It was inevitable after the stellar success of Beverly Hills Cop that someone would try and repeat the formula. Try they did and in 1992 Kuffs made its way into cinemas with a young but charming Christian Slater assuming the anti-authoritarian lead role. Following in BHC's footsteps it has Slater's slacker get out of his depth (taking on his brother's police district instead of going to Beverly Hills) to take down the killer of his murdered sibling. As expected there's a big business bad guy who's in to smuggling, his asshole henchman (a brilliantly creepy Leon Rippy), the police chief trying to keep Slater in line (Troy Evans), his dopey but eager partner (Tony Goldwyn).
There's a couple of things that sets Kuffs apart. A spectacularly young (and cute) Milla Jovovich provides the warm, gooey centre of the basic, crime, revenge plot while Kuffs himself borrows a trick from Ferris Bueller by breaking the fourth wall by talking directly to the audience. Add to that a nice cameo from icon Bruce Boxleitner, a slick, contemporary sheen to the photography and a zippy score from Harold Faltermeyer this is fast and funny action bullshit to accompany your beer and popcorn on a Friday night in front of the DVD.
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