Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, Capers
Tagline: SeX. MurdEr. MyStery. Welcome to the party.
Plot: Harry Lockhart (ROBERT DOWNEY JR.) is basically a decent guy. Sure, he's a petty thief who skates through life on a shaky cocktail of dog-eared charm and cockeyed optimism, but he wants to do the right thing. He just doesn't know how, exactly.Harry's perpetual bad luck takes a turn for the better when he and his partner are doing some after-hours Christmas "shopping" at a New York City toy store and the security alarm breaks up the party. (Yeah, it sounds like trouble, but keep reading.) In making his frantic getaway from the cops, Harry inadvertently stumbles into an audition for a Hollywood detective movie, and faster than you can say Jack Robinson, the producer flies him to Los Angeles for a screen test. Thrust into the cutthroat world of L.A.'s pros, cons, losers and wannabes, Harry is teamed with tough-guy private eye Perry van Shrike (VAL KILMER), AKA "Gay Perry," to prepare him for his screen test. Gay Perry is ruthless, relentlessly tough and - you guessed it - gay. He also has little patience for Harry, who tries out his acting skills by passing himself off as a detective. It seems like nothing short of destiny when the thief-trying- to-be-an-actor- impersonating-a-detective crosses paths with Harmony Faith Lane (MICHELLE MONAGHAN), an aspiring actress who
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- version of Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966)
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 ...it’s still a ton more original than most films coming out nowadays, so I’d still slightly recommend it in theaters for anyone who enjoys film noir, dark humor, groovy dialogue and murder, murder, murder. 6/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" contains a lot of comedy and invention, but doesn't much benefit from its clever style. The characters and plot are so promising that maybe Black should have backed off and told the story deadpan, instead of mugging so shamelessly for laughs...  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
But Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is different than most other movies in the genre. In a way, the movie is a love story, but not the one between Harry and Harmony onscreen—this is Black's love letter to the pulps he loved growing up and that inspired his career, and his affection can be felt on every frame. It is a beautiful gesture.  --PAM GRADY (Reel.com)
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang'' takes film noir out of the darkness into Los Angeles' candy-colored universe and still manages to suggest that paranoia, violence and loss are just a kiss - or a bang - away.  --Stephen Schaefer
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang works as a buddy cop picture, a noir, and a straight-up comedy. The same witty banter and tight action (even some of the same gags – but funnier) of previous Black efforts are present here.  --David Thomas (FilmCritic.com)
The picture is an unusual assortment of tones, sometimes violent, sometimes silly, often both, but it never tires, which should be fully accredited to the filmmaker’s deft writing and unexpectedly skillful direction. “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” is a delightful return to the spotlight for Shane Black, reminding the viewer that he was gone for far too long.  --Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)
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Brett Halliday
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, L.A.P.I. | Shane Black
Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 4, Lethal Weapon 2 |
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