Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Plot Outline

In LA, while escaping from the police after an unsuccessful robbery, the small time thief Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) is accidentally submitted to an audition for a role of detective in a movie, and invited to a party. He meets the homosexual private eye Gay Perry (Val Kilmer), who suggests him to participate of an investigation to develop his character. He also meets the gorgeous aspirant actress Harmony Faith Lane (Michelle Monaghan), and finds that she was a friend of his childhood for whom he had a crush. Harry and Perry get involved in an intricate murder case with many leads. With the support of Harmony, they find the sordid truth of the case.

(From IMDB)

Cast:

Robert Downey Jr.
Val Kilmer
Michelle Monaghan
Corbin Bernsen
Dash Mihok
Larry Miller
Rockmond Dunbar
Shannyn Sossamon
Angela Lindvall
Indio Falconer Downey
Ariel Winter
Harrison Young

Director:

Shane Black (creator of the “Lethal Weapon” movies)

DVD feature:

Nothing, Nada, Ziltch.

I purchased the basic DVD, it has nothing exept for the standard, interactive menu’s and sene selection stuff like that.

Movie:

I dont know what I was expecting from this film, I wasnt sure if it was going to be bad or good, but one this I was sure of and that was the Direcotrs credability, the “Lethal Weapon” films are great and my type of action movie, I like buddy cop/PI movies too like “Midnight Run”. So with this in mind I watched this film.

The overall film was very good, every little bit from cinematography to the editing and special effects were good, nothing really stood out as exceptional or stunning, but they all seemed to be working along the same lines and made this film feel homely.

The acting in this film was also very good, but nothing oscar worthy (even if that is a mark of good acting,which im not sure it is anymore) but nobody tried to outperform each other and the on-screen bond of the characters was good, almost like you knew the character from a 70’s TV show.

The comic parts were done with a nice finess and made them quite a breath of fresh air compared to the more common and quite tiersome stuff of Vince Vaughn or Ben Stiller. The jokes and one liners were fast and not too elaborated on, which will make for re-watching quite a pleasure, as im sure I missed a few jokes along the way, also the comic timing was spot on and the actors played the jokes well and said the one liners with nice touches in facial and body movements that make those jokes that much more lifelike.

Allot could be said for the direction and wrighting of this movie, and Im going to, because I think its worth bringing it up, that while films are being turned out in hollywood, allot seem to tyr to hark back to the good old action flick mold, but always seem to miss the point and make a really poor movie, but seeing as Shane Black actually wrote one of the best action movies of the late 80’s he has the credentials to make a good movie in the same fashion as those movies but also has had the sense to make this movie a little more up-todate and fresh, but not stray too far from the winning formula.

I would also like to applaude Joel Silver for backing this film, as in recent times he has backed some real let downs like “Matrix Reloade & Revelutions” and “V for Vandetta”, but because of his history with Shane Black he had to make this movie and im glad he did.

To sum up the film, I persoanlly liked it, it filled me with a warm and knowing feeling, from the direction and acting straight through to the standard cinematography and editing, the only thing that had small suprises was the story and script, I didnt know how the stry was going to end and what was coming next, which in todays movie scene is a big change indeed. I also would like to point out the soundtrack, it was very inconspicuous and didnt detract from the movie.

This film was a breath of fresh air in the action/comedy genre and made a change to the stale wannabes of truly poor quaity, for me this is how movies should be made, and I can see myself watching the DVD many times to come.

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