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    Kuffs

    • 19921992
    • PG-13PG-13
    • 1h 42min
    IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    10K
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    Christian Slater in Kuffs (1992)
    Trailer 1
    Trailer2:13
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    37 Photos
    ActionComedyCrime

    George Kuffs, 21, leaves a pregnant girlfriend. He visits his brother Brad to bum money off him. Brad's shot and George IDs the killer at SFPD but to no avail. He inherits Brad's patrol district. He keeps it to get the k... Read allGeorge Kuffs, 21, leaves a pregnant girlfriend. He visits his brother Brad to bum money off him. Brad's shot and George IDs the killer at SFPD but to no avail. He inherits Brad's patrol district. He keeps it to get the killer.George Kuffs, 21, leaves a pregnant girlfriend. He visits his brother Brad to bum money off him. Brad's shot and George IDs the killer at SFPD but to no avail. He inherits Brad's patrol district. He keeps it to get the killer.George Kuffs, 21, leaves a pregnant girlfriend. He visits his brother Brad to bum money off him. Brad's shot and George IDs the killer at SFPD but to no avail. He inherits Brad's patrol district. He keeps it to get the killer.George Kuffs, 21, leaves a pregnant girlfriend. He visits his brother Brad to bum money off him. Brad's shot and George IDs the killer at SFPD but to no avail. He inherits Brad's patrol district. He keeps it to get the killer.

    • Director
      • Bruce A. Evans
    • Writers
      • Bruce A. Evans
      • Raynold Gideon
    • Stars
      • Christian Slater
      • Milla Jovovich
      • Ric Roman Waugh
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Bruce A. Evans
    • Writers
      • Bruce A. Evans
      • Raynold Gideon
    • Stars
      • Christian Slater
      • Milla Jovovich
      • Ric Roman Waugh
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 49User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Videos3

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    Christian Slater and Tony Goldwyn in Kuffs (1992)
    Christian Slater, Tony Goldwyn, and Bruce A. Evans in Kuffs (1992)
    Tony Goldwyn in Kuffs (1992)
    Christian Slater in Kuffs (1992)
    Christian Slater in Kuffs (1992)
    Milla Jovovich and Christian Slater in Kuffs (1992)
    Christian Slater and Tony Goldwyn in Kuffs (1992)
    Christian Slater in Kuffs (1992)
    Christian Slater and George De La Pena in Kuffs (1992)
    Milla Jovovich in Kuffs (1992)
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    Milla Jovovich and Christian Slater in Kuffs (1992)

    Top cast

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    Christian Slater
    Christian Slater
    • George Kuffsas George Kuffs
    Milla Jovovich
    Milla Jovovich
    • Maya Carltonas Maya Carlton
    Ric Roman Waugh
    Ric Roman Waugh
    • Hoodas Hood
    Steve Holladay
    • Hoodas Hood
    Chad Randall
    • Hoodas Hood
    Clarke Coleman
    • Hoodas Hood
    Leon Rippy
    Leon Rippy
    • Kaneas Kane
    Craig Benton
    • Paint Store Owneras Paint Store Owner
    Ashley Judd
    Ashley Judd
    • Wife of Paint Store Owneras Wife of Paint Store Owner
    Bruce Boxleitner
    Bruce Boxleitner
    • Brad Kuffsas Brad Kuffs
    Joshua Cadman
    Joshua Cadman
    • Bill Donnellyas Bill Donnelly
    Mary Ellen Trainor
    Mary Ellen Trainor
    • Nikki Allynas Nikki Allyn
    Aki Aleong
    Aki Aleong
    • Mr. Changas Mr. Chang
    Henry G. Sanders
    Henry G. Sanders
    • Building Owneras Building Owner
    Dom Magwili
    • Restaurant Owneras Restaurant Owner
    Kevin Leidich
    • Priestas Priest
    • (as Father Kevin Leidich)
    E. Keith Polk
    • Emergency Room Doctoras Emergency Room Doctor
    • (as E. Keith Polk MD)
    Susie Schelling
    Susie Schelling
    • Emergency Room Nurseas Emergency Room Nurse
    • (as Susan Schelling)
    • Director
      • Bruce A. Evans
    • Writers
      • Bruce A. Evans
      • Raynold Gideon
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    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. —Lars J. Aas <larsa@colargol.edb.tih.no>
    breaking the fourth walltalking to the cameratime bombman tied upbound and gagged41 more
    • Plot summary
    • Add synopsis
    • Taglines
      • When you have attitude - who needs experience?
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Comedy
      • Crime
    • Certificate
      • PG-13
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Although she was playing a college student, Milla Jovovich was only 15 during principal photography.
    • Goofs
      After getting shot and showing the audience the bandage, the wound and stating that there was an exit wound, Kuff is soon dancing around his late brother's apartment with his shirt off and no wound.
    • Quotes

      [Kuffs and Bukovsky, armed with pump shotguns, are facing about a dozen hoods in the film's climactic confrontation]

      Unidentified Hood: It's a twelve-gauge pump, boys. He's only got three shots. They can't get us all!

      [He reaches for his gun, Ted blows him away]

      George Kuffs: [gestures to dead hood] Well, now we know he can add...

      [gestures to Ted]

      George Kuffs: And he can subtract. So who wants to be next here?

    • Alternate versions
      German video version is cut for violence (ca. 4 minutes) to secure a "Not under 12" rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in 1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
      Written by Pat MacDonald (as Pat McDonald)

      Performed by Timbuk 3

      Courtesy of I.R.S. RECORDS

    User reviews49

    Review
    Top review
    Slater in a tailor-made role
    Christian Slater is the ne'er-do-well, yet the impressionalbly

    hip title character in this decent action comedy. George Kuffs

    is a high school drop out who decides to take over his dead

    brother's police patrol and to avenge his death. Kuffs stumbles

    his way to find to his brother's killers and manages to make a

    real image of himself. Slater is fine as Kuffs, whose constant

    joking around might have irritated the folks around him, but his

    humor really paid off, in this comedy flick that might remind a

    few Slater fans of his other avenger movie, "Gleaming the Cube,"

    except "Kuffs" is way funnier and more good
    helpful•16
    10
    • coverme6
    • Jun 13, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 10, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hero Wanted
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dino de Laurentiis Communications
      • EvansGideon
      • Beginner's Luck
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,142,815
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,651,055
      • Jan 12, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $21,142,815
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 42min
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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