Kuffs

"When you have attitude, who needs experience?"

1992 1h 42m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 238

ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

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George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is pregnant. To top it off, George's brother Brad is killed and George inherits Brad's "patrol special" privatized police district and all the problems that come with it.

“When you have attitude, who needs experience?”

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Cast

Christian Slater
George Kuffs
Milla Jovovich
Maya Carlton
Tony Goldwyn
Ted Bukovsky
Bruce Boxleitner
Brad Kuffs
Troy Evans
Captain Morino
George De La Pena
Sam Jones
Leon Rippy
Kane
Ashley Judd
Wife of Paint Store Owner

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bruce A. Evans
Writers: Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bruce A. Evans, shot by Thomas Del Ruth. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

ERA

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Original score by Harold Faltermeyer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen Semel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

ERA

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Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich and Tony Goldwyn carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When you have attitude, who needs experience?".

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7 / 7

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IMDB entry: tt0104647 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Bruce A. Evans directs. Thomas Del Ruth behind the camera. Harold Faltermeyer scores. Stephen Semel cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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134 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Bruce A. Evans, shot by Thomas Del Ruth. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Harold Faltermeyer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Stephen Semel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich and Tony Goldwyn carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "When you have attitude, who needs experience?".
7IMDB entry: tt0104647 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Thomas Del Ruth
Original score: Harold Faltermeyer
Editing: Stephen Semel
Production design: Victoria Paul
Stunt coordinator: David R. Ellis
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $21,142,815
Return: 211% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Kuffs (1992)

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stugood2019-03-10
★ 5/10
A film so uneven in tone it can't decide what genre it's in. It's a romance-comedy- no wait, it's a cop-comedy. Then comes the bullet-riddled death count and it's clear this is a confused piece of cinema, in which even the fifth-wall is broken. All this playfulness needn't had been a bad thing, except here it merely culminates to an early-nineties mess. Some recipes with a large list of ingredients work, some don't; in this film, there's simply no room left for an audience to get comfortable. Slater being Slater (or Jack Nicholson) is the redeeming card, if of course, that is you like him. Kuffs is ultimately a bit of fun, even if the film itself doesn't always know it.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 8/10
Yeah, the humor in this is kind of off-beat, at least a lot of the jokes in it are not what you see in many movies like this. It kind of walks the line between being an honest action film, and almost, I don't know, maybe a Zucker film with how some of the humor sits. And the humor is probably why it wasn't very well received. I'm not complaining, I actually liked it, but I can see where a lot of people were put off by it. Kind of maybe expecting Lethal Weapon. Don't expect Lethal Weapon, and don't expect Naked Gun. Kind of expect a 90s hybrid that encompasses that little evolution point between the late 80s cinematic tropes and the 90s cinematic tropes. A weird and enjoyable hybrid for the time, and for the genre.