Kuffs (1992)

Director:

Bruce A. Evans

Writers (WGA):

Bruce A. Evans (written by) &
Raynold Gideon (written by)

Release Date:

10 January 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

When you have attitude - who needs experience?

Plot:

George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job and his girlfriend who still is in college is pregnant...

Plot Keywords:

Girlfriend | San Francisco California | Handcuffs | Jumper | Dead Brother

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

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

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #31422) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Beginner's Luck

Trivia:

George Kuffs Pistols are Berreta M9 9mm's.

Goofs:

Continuity: Ted reloads his pistol twice when he is about to give Kuffs cover fire.

Quotes:

George Kuffs: Now I hate to repeat myself, so, you're all under arrest, come out in front of the cars, and lay down on the ground or something.
[glances at Ted]
Ted Bukovsky: Yeah, that's good.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV)

Soundtrack:

She Takes My Breath Away

From The Days of the Miners and Forty Niners

If the rather quirky and unique screen personality of Christian Slater is not your cup of tea, than I'd stay away from Kuffs. Reading the film credits before writing this review I learned that Kuffs was written specifically for Slater. I can't see anyone else this role of George Kuffs, amiable high school dropout who can't get his life together and is sponging off his big brother Bruce Boxleitner.

Boxleitner is a patrol specialist, an institution dating from the days of the Forty Niners and unique unto San Francisco. There were not enough police to enforce any semblance of law and order in a town that just mushroomed over night. The city fathers assigned specific areas to people to enforce law and order and Boxleitner has one of those districts.

But in his area, the merchants are being harassed and extorted and he's being offered a huge bribe to sell his district to some really nasty people. When he doesn't Boxleitner is killed and Christian Slater inherits his job.

Despite some really gaping holes in the plot, the film is really carried along quite nicely by Christian Slater. Others in the cast of note are Milla Jovavich as his pregnant girlfriend, Leon Rippy as the hood who murdered Boxleitner and Tony Goldwyn as the SFPD officer assigned to Slater to keep him from getting killed.

Still Kuffs is strictly a Christian Slater show and his fans will absolutely love it.