Kiss Me Deadly
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Movie Reviews of Kiss Me Deadly
Movie Review: Should We Mess With Movies?
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever since the "colorizing" debate of a generation ago, this question has been asked over and over again.
And we've finally settled it, I hope. This DVD gives the viewer options of seeing it in the way it was originally released OR with the ending created by its maker.
Like everybody else, I'd only seen the "chopped" version, labelled by some here as "surreal." Well, there were plenty of other "surreal" elements throughout the original, most epsecially the surreal premise that Ralph Meeker was an actor.
However, I would urge even the purists among you to take a very, very close look at the "intended" ending. It adds so much to what came before, and helps us understand the childlike attitudes we had towards this weaponry we'd just been the first to use in the name of world peace. This new era was far from innicent, but we were like children with the power we had.
A great film, now made even better for history.
Movie Review: An absorbing film
Summary: 5 Stars
Besides the fifty years difference fact since this film was made, it's worthy to remark the clever script in that black decade that permeated the minds of so many artists all around the world.This film , undoubtly belongs the film noir genre , but goes far beyond and becomes a clear warning about the implications of dealing with such dangerous weapon in the underworld.
In this sense, the dramatic wrenchs produce interesting and new events that feed and redefine the film noir for that historical moment. Don't forget the Cold War and the dark clouds of fear and hopeless still surrounded the mind and soul of many people in USA.
Watch this film . Robert Aldrich , with this film defined his artistic personality in the American Cinema.
And other movies directed by him , specially "In cold blood" , gives us important clues about his world's sight.
Movie Review: The Ultimate "McGuffin" film- The best of Hitchcock without Hitchcock
Summary: 5 Stars
Hitchcock used a great plot device in his later movies, an item he termed a "McGuffin'. A term he used to describe something that was really nothing, that kept the movie interesting, and his characters moving.
This plot device is used to it's ultimate end in Kiss Me Deadly.
A two bit unremarkable detective is drawn into an remarkable, incredibly tense and dangerous situation, and right up until the end, he niether understands the case developing around him, nor does he really want it, once he becomes involved in it. Hammer is swept into events he cannot control, and his main motives for following this case to it's untimely and unfortunate end is not to solve a mystery, but to seek revenge on the people that have roughed him up throughout the movie.
A very strange, noir like potboiler of a movie, but it works on so many levels.
Movie Review: A must for fans of film noire
Summary: 5 Stars
Kiss Me Deadly is a most unforgettable film; it has a heart-pounding opening that never really lets up. Paranoia permeates this film. The black and white photography is extremely effective, as are the almost 3-D camera angles that seem to pull the viewer into the picture. We are taken into a complex web of sleaze, murder, gangsters and mystery. The DVD restores the original ending while allowing us to view the alternate ending as well. The sound and picture quality are outstanding. I have already viewed this film three times and all of my friends have been surprised at how excellent this film is. If you haven't seen it, and are a fan of film noire, you owe it to yourself to purchase it now.Movie Review: Kiss Me Deadly
Summary: 5 Stars
Aldrich comes close to noir perfection with "Kiss Me Deadly", transferring the pulp flavor of Mickey Spillane's books to the screen. Spillane's battered hero, private eye Mike Hammer represents the true noir protagonist, devoid of pretension or romance. Hammer's concern is his own-and his client's-survival, and there's plenty to be concerned about. Ahead of its time when released, "Deadly" is a tense, thrilling masterpiece of Cold War paranoia.