A Kiss Before Dying
1991
*½
Director: James Dearden
Cast: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo
A young man kills his way to the top in this dull but thankfully short thriller. The film forgets to give the protagonist a believable motive, and the whole thing seems pointless. Ira Levin's novel was previously filmed in 1956.