A Kiss Before Dying
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Movie Reviews of A Kiss Before Dying
Movie Review: 3 out of 5
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a good old skool thriller, kinda predictable but good, a young Matt Dillon still looks the same. I would watch it again, good ironic ending. Greed is not GOOD!Movie Review: not quite as good as the original film
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is a remake of an earlier one. The origi nal was far better...
better script, acting, and atmosphere.
Movie Review: Stick with the Original
Summary: 2 Stars
Yet another example of Hollywood's inability to come up with original material. Ira Levin's novel (even Ayn Rand liked it!) had been effectively adapted for the screen in 1956 but heaven forbid that the urge to fix things unbroken should remain unfulfilled! "Fixing," in this case, includes gimmicks. Instead of two mere sisters we have...ta DA!...IDENTICAL TWINS! And not merely content to have a psycho male character, why not have the normal female character played by a real-life SUSPECTED psycho?! Sean Young has given me the creeps since No Way Out, and it seems my hunch was justified; I later read assertions of some pretty bizarre behavior (it has been my experience that where smoke is evident, fire must be nearby). In addition, we have the antagonist staging his own death to throw his mama off the track, a cigarette lighter, ...you get the idea.
Unlike the (much more tasteful) original, this film is sometimes explicitly sexual, so if viewing AKBD is, for some reason, essential to your well-being and titillation is a priority, go for this one by all means, especially if fidelity to the source material isn't important (be aware, though, that it's much less suspenseful than the original). The print looks and sounds good and is widescreen, so things could be worse (I guess).
Speaking of weirdness, just to give you an idea of what we're dealing with here, either Young has managed to channel Virginia Leith (the original's female lead) or is bending over backwards to sound just like her. Imitation is most often NOT the sincerest form of flattery; not only is lifting someone else's style cheap and indicative of a lack of talent and/or incentive, it's just REALLY creepy.
Rental material, for sure.
Movie Review: INTERESTING THRILLER, 2 Stars
I had seen this film many years ago and saw it was coming on one of my HD channel, so I thought I would give it another look. I like Matt Dillon and he does an adequate job in this so-so thriller. The story is interesting enough, but too many plot holes, a quick resolution and mediocre acting do this one in. It's not a bad watch, if you have nothing else to do though.More Movie Reviews:
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