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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Robert Downey Jr., Shannyn Sossamon, Val Kilmer, Corbin Bernsen, Mary Castro, Michelle Monaghan

A petty thief (Downey) posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl (Monaghan) ...( read more  read more... )and a detective (Kilmer) who's been training him for his upcoming role.

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  • organgrinder136
    September 24, 2009
    organgrinder136
    well thought out script with some excellent quotes. tries to be like one of those old film noir thrillers and succeeds. mary castro, val kilmer and robert downey jr. all make an excellent partnership. well done to shane black for his directorial debut. he's usually a writer. he a...( read more)lso wrote the last boy scout as well as the lethal weapon series which i guess accounts for the humour. also an excellent climax. not one to miss!
  • DrZeek
    September 13, 2009
    DrZeek
    Harry: I peed on the corpse. Can they do, like, and ID from that?
    Perry: I'm sorry, you peed on...?
    Harry: On the corpse. My question is...
    Perry: No, my question. I get to go first. Why in plu-perfect hell would you pee on corpse?

    A very funny murder mystery mixed with...( read more) the setup of a buddy action flick. Shot with lots of style to feel akin to a neo noir, with classy yet modern soundtrack that's fitting.

    As much fun as the story is, the film survives through its dialog, the majority of which plays like a large inside joke, but it can still be hilarious with the right viewers, namely those who enjoy witty sarcasm and smart ass back talk.

    Mr. Frying Pan: Well now, here we all are. Ike, Mike and Mustard.
    Harry: What the hell does that mean?
    Mr. Fire: You know, I'm with him on this one man, that's pretty fuckin' obscure.
    Mr. Frying Pan: Horse shit, I hear that all the time.
    Mr. Fire: You do?
    Mr. Frying Pan: Yeah, sure.
    Mr. Fire: Where, at the 1942 club?

    The story revolves around a thief posing as an actor, who gets involved in the Hollywood life where he meets a private investigator, his former dream girl, and some seedy characters who all become involved in a pulpish crime mystery.

    Robert Downey Jr. as a thief/actor and Val Kilmer as a tough, gay guy have great chemistry together, and work as if they need a whole detective film series. Downey's narration throughout is also great with all the sarcastic beats to play to.

    Harry: [narrating] Anyway, by now you may wonder how I wound up here. Or, maybe not. Maybe you wonder how silly putty picks shit up from comic books. The point is, I don't see another Goddamn narrator, so pipe down.

    Further hilarity ensues due to how dark the comedy is, body parts are severed and misunderstandings of deaths come aplenty, making things all the merrier.

    Michelle Monaghan, as the femme fatal of the piece, is able to keep up with the leads, and is also very cute with some edge to her character making things all the better.

    Harmony: Well, for starters, she's been fucked more times than she's had a hot meal.
    Harry: Yeah, I heard about that. It was neck-and-neck and then she skipped lunch.

    The plot moves and twists around, but paying attention you can see a lot of it come through and still realize how hilariously dark this movie is. It's self aware nature mixed with the hilarious treatment of the buddy comedy aspect make this into a continually great movie to enjoy.

    B-Movie Actress: So what do you do for a living?
    Harry: Uh, I'm retired. I invented dice when I was a kid. How about you do?

    Every time someone spots this on my DVD rack and wonders what it is, I say we must watch it, and they end up enjoying it a lot. It is an underseen movie that deserves as big an audience as it can get.

    Harry: Is she dead?
    Perry: No, she's just resting her eyes for a minute. Of course she's fucking dead, her neck's broken.
  • SirPant
    September 3, 2009
    SirPant
    A Fast paced dark comedy, Downey Jr & Kilmer work really well together. A refreshing return from Mr Shane Black!
  • lewiskendell
    June 12, 2009
    lewiskendell
    This movie was not at all what I anticipated. The actors who were in it, the movie description, hell even the dvd case art led me to expect something completely different. What I actually ended up seeing was a weird combination that was odd and slightly amusing at the same time.
    ...( read more)
    My main problem was that Downey's narration just seemed so incredibly forced. The dialogue was supposed to be hip and catchy, but it just so unlike anything that actual people would say. It wasn't cool or interesting in a Tarantino kind of way, it was just distracting.

    I thought that the plot was needlessly convoluted. I actually thought that the movie was over twice before the actual ending came, and I think my score would have been higher if the movie would have actually ended at one of those earlier points. I get what Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang was trying to do, but I don't think that the movie came anywhere close to being the entertaining film that it could have been.
  • thefog1331
    May 17, 2009
    thefog1331
    I still think the title is stupid but I really enjoyed this movie mainly due to the fact its pretty darn funny and Downy, Jr and Kilmer are gold together. Plus with Shane Black both penning and directing this doesn't hurt either.
  • hanbaz
    October 29, 2009
    hanbaz
    A dark black comedy with a sharp story and confident and sarcastic chracters making it more edgy and natural, even with such a unplausable plot.
  • daneanwar
    October 23, 2009
    daneanwar
    Robert Downey Jr's back from the dead film. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is hillarious. Robert Downey Jr plays Harry, a new movie star doing a research for his new role. Therefore he must tag along Perry Van Shriek, a supercool gay detective played brilliantly by Vl Kilmer. Harry's stupi...( read more)dity always gets in Perry's way. But when Harry's childhood sweetheart, Harmony, comes bringing in a new case. Harry and Perry must start working together in a most unusual partnership.
  • rajiv23gooners
    October 19, 2009
    rajiv23gooners
    Perry : Look up "idiot" in the dictionary. You know what you'll find?
    Harry: A picture of me?

    hahaha, obviously one of the funniest movie ever, great sense of humour, great play by RDJ.,
    the beauty of sossamon and monaghan completes the movie..
  • Kashkavall
    October 14, 2009
    Kashkavall
    Epic movie lol, u gotta see this
  • pakoyox
    October 1, 2009
    pakoyox
    This movie is stupid and entertaining. make us thinking about the story. this movie is supported by good actor and actress, and a mixed story between comedy, action and thriller. great!
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