Kuffs

Plot synopsis:
George Kuffs (Slater) is an irresponsible 21-year-old high school dropout from San Francisco who walks out on his pregnant girlfriend Maya Carlton (Jovovich). Having lost his last job and with no prospects he visits his brother Brad (Bruce Boxleitner), who serves as an officer in the San Francisco Patrol Special Police, a civilian auxiliary police unit that sees potential officers assign themselves specific areas and work on a for-hire basis. Brad is not willing to loan George any money, though, and suggests George join him as a Patrol Special and work under him. Before George can decide whether to accept the offer, a man named Kane (Leon Rippy) shoots Brad in a church. George runs into the church to try to help Brad as Kane nonchalantly walks away from the scene, and Brad is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
George is brought in for a lineup where he identifies Kane as the shooter, but things quickly go from bad to worse as the police are forced to release Kane because George did not actually see him fire the gun. Shortly after this, George is told by Captain Morino (Troy Evans), a friend of his brother's, that Brad has died from his injuries. Morino also tells George that he has been bequeathed the district Brad patrolled. Shortly after a local businessman named Sam Jones (George de la Pena) decides to try and purchase the district so he can control it, but George decides to keep it and train to be a police officer. Predictably, things do not go smoothly as George draws the mocking of his fellow Patrol Specials and the ire of Officer Ted Bukowsky (Tony Goldwyn), a police liaison who has been assigned to work with the Patrol Specials as punishment for having an affair with the police chief's wife (Alexandra Paul).
After George is shot by a suicidal writer, things slowly begin to change. He reconnects with Maya, who has broken up with her new boyfriend, and then manages to kill Kane when the latter tries to ambush him at his apartment. He also cracks a huge criminal enterprise run by Sam Jones out of a Chinese dry cleaner, which gains him the respect and admiration of his fellow police. However, his joy is short lived when Jones decides to drop a bombshell on the Patrol Specials and hand them George's high school transcript, which renders him ineligible to be a police officer because he dropped out of school. Sam then declares he will take control of the district.
George is eventually kidnapped and seeks out a now-suspended Ted for help. This culminates with a massive rooftop shootout between Sam Jones' goons and the two officers, who are eventually joined by the rest of the unit. George corners Sam in the lowest level of a parking garage and, despite being wounded in the arm, fatally shoots Sam.
The movie ends with a much more responsible George having married Maya and now the proud father of a baby girl, named Sarah. At Maya's suggestion, he has passed the high school equivalency exam, allowing him to continue working as an officer, and has taken out a loan to expand his brother's district.

Tags: revenge, murder, romantic

Review:
This is one of the best action-comedy movies that I have ever seen.
Don't watch this movie expecting it to be like Lethal Weapon, this isn't a film to be taken seriously.
This is a good action-comedy that will keep you laughing through the whole film.
"Kuffs" is a fun, slick action-comedy that you just appreciate for what it is.
It doesn't even make an attempt to be a landmark cop movie like "48 Hours" or "Lethal Weapon," and that's what it makes it work.
The moment you see Slater talking to the camera in the opening scene, you know this is not a movie to be taken seriously.
Milla Jovovich is beautiful to look at, the humor is often fresh and funny, Slater is very entertaining and there's some exciting action to boot.
Fast-forward to about 2 weeks ago, when my mom rented me some movies, and I fell in love with Kuffs.Christian Slater pretty much plays the same character: a smart-alec with the ability to kick some @$$.
I love the way he can play that role in this movie, with a hilarious joke or monologue to the viewers just about every other minute!Sure, it has its rough spots: the action could have been better, and I would have liked to see a little more of Milla Jovovich, but overall, it's a winner.
the endless banter to the camera is great and yes i no some people hatred it for that alone.each to there own.the cop story is your standard fare but its like ferris bullers day off with guns.it has good comedy good action and milla what more do you need i mean serious even the non widescreen DVD didn't distract me.
Christian Slater is the ne'er-do-well, yet the impressionalblyhip title character in this decent action comedy.
Slater is fine as Kuffs, whose constantjoking around might have irritated the folks around him, but hishumor really paid off, in this comedy flick that might remind afew Slater fans of his other avenger movie, "Gleaming the Cube,"except "Kuffs" is way funnier and more good.
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.
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..
Christian Slater plays a man who inherits a police district from his older brother who was gunned down , played by Bruce Boxleitner.
apparently San Francisco didn't have enough police,, so there was like citizen patrols broken up into districts is how it was explained in the movie,, so he takes over the district , and trouble follows him everywhere, he has to be trained by his peers because he has no law enforcement experience,, his girlfriend is Milla Jovovich,, really young in this movie.
Lots of chases,, funny one liners,, car chases, pretty funny movie,, it's slightly above average,, not Christian's greatest work,, but definitely watchable,, and full of laughs..
This movie simultaneously pays homage to, and makes fun of, movies like Beverly Hills Cop...although Slater is not as funny or personable as Eddie Murphy.
However, in the end, there were too many mediocre and unfunny (even in an ironic way) lines and moments to justify recommending that you spend time watching this movie.
The movie is a mixture of action and comedy, which might not sit well with a lot of people, but in fact, it holds our attention.Something the film shows didn't make sense to us.
In fact, at the center of the film, is how one criminal makes an offer to the young Kuffs, who has inherited the job from his slain brother.
That is the only thing we didn't quite get.In the film, George Kuffs talks directly to the camera, taking the viewer into his confidence, which at the beginning feels strange, but after one gets over that, the film moves smoothly and one can see what the director intended.
In the theater these moments are asides, and in the film it serves as George's way to explain what's going on in his mind.Christian Slater made a good contribution to the film, although it appears he never liked the finished product.
Milla Jovovich plays Milla, but she is only seen at the beginning, middle and at the end of the film, which is strange, but that's the way her part was written.
Also in the cast, Tony Goldwyn who has some excellent moments and George de la Pena who plays the heavy Sam Jones."Kuffs" is more rewarding than other films of this genre..
Wretchedly directed, dully written, with no characters, just situations, KUFFS is not improved by the addition of grotesquely inappropriate Three Stooges-like comedy (complete with sound effects) and stupidly flamboyant directorial touches.
This is a fun retread, basically, of "Beverly Hills Cop" starring Christian Slater.
They even gave him a letterman jacket and had the theme song performed by Harold Faltermeyer.When Kuffs' girlfriend, Maya (played by Milla Jovovich), tells him she's pregnant, he decides to take the low road and leave her.
He runs into Maya again and begins to rekindle their romance all the while trying to work with his newly assigned partner, who's basically around just to keep him out of trouble.This was a pleasantly fun, action comedy with decent performances.
The story was well developed, the love interest aspect was good, the comedy genuinely funny and the action engaging.
Christian Slater plays a lazy layabout who inherits a police precinct (!) in this unlikely yet likable comedy co-starring Tony Goldwyn.
The premise is apparently based on fact with actual ancient San Francisco laws allowing private citizens to set up their own security patrols, however, the filmmakers are (sadly) less interested in this and more keen on fish-out-of-water elements as Slater gets up everyone's back when trying to run the precinct his own way.
Further plot complications come with Slater also trying to track down his brother's murderer and if there is one key thing to hold against the film, it is the wild changes in tone as it alters between revenge thriller and bubbly comedy.
Never to mind, Slater is in such good form that he carries the film through its rough patches.
The antagonists are not particularly charismatic or well written, but as alluded to this is Slater's film first and foremost and he runs with the material very well, rendering his somewhat arrogant character sympathetic as he learns the meaning of responsibility in life for the first time..
Christian Slater continues with his low rent Jack Nicholson impersonation in the dismal Kuffs.
At one point it is a buddy dog/cop film.Slater plays George Kuffs, a slacker usually borrowing money from his brother Brad a private patrol man who owns a district in San Francisco and patrols it for its citizens who pay him for protection.When Brad is killed by a violent gang gang member, George decides to continue with the security firm even though there are people willing to buy the district from him and George has no experience in keeping the citizens safe.As in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Slater constantly gives his thoughts to the camera.
Harold Faltermeyer's 1980s tinged soundtrack just reminds you that this film was passed over by Eddie Murphy as it has hints of Beverly Hills Cop and 48 Hours.The script is just dreadful despite Slater trying to be show an appealing persona.
Some of the action sequences are poorly staged varying from being violent to then being comic as well as being absurd.Like Slater when he has his shirt off, This is just lightweight fluff that shows some interesting shots of San Francisco which is the best that can be said of this movie..
As I was just about to give up all hope that I wouldn't find any good movies in this "collection", I found "Kuffs".
I suggest this movie to any Slater fan and, well, everyone else, just for a good laugh.I give it a 8.5 out of 10.
Most people only remember her as the girl dancing in her underwear in the beginning.Milla plays Kuffs' girlfriend, Maya.
Kuffs is a truly awful film that contains one of my all-time favorite show-stopping plot points.
"Kuffs" is a movie which it shows you the serious, tight, and humorous aspects of the police force.
Christian Slater shows us in "Kuffs" that early in his career that he can be up there with all the best.
Along with other movies done by Slater (Broken Arrow, Interview with the Vampire) he shows us in "Kuffs" that as an actor he can become emotional, serious, and funny all in one character.
And perhaps for others who enjoy the action/comedy type of movies.
"Kuffs" is another movie from the 90's that tries very hard to be as charming and fun.
Faltermeyer's music here is unfortunately a shadow of his best work ("Axel F") , just like "Kuffs" is a shadow of a really good action comedy.There are some interesting things here.
Unfortunately , the movie quickly becomes a routine one –of-many-action-comedies.
Christian Slater is really likable and pretty much carries the whole movie on his own.
A waste of good idea.The other characters seems interesting at first , but the movie never gives them enough screen time and the screenplay doesn't give them a lot to do.
The action scenes are forgettable and the movie has only small moments of good humor ( Slater fighting for life in his apartment).For action or comedy junkies only.
It stars Christian Slater as George Kuffs, a slacker/loser who leaves his pregnant girl friend.
His brother runs a privately owned police agency (they are not the official police of San Francisco but a title at the beginning of the movie explains that since sometime in the 1800s they have set up privately owned police agencies in different districts around the city) and after some strange circumstances Kuffs ends up being one of these "sheriffs for hire" tracking down the vicious gang that was going after his brother.
George Kuffs (Christian Slater) has no job (or ambition), just got his girlfriend Maya (Milla Jovovich) pregnant and lives off the kindness of his big brother Brad (Bruce Boxleitner) a policeman.
Brad is shot dead in the line of duty and George inherits his brother's district to protect...but nobody trusts him and he doesn't know if he can do the job himself.Very odd film.
LOVE the bit where Slater is trying to talk while his mouth is taped shut--and the film provides subtitles so the audience can understand him!
This movie was written with Slater in mind and he really gets into it.
To make this quick this film has: no cool action scenes, no cool or good dialogues, plenty of overdone shooting (Kuffs is way too lucky), no jokes and well it has one nice thing Milla Jovovich.
Well Christian Slater was still in his prime in this film and he's always cool to watch,(besides..I had totally forgotten what the movie was about!) so I rented it.
Sure it's a bit low-key (Slater narrates to the camera, and throughout there are series of techniques used: sound effects over swear words, subtitles used during Christian's gagged mouth scene, etc.) but that's what makes it stand out.
Of course the fact that Christian Slater stars in it adds depth, sincerity, intelligence, and attitude to the picture.What also makes <Kuffs> stand out is a certain fish-out-of-water feeling you get when watching ..meaning...
His brother owns a privatised police precinct and wants George to come and work for him.
The story is simple, flunker George gets to run a police station and, in his own streetwise way, makes it work.
We have Geroge talking direct to camera, we have slapstick humour, we have silly sound effects, we have a love story, we have action scenes and we have revenge stroylines.
Some of the action scenes are good if a little to like the A-Team etc.
Kuffs is a proof that Christian Slater has loads of charisma and it is shocking he never became a bigger star than he was back in the 90s.
This is a fun little film starring future action heroine Milla Jovovich as his girlfriend who is pregnant.
Kuffs is an outstanding movie,Christian Slater continues to "wow" me.This film has comedy,action AND romance.It sets of with Kuffs(Slater)dancing around his living room with his girlfriend(Milla Jovovich),who drops a bombshell that she is pregnant,thinking kuffs would be happy,boy was she wrong!Right from the start this movie made me laugh.He then leaves his pregnant girlfriend in search of his policeman brother,who owns a precinct called the Patrol Specials,Kuffs went looking for him to try and borrow money but instead was offered a job with his brother,which he politely declined until his brother was shot dead by the local crime king.Kuffs takes over his brothers business,his only interest....REVENGE,i don't want to give too much away,so please sit back and enjoy a magnificent movie,an easy10/10..
No clue why people bash on this so much, it's a early 90s cop comedy with Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich, Slater plays George Kuffs a slacker who becomes a cop to avenge the death of his brother.Movie has some good one liners and the best part is how Slater talks to the camera throughout the movie to let us know what he's thinking.
He plays George Kuffs, a bum-like type guy who is more interested in working to get a loan, rather than working to get money.
Whether you're a Christian Slater fan or not, this movie is hilarious and an absolute MUST-SEE!!.
Milla, tape-over-mouth subtitles, Christian Slater talking to the camera in "Heathers"-meets-Ferris Bueller mode.
But for good junk-food movies, you can't ask for a more fast-paced, furiously funny, deliriously dim-witted (and yet somehow slyly, raucuously self-aware) flick than "Kuffs"..
I thought it was pretty good (especially Christian Slater's performance- What a hottie!!).
It is one I would recommend for ANYONE who loves either Christian Slater or violence.
George Kuffs (Slater) is a 21 year old highschool dropout moving between jobs and superficial relationships until he simultaneously finds out his girl Maya (Jovovich) is pregnant and his civilian cop brother Brad (Boxleitner) is killed by a local bad guy Kane (Rippy).
Here's what it is about: George Kuffs (Slater) is a restless young man who is always looking for the get rich quick scheme.
When his drop dead gorgeous girlfriend (Milla Jovovich) starts to get serious, George decides its time to move on.
You got Christian Slater of Heathers, playing the snarky, irresponsible, but lovable George Kuffs.
He finds out his girlfriend Maya (Played by future RE Star Milla Jovovich) is pregnant and leaves her to find a way to get some money from his more responsible Patrol Special brother Brad (Played by Tron himself Bruce Boxleitner).
Slater & Tony Goldwyn are a hoot together, and the gorgeous Mila Jovovich makes an early appearance.
Christian Slater, Tony Goldwyn, Bruce Boxleitner, Milla Jovovich, Leon Rippy and George De La Pena star in this 1992 action-comedy.
This takes place in San Francisco, California where we meet arrogant, young man, George Kuffs (Slater) who tries to take over his murdered brother, Brad's (Boxleitner) police district/precinct and find the man responsible.
This isn't a bad film with some humorous and suspenseful moments and Slater is good in it.
This is a pretty average action type of movie.
They are really little more than security guards with a few extra powers.The movie is about a kid named George Kuffs (Christian Slater) who leaves his girlfriend when he learns that she is pregnant.
He goes to his brother, who runs one of the Special Patrol districts, for some money, but he is killed by a gangster.
There is also poor old Ted who just seems to always on the wrong side of bad luck.Anyway, this movie is really about how George Kuffs goes from being a free and easy drifter to an adult with responsibilities.
I guess it is not meant to be as such, because when it comes down to it, George Kuffs is a shallow character in a shallow movie..
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 squeeze 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....Depending on how much you can tolerate Christian Slater, is how much you will enjoy this film.
A Must See For Every Slater Fan. I have no idea why people cannot STAND this movie!
And I read an article about Christian Slater saying how he wanted to forget about his role in "Kuffs?" I honestly have no idea why he would say such a thing because this movie was witty and original.
Action, LOTS of comedy, a little bit of romance, and yeah some drama too, (not really that much) But Kuffs is a must see for every Slater fan..