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Suicide Kings (1997)

Suicide Kings poster
Directed by
Peter O'Fallon
Genre
drama film, comedy drama, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 331 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of college students kidnap a former Mafia boss to get a friend back. They try to negotiate while tensions rise and things spiral out of control.

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What happens

Suicide Kings is a 1997 American crime thriller black comedy film directed by Peter O'Fallon, and starring Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto and Henry Thomas. Based on Don Stanford's short story "The Hostage", the film follows the group of students who kidnap a respected former Mafia figure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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