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Summary
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business.
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Drop-in friendly
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+24)
Critics 36Audiences 60GoodWatch 48
Box office
2.1×its budget
- Budget
- $13 M
- Worldwide
- $27 M
Worldwide it earned $14 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most action movies, −17 min on the typical 108
typical 10891Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 15 countries, rent or buy in 57 more
+5
Released
1998
April 24, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
ActionComedyCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Hong Kong SAR China
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibeSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
34 people
Mark WahlbergMelvin Smiley
Lou Diamond PhillipsCisco
Christina ApplegatePam Shulman
Avery BrooksParis
Bokeem WoodbineCrunch
Antonio Sabàto Jr.Vince
China ChowKeiko Nishi
Lainie KazanJeanne Shulman
Elliott GouldMorton Shulman
Sab ShimonoJiro Nishi
Robin DunneGump
Lela RochonChantel
Danny SmithVideo Store Kid
Joshua PeaceLance- DUDavid UsherSergio
Hardee T. LinehamAccountant
Gerry MendicinoSlave Trader- RERobert EatonPimp
John Stoneham Sr.Pimp- NJNicola JonesBlonde
- AGAlexa GilmourAly
John StockerSid Mussberger- CMCotton MatherMoe
Derrek PeelsWindbush
Directing · 1
- Kirk Wong Chi-Keung Director
Writing · 1
- Ben Ramsey Writer
Production · 8
- John Woo Executive Producer
- Terence Chang Executive Producer
- Wesley Snipes Producer
- John M. Eckert Producer
- Warren Zide Producer
- Roger Garcia Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Danny Nowak Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Pietro Scalia Editor
- Robin Russell Editor
Sound · 22
- Graeme Revell Original Music Composer
- Sandy Gendler Sound Designer
- Wayne Griffin Supervising Sound Editor
- Michael O'Farrell Supervising Sound Editor
- Tony Van den Akker Foley Mixer
- Mark Gingras Sound Effects Editor
Art · 4
- Taavo Soodor Production Design
- Enrico Campana Set Decoration
- Craig Lathrop Art Direction
- Andrew M. Stearn Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 8
- Margaret Mohr Costume Design
- Donald Mowat Key Makeup Artist
- James D. Brown Key Hair Stylist
- Paula Fleet Assistant Hairstylist
- Pauline Chung Wardrobe Assistant
- Quita Alfred Wardrobe Supervisor
Visual Effects · 2
- Kelley Ray Visual Effects Supervisor
- Kyle Menzies Visual Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 6
- Robert Racki Stunts
- Branko Racki Stunts
- Chun Kang Wang Stunts
- Bob Brown Stunts
- Charlie Estepp Stunt Driver
- Berj Bannayan Software Engineer
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