Kiss Me Deadly
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Movie Reviews of Kiss Me Deadly
Movie Review: A classic...but oh, so grim.
Summary: 4 Stars
Kiss Me Deadly is stylish and moves along nicely but whichever ending you choose, its unrelenting in its grimness. I disagree that Meeker portrays Mike Hammer as a bad guy. He gives everybody what they've got coming; its just that he enjoys it.
Don't want to give away the ending but let's just say it has more in common with science fiction than film noir. Those expecting a happy ending should get a different DVD.
Movie Review: TOUGH GUYS, TOUGH BROADS
Summary: 4 Stars
Ralph Meeker is perfectly cast as tough guy private eye Mike Hammer. He's got cool cars, girls fawning all over him, and he dosen't take any s#@% from the bad guys. Relax and have fun going back to early 50's. This is a fun picture. The Corvette he drives would be worth a ton today.
Movie Review: Film noir, yes, Mickey Spillane, no
Summary: 4 Stars
I admit to liking this movie. Spillane hated it and what Aldrich did to the character of Mike Hammer, turning from a violent angel of retribution to simply a violent and not too bright thug. The ending (or endings if you like) have to be the strangest ever for a film noir.Movie Review: Pretty good film noir
Summary: 4 Stars
As a lover of film noir i might be a bit biased but i loved this one.A good story keeps it going with a wild "whats it" to be discovered. Meeker is no Humphrey Bogart but a pretty good Mike Hammer. Good sound and picture.Movie Review: Pulp Fiction
Summary: 3 Stars
A lot of pulp, and a lot of fiction. At least I discovered where QT got one of his ideas from, and understood how he developed the pulp as well as the fiction. But the uniquely interesting feature of this film is the ultra-basic persona of Mike Hammer, who seems to me unlike any other central character, good or bad, in any other film, play or novel. He's not really bad, but certainly isn't good, either: he just is. He's not entirely stupid, but you couldn't call him clever. He doesn't survive because he's smart: he just survives. Also, he doesn't really know what he's doing, he merely figures that he's on to something big, and wants to hunt it down. When given a truth drug, it doesn't work, because he doesn't know anything, and isn't interested in truth anyway. There's something new, but familiar about this individual. It's as though he were the id beneath the id. A sort of fundamental impulse underlying all life, enabling it to function, regardless. Totally unsentimental, only generous if it doesn't cost him anything except a few greenbacks, motivated by revenge sometimes, in a limited sort of way. The story, such as it is, is vividly shot. Any acting is based more on the simple physical appearance of the assorted thugs and molls. It's a strange and memorable production, but I couldn't honestly call it great.