Suicide Kings
1997 · Movie · R · 106 min · ★ 6.6 · 39% critics
A former mobster is abducted by five privileged young men who desperately need $2 million to help save a friend’s sister. As the hostage situation plays out, the captors start doubting one another, and the pressure builds through shifting strategies and tense mind games.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-09-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 39/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (329 votes)
About
If you enjoy tense kidnap mysteries with dark comedy and uneasy back-and-forth power struggles, you may like Suicide Kings; Not for you if you want a straightforward, original crime thriller or if you dislike films that get confusing with shifting trust, like Smokin' Aces or The Way of the Gun.
Pros: gripping hostage tension; sharp crime banter; standout lead performance | Cons: messy, convoluted plotting; some humor misses; underdeveloped characters
Themes
- ransom
- kidnapping
- hostage
- rain
- sister
- betrayal
- mobster
- hospital
- mansion
- poker game
- killer
- alcoholic
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Christopher Walken
as Carlo Bartolucci
Henry Thomas
as Avery Chasten
Sean Patrick Flanery
as Max Minot
Jay Mohr
as Brett Campbell
Jeremy Sisto
as T.K.
Johnny Galecki
as Ira Reder
Nina Siemaszko
as Jennifer
Denis Leary
as Lono Veccio
- JD
Jay Della
as Bartender
Nathan Dana Aldrich
as Marcus
Directed by Peter O'Fallon