Amusing and light-hearted
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang review by AB
Amusing (but not *funny*) story about a no-hoper thrown into the world of Hollywood and murder. NIce moments but the character storyline *can* be a bit confusing as to who is what and why and how. However - a pleasant film with more positives than negatives
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Comic strip as movie
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang review by CP Customer
Quite funny and entertaining with good actors, but don't expect any high eyebrow art experience - this is a film noir detective story the American way.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Fun!
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang review by HM
Light but deadly; bodies abound. It reminded me of Chinatown as events baffle the viewer and the culprit emerges late in the film. A comedy thriller which worked for me as good entertainment with a light touch. A few beers an a bag of popcorn with this one. Watched with a friend you may be able to work out what the hell is going on! Always intriguing, the lead actors deliver charisma to lift the thing.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Smart and funny
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang review by CP Customer
A great film with laugh out loud moments, even gasps! Smart and funny, with an excellent script and stand-out performances. Would recommend. Would even watch again!
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Big Sleeper
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang review by Steve
This is the debut as writer-director of Shane Black who previously scripted the 1980s Lethal Weapons trilogy. He clearly has a formula, though personally I prefer this as a subject for comedy because it sends up hardboiled crime fiction rather than the action thriller. And I lean towards the '70s neo-noir style this imitates.
Otherwise the crosstalk and cartoonish action inserts are similar, except this is better written with some decent wisecracks and a sardonic voiceover. A bonus for genre fans is this ostentatiously alludes to Raymond Chandler, and not just resolving knotty plot convolutions by making a heavy enter the scene with a gun...
Even the chapter headings are borrowed from Chandler. Otherwise, much of the attraction is the buddy double act between Robert Downey Jr. as a New York shoplifter who goes to Hollywood to research an acting role... and Val Kilmer as a private detective who gives him a tour around West Coast crime and corruption.
And there are satirical sneers aimed at Hollywood. It's got that oversaturated colour of '70s noir and there are references to those films, and pulp fiction. Much of the response will depend on tolerance of the irony overload (and swearing). But this is a must for noir buffs, and eventually picked up a cult following on tv.
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Remarkably bad
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang review by Niol
Terrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of time Terrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of time Terrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of time Terrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of time Terrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of time Terrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of time Terrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of timeTerrible humour, ridiculous script, complete waste of time
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