Kuffs (1991)

George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job and his girlfriend who still is in college is pregnant. Since he can't see how he can support her, he thinks she is better off ... See full summary »

Director:

Bruce A. Evans

Writers:

Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon

Stars:

Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, Ric Roman Waugh

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Slater	...	George Kuffs
Milla Jovovich	...	Maya Carlton
Ric Roman Waugh	...	Hood (as Ric Waugh)
Steve Holladay	...	Hood
Chad Randall	...	Hood
Clarke Coleman	...	Hood
Leon Rippy	...	Kane
Craig Benton	...	Paint Store Owner
Ashley Judd	...	Wife of Paint Store Owner
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Brad Kuffs
Joshua Cadman	...	Bill Donnelly
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Nikki Allyn
Aki Aleong	...	Mr. Chang
Henry G. Sanders	...	Building Owner
Dom Magwili	...	Restaurant Owner

Storyline

George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job and his girlfriend who still is in college is pregnant. Since he can't see how he can support her, he thinks she is better off without him. So he visits his elder brother, Brad, to squeze him for a loan so he can go to Brazil where there's a gold-rush going on. Unfortunately Brad is killed and George is suddenly the owner of Brad's "patrol special" district.

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Plot Keywords:

exploding building | exploding car | deception | split screen | apartment | 

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Taglines:

When you have attitude - who needs experience?

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 January 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ein Kerl zum Schießen

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$21,142,815 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dino de Laurentiis Communications, EvansGideon, Beginner's Luck

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Kuffs asks his trainer why they're running when they're going to drive most of the time, the cadets are all wearing sweatshirts with their last names on the front. One of those shirts has the last name "Gideon", a nod to co-writer/producer Raynold Gideon.

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Goofs

In the scene where Kuffs is trying to convince Ted to go to the Chinese laundry with him, the position of Ted's hands on the window shades changes between shots from Ted's perspective to Kuffs' perspective.

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Quotes

[George talking to a suicidal jumper]
George Kuffs: Hey, asshole! Yes, you. Look, if you're gonna jump, jump. Otherwise, use the bridge like everyone else. You're screwin' up traffic down there.

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Connections

Referenced in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Informers/The Soloist/Tyson (2009)

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Soundtracks

"I Don't Want to Live Without You"
Written by GREGG TRIPP and ELLIOT WOLFF
Performed by GREGG TRIPP
Courtesy of IMPACT RECORDS, J.V.

User Reviews

Wait, what?

Kuffs is a young moron(with *attitude*!) who wants a lot of money without doing anything for it. His brother dies, leaving the district to him, and the killer goes free because of red tape. How can he run it? He has no skills or experience. Well, I'm gonna have to get back to you on that, because this doesn't answer that. Does he try to get revenge for his sibling? Of course. How leader-like. Slater's dubious charm is put to the test and fails, and the painful asides exist for little other reason than to deliver exposition. There's plenty of backstory and details, and hardly any of it is on the screen... it's said in dialog. Instead, we get lousy attempts at comedy(usually silly to the point of being cartoonish... it's hardly ever funny, and the running gags literally physically hurt) and... occasional melodrama. The whole thing is scored by Harold Faltermeyer, and yes, he was indeed still doing the Eddie Murphy style 80's tunes. This does the buddy cop thing a little, awkwardly. All the characters are quirky. Who thought this weird mix of things that can work separately would work? All of what I've described can be good if you pursue one. This skips back and forth between them all. The 97 minutes sans credits pass extremely slowly. You never get into it. You're given no reason to like anyone in this(what's with Ted? Did they think that they'd cast the supercop dude from the Police Academy flicks?), except for Jovovich(beautiful and cute as usual... even if she wasn't legal yet), and she's barely in it(and no, my dislike of this isn't on account of that). The setups do not make sense, they're just there for sit-com scenarios that don't pay off. Why can't George aim when it counts? We get some OK action, all shootouts. The tension is lacking and the choreography is lazy. And you do not give someone dual Berettas in a film and not have them use them way more. The clichés are plentiful. One portion has a lot of bizarrely bleeped out F-bombs(using "notes" on a keyboard and other random noises, taking you completely out of the fiction)... it's as if they suddenly realized they should go for PG-13 instead of R, and made the bad decision to censor it like that. It's also half-heartedly photographed. The DVD comes with a meh 2 minute theatrical trailer, and the suggesting of watching Dazed and Confused(maybe that's so, haven't seen it) and Sneakers(...no. Just no. It's so much more entertaining than this that you can barely imagine it) if you like this. I recommend this to girls who want to fawn over Christian. Everyone else, you can do far better. 5/10