Interesting movie, somehow I found the style very fresh.
I loved the beginning of the movie, it immediately sets the tone for the rest.
Albert Dekker, Cloris Leachman, Fortunio Bonanova
After trying to rescue a fleeing girl on the road one night, lowlife detective Mike Hammer is drawn into investigating first a murder, then the whereabouts of a mysterious box that seems to have promp...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001
Stats: 321 reviews
Flixster Reviews (321)
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July 2, 2009
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January 26, 2009
A solid masterpiece. Not quite noir, more a monochrome 50s nuclear nightmare. Mickey Spillane hated Aldrich's film, Ralph Meeker brilliantly playing Mike Hammer as a smirking sadist, enjoying the pain he inflicts (look at his expression as he tortures someone with a desk drawer) ...( read more)
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October 27, 2008
"kiss me deadly" is not the conventional noir which populates in 1940s with detective hero scenarios, and contrarily our opportunistic protagonist could be the meanest dubious anti-hero who sticks to his chauvinist womanizing lifestyle without redeeming mercy. and the catastrophe...( read more)
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April 29, 2008
Ralph Meeker, in the role of his life, plays the violent and fireproof Mike Hammer in a supremely enjoyable McCarthy-era/nuclear holocaust paranoid Noir. full of great moments like the opening scene and an epilogue that makes it feel like a genuine horror film.
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January 6, 2008
Unsettling and extremely cold noir. Kiss Me Deadly's got a very slick look to it, but it doesn't come at you with an attractive or even engaging or charismatic cast. Ralph Meeker's kind of a dopey (maybe that's the nature of Hammer--I don't know) Mike Hammer who makes all the wro...( read more)
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July 29, 2009
Bonus points for endurance. You'll want to see this if you like classic noir.
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March 4, 2009
Sleazy, violent and grim nightmare/maze of a film noir. Just the way you like it.
Critic Reviews
It's not a horror movie by any means, but like a good horror movie it has images and tiny loose ends that make sense on a subconscious level. full review
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