Review of Suicide Kings (1997) by Niklas S — 02 Jul 2011
Odd title but a decent mobster/thriller comedy with the man who has played a million mob bosses at the heart of the show as always. Without Walken this would probably have been very very average and not as amusing, Walken is so dead pan and shifty its eerie, I dunno how he does it but his gangster performances never get weak no matter how many he does or how repetitive they are.
Rest of the cast are your average straight to DVD filler types alongside Leary who in the mid 90's was pretty popular and not bad as a hardass but at the same time a slightly mouthy, annoying and arrogant git too. The plot is actually quite good and serves all manner of good moments both tense and giggly as we build towards the predictable twist in the plot....just a matter of who to choose.
Has some dark moments and plenty of gallows humour but quite a sad sombre ending.
This review of Suicide Kings (1997) was written by Niklas S on 02 Jul 2011.
Suicide Kings has generally received positive reviews.
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