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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
Screenwriter Shane Black of Lethal Weapon fame makes his directorial debut with this film noir. Robert Downey, Jr., stars as Harry Lockhart, a petty thief in New York City who quite literally stumbles into acting and soon finds himself in Los Angeles to test for a film role as a private detective. To help Harry prepare, his new .. Read more
| Starring | Robert Downey Jr, Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, Corbin Bernsen |
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| Director | Shane Black |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Screenwriter Shane Black of Lethal Weapon fame makes his directorial debut with this film noir. Robert Downey, Jr., stars as Harry Lockhart, a petty thief in New York City who quite literally stumbles into acting and soon finds himself in Los Angeles to test for a film role as a private detective. To help Harry prepare, his new agent arranges for him to shadow a gay private investigator, Perry van Shrike also known as 'Gay Perry' (Val Kilmer). But when Perry takes Harry along on a simple job for a mystery client, the two witness the disposal of a dead body, and the game suddenly becomes serious. Adding to the intrigue is Harmony Faith Lane (Michelle Monaghan), a beautiful and smart-as-a-whip wannabe starlet with whom Harry is so smitten that he pretends to be a real detective. Soon Harry, Perry, and Harmony are tangled in a life-threatening web of dead bodies, deception, and treachery.
| Starring | Robert Downey Jr, Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, Corbin Bernsen, Deanna Dozier, Judie Aronson, Mary Castro, Robert Downey Jr. |
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| Director | Shane Black |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 43 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 13 Mar 2006 Blu-ray: 04 Dec 2006 HD DVD: 20 Nov 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Deliriously enjoyable.... The duo make a whole greater than the sum of their parts, a couple of highly flammable actors as famous for their volatile offscreen reputations as for their redoubtable acting chops
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It's the laugh-a-minute repartee of this odd couple that drives the movie.... Kilmer revels in showing off his long-dormant talent for suave comedy
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50 out of 64 people found this review helpful
Most entertaining movie I've seen all year!!
This is a welcome return to form for screenwriter turned director Shane Black! This in my opinion is his best script yet, the witty and and non-stop banter between Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr almost had me rolling in the aisle on several occasions. Can't think of a more enjoyable movie I've seen this year, both Downey Jr's(I kept thinking how this superb actor has wasted a career with so much potential) and Kilmer's comic timing are of the highest calibre, Highly Recommended!!!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
It was 11 O'Clock...
Downey staggers and shines through a brilliant pastiche of gumshoe genre/Hollywood shallowness with winning style. I knew nothing about this film in advance and was engaged from scene one. At the point where I feared a pointless love interest, the plot veered off elsewhere. A clever [ but not knowall] tribute to Chandler et al. with a likeable offbeat American wit.
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Iceman returns for Columbus Day
- 25 Apr 2007
Val Kilmer - who shot to fame as cocky pilot Iceman in Top Gun - is to join the cast of Columbus Day, a crime drama in which he will play a thief, it was announced today. The film, about a heist that goes wrong, will also star Wilder Valderrama as his partner in crime and is to be produced by a company co-owned by Kevin Spacey. Although Kilmer may not appear in cinemas as frequently as other actors, he has racked up a wide-ranging CV in his career, with the recent Kiss Kiss Bang Bang featuring... Read more
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