Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.
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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Scary, sexy, demented and loony. Film exists in a world full of sin, recrimination, stupidity, and thrills similar to those in Jim Thompson's novels.Has some unbelievable plot devices that make it hard to take it all seriously, such as the police seemingly breaking into the lovers/killer(s)-on-the-run's motel room early on, and Aussie character actor-par-excellence Barry Otto's role. Frances O'Connor is excellent as the female half of the Murphy game team - reminds me of the wild stage persona of singer/guitarist PJ Harvey.Has a similar cartoonish desert feel (a la Roadrunner or Krazy Kat) to the Coen Brothers' kidnappers-on-the-lam Raising Arizona. The constant jump cuts in the film's first half distracted me so much, I put the film on the shelf for a year, before finishing it. Glad I did.
Any film that is prefaced with an extract from a Dylan Thomas poem deserves some praise and this film doesn't disappoint in most departments. This is essentially a film for students of film because it plays with so many cinematic conventions and mixes seemingly irreconcilable genres. Kiss or Kill is both film noir and a road movie, playing both genres against each other with the aid of Godardian jump-cuts to heighten the uneasiness and underlying menace the film evokes so well. In this sense, the film is visually audacious and technically brilliant and that's thanks to the direction which is on-target most of the time. My only gripe was the inclusion of some dubious story lines that detracted from the film's overall uneasy effect. Thankfully the acting of both leads compensates such flaws. Worth watching with a Film Theory book in one hand and popcorn in the other.
This is probably one of my favorite movies.I first saw Kiss or Kill when it first came out in 1997.It is not your run of the mill road movie it is more complex.There is a sense of paranoia between the lead characters throughout which adds to the mystery of the whole movie.I highly recommend this movie and I hope it comes out on DVD soon.9 out of 10****
If Frances O'Connor and Matt Day don't get regular, steady acting work and eventually become big stars, I'll be very surprised. Despite all the other good things about "Kiss Or Kill", the two of them hold the movie together. O'Connor is sexy and tough, and Day is a solid leading man. The rest of the cast does a good job, especially the cops. The plot is a little loose, but it kind of makes you guess as to what's going on. In the end, this is a must see. Go rent it right away!!!