Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Widescreen Edition)
by Shane Black
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Actor: Corbin Bernsen, Jr. Robert Downey, Michelle Monaghan, Val KilmerDirector: Shane Black
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Shane Black
Producer: Susan Levin
Producer: Joel Silver
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
Published: 2006-06-01
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 58671
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- In Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, a breezy take on writer-director Shane Black's trademark buddy action/comedy oeuvre, a petty thief (Robert Downey Jr.) 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 (Michelle Monaghan) and a detective (Val Kilmer) who has been training him for his upcoming role.Running Tim
Movie Reviews of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Why Robert Downey Jr. Gets So Many 2nd Chances
Summary: 5 Stars
Truly, from day one of marketing this movie, through its theatrical release, and now DVD release - nothing normal is done. It wasn't hyped up. It didn't last long in the theatres. It also took forever to reach DVD in a time when it seems like some DVDs are released a month or so after leaving the theatres. Even the additional bizarreness of having it air on Pay Per View before the DVD came out (as opposed to airing 2 months after the DVD), adds to the quirkiness.
Maybe it's because the movie itself is so unexpectedly quirky from beginning to end, full of characters your gut tells you aren't that likable, but nonetheless you like them. They grow on you quickly from a botched burglary to an accidentally spectacular movie audition, all in the first 5 minutes.
So goes the rest of the movie at a breakneck speed, with the occasional rewind as the narrating burglar, Downey, berating himself for failing to tell an important point of the story. The gist of the story is this: Harry (Downey) is flown out to Los Angeles to supposedly begin research for his inadvertantly won role, tutored by a gay private detective (Val Kilmer) who works part time for the studios. There Harry meets, Harmony, the girl he grew up with, precariously perched on the edge of a small town girl gone wrong in her running away to Hollywood. From that point on begins the impossibly fast downhill roll of murder, plots, confusion, love, and so on.
The thing that makes this formulaic sounding idea completely different in its spit in the wind take on cliches. Kilmer's detective, known as Gay Perry, is not a gay stereotype. When Harry wakes up the morning after meeting his old girlfriend, the girl in his bed isn't her, it's her obnoxious friend. All seemingly good plans go wrong, both by the criminal element and the quasi-good guy Harry, et al. Just as you think you're getting a handle on what's going on, it takes another twisting turn. The ending isn't picture perfect, though some characters lives have improved, they aren't exactly where they wanted to be.
The acting is spectacular, particularly Downey. You cannot watch this movie and be unimpressed by his craft. Kilmer is solid and restrained, making his character believably gay yet masculine. You believe his Hollywood nickname of Gay Perry as more than a play on words; it might just be to remind everybody that his character IS gay and it's a non-issue for the most part. The supporting characters all have perfect dark comedic timing. It's one great big slap at all the overdone cliches, some of which were developed by the Lethal Weapon movies that writer and director Shane Black made. It takes a brave director to take whacks at himself.
All in all, a terrifically dark humored movie with no delusions of grandeur. Plus there are little 'in' jokes, such as Indio Downey, Robert Downey's look-alike son playing young Harry. Or an old clip of Corbin Bernson pre-L.A. Law used to identify his present time character with the convoluted past of Harmony and a movie shoot in their hometown when she was young. Most subtle was Harry having a rather nasty injury requiring him to be prescribed a heavy duty painkiller... and the character of Harry slurringly stating that he was fine, just a little woozy, and would be completely okay after two more pills.
Summary of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Widescreen Edition)
A PETTY THIEF POSING AS AN ACTOR IS BROUGHT TO LOS ANGELES FORAN UNLIKELY AUDITION & FINDS HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A MURDERINVESTIGATION ALONG WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL DREAM GIRL & A DETECTIVE WHO'S BEEN TRAINING HIM FOR HIS UPCOMING ROLE.Similar DVD Movies
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