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Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Starring: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Mark Watson, Nina Siemaszko
Directed By: Peter O'Fallon
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236114277
Format: Anamorphic
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-08-14
Running Time: 106
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1998-04-17
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 04/20/2004 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R
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Summary: Walken is the man!!
Comment: Recently Walken's mannerisms have become familiar and he's been imitated by SNL performers and other impersonators. It's easy to forget how good he can be. Suicide Kings is an old movie but didn't get a lot of distribution when it launched. There are some familiar faces, Dennis Leary, Jeremy Sisto of Law & Order/6 ft. under; ET's Henry Thomas, Jay Mohr, Brad Garett.
The basic plot is that several friends try to save their friend's sister who's been kidnapped by capturing Walken, a criminal with money. The friends get Walken to contact his people to put up the ransom money. Simple enough, but Walken plays a man who knows the young men are over their heads and probes them to find their weaknesses. There are a few twists along the way. It is an enjoyable watch.
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Summary: Suicide Kings Review
Comment: In this dark comedy, Christopher Walken shines as a mobster abducted by five friends (including Jay Mohr and Henry Thomas). These guys believe Walken can solve the kidnapping of one of their sisters. As Walken plays mind games, his captors splinter, each wondering whether one of them had a hand in the crime. The DVD is chock-full of fascinating extras.
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Summary: This mob film has it all
Comment: Christopher Walken is a former organized crime figure that gets kidnapped by a group of preppies that hold him for ransom. (This happens right up front in the story so I'm not giving anything away). The kidnappers realistically come off as bungling amateurs. Walken's presence is overwhelming (even duct taped to a chair) and he looms large over the whole story. Great perfomance. Throughout the film, the viewer keeps anticipating, "Somebody is going to really get hurt here". They do, of course.
The story has plenty of mystery and multiple twists. There are gruesome execution and mutilation scenes. It has laugh out loud comedy - special mention to Denis Leary and his "stingray boots". He plays a thug and is appropriately menacing and crude, but he is genuinely funny . . . even while brutally beating a man with a golf club. The R rating is appropriate.
A well written and directed film. Camera work a little unimaginative. Good sound.
If you are OK with the violence, you are guaranteed an entertaining experience with this film.
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Summary: I Give This Film Five Cowbells
Comment: Is Christopher Walken the Man or what? For the first hour or so I thought Walken was essentially in paycheck mode deferring to his young co-stars(Jay Mohr, Henry Thomas, Johnny Golicki, et al), who aren't bad by the way, while he's duct-taped to a wheelchair slowly bleeding to death from a dismembered digit. Then the Walken-ator jumps into action and the wheels are in motion. You watch him size up his captors and turn the situation around to his advantage. Was there any doubt! As a bonus you also get Dennis Leary as an associate of Chris who shows the young turks that they're not ready to play with the big boys. You can say that "Suicide Kings" has a little bit of the Tarantino influence as well as "The Usual Suspects". There is enough originality in director Peter O'Fallon's film to differentiate it from it's predecessors. In a nutshell, "Walken fans, rejoice!"
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Summary: BUSKET
Comment: This film is so popular that I imagine there isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said. I will tell you that it is worth your time for the Dennis Leary 'Busket' scene (oh yeah and to hear him talk about his shoes)- Leary is always hilarious. Yes, this film is indeed dark and funny- but when have you known Walken to be anything different?! LOL Hold on to your fingers (you'll understand after you watch), prepare yourself for the twisted ending and ENJOY!
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