
Kathryn Erbe - Rosie Kilmartin

Director Barbet Schroeder helmed this gritty remake of the 1947 Victor Mature film Kiss of Death. David Caruso heads up an ensemble cast that also includes Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, and Helen Hunt. The film tells the story of an ex-con who finds himself pitted between two sides of the law after he's lured into pulling off one last job. Both the original widescreen and a reformatted full-screen versions are included on this DVD, which also features a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound soundtrack. The disc also offers Spanish- and French-dubbed audio tracks in Dolby Digital Surround as well as English and Spanish subtitles. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide