Synopsis
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageRick Santoro
- Gary SiniseKevin Dunne
- Carla GuginoJulia Costello
- John HeardGilbert Powell
- Stan ShawLincoln Tyler
- Kevin DunnLou Logan
- Michael RispoliJimmy George
- Joel FabianiCharles Kirkland
- Luis GuzmánCyrus
- David Anthony HigginsNed Campbell
Recommendations
- 80
Dallas Observer
The entire film takes its cue from Cage's spritzes and jags; it's a delirious performance in a delirious landscape. - 78
Austin Chronicle
After it has ended, you may want to view it all over again, just to see if you can beat the odds and pick up on what you missed the first time around. - 75
USA Today
Snake Eyes sports some of the most breathtaking filmmaking of De Palma's career -- and Nicolas Cage is the one actor who cannot be upstaged by it. [18 September 1998, p. 11E] - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The real heroes are cinematographer Stephen H. Burum and editor Bill Pankow, who help the picture keep popping even when its plot and dialogue go into a slump. - 70
Newsweek
There's plenty of bravura camera work and two terrific supporting turns from Carla Gugino, as a terrified key witness, and Stan Shaw, as the soul-searching heavyweight champ. De Palma didn't hit the jackpot here, but he certainly didn't roll snake eyes. - 63
ReelViews
Mixed together, all of this makes for a fascinating viewing experience, but the unfortunate ending diluted my enthusiasm for the film as a whole. - 60
The New Yorker
In spite of its noirish glow, De Palma's thriller is oddly unsuspenseful. Although his vaunted technique and Hitchcockian effects are all here, there's no life in the story (co-written by De Palma and David Koepp), and the last-minute burst of sentimentality is especially lame. - 60
The New York Times
A great big juicy gob of apocalyptic paranoia.
