Absolutely Fantastic

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Shane Black's directorial debut, 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)', is a neo-noir thriller that riffs on hard-boiled detective genre conventions but also conforms to them almost as much as it subverts them. It's well-done comedy, several laugh-out-loud moments punctuate a consistently well-written screenplay, but it can feel a little cynical, at times, and the overly complex plot is occasionally difficult to follow. The way the feature plays around with the fourth wall can get a little 'in your face' in the first forty minutes, too. However, this is still an energetic and entertaining feature that brings Black back to his former self, sitting side-by-side with 'Lethal Weapon (1987)' as an engagingly smart action-comedy. It's sly satire with a subversive streak. 8/10

Palatable dark comedy with a couple top stars,and surviving from them,there so many holes,point-blank which reachs a dead end,but enjoyable and hurts when is funny literally speakiing.....contrived most of time could be better if the lead female role was played by some famous actress,but a nature of the movie is easy to like and don't cause any regret certanly...far away that!!ResumeFirst watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7

Directory Shane Black seems to have decided it was possible to make a film noir film that is also a parody of film noir films, and he turns out to have been right. Divided into chapters titled after Raymond Chandler novels, the film follows petty criminal turned aspiring actor Downey as he gets involved with a witty detective (excellently played by Kilmer) and a sexy actress (Monaghan).Downey is a bit of a sad sack into the movie, clueless and rash, and while his performance is quite different, it reminded me a bit of Bob Hope film noir take-offs. The movie often mocks film conventions, most notably with Downey's sloppy narration, and while it is sometimes overly gimmicky, I generally thought it worked.Unlike those old Hope movies, KKBB takes its noir seriously. The plot is complex and moves fast but actually holds up much better than Chandler's often incomprehensible stories, and the action and suspense are very well done, both exciting and funny. The film takes the noir conventions it likes but tosses the ones that seem archaic; in a 40s movie Monaghan would have been a mysterious femme fatale, but here she's more an action- hero version of Nancy Drew.I'm kind of torn between giving this movie a 7 and an 8. I really like it, but somehow I never quite *loved* it, perhaps because the gimmicky stuff distances you from the visceral stuff. But it's really enjoyable and I highly recommend it.

Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) is a small time thief who bungles his way into a gig as an actor. He's sent to LA, to work with a private eye named "Gay Perry" (Val Kilmer) who does consultation work for the movies. He runs into the extremely enticing aspiring actress Harmony Faith Lane (Michelle Monaghan), whom he manages to convince that he is an actual detective, and gets mixed up in a case Perry is working involving Harmony's kid sister and Harlan Dexter (Corbin Bernsen), a former actor turned entrepreneur.Taking his inspiration from a novel by Brett Halliday, writer & debuting director Shane Black of "Lethal Weapon" fame basically sends up pulp detective fiction and the ever-popular "buddy- cop" genre. There are definitely some flashes of wit throughout, although the script isn't always terribly funny. Some of the gags are entirely obvious (such as when Black and Downey Jr. break the fourth wall and make fun of the conventions and clichés of filmmaking), but they still generate some chuckles. The script also works in digs at the way English speaking people don't always use the proper grammar. The banter between our two leads is consistent, and Black gives his movie some good pacing, and the widescreen photography is just right.There is a solid cast at work here; besides Bernsen and the lovely Monaghan, we have the comedian Larry Miller, Dash Mihok and Rockmond Dunbar as a pair of goons named "Frying Pan" and "Fire", and the cute Shannyn Sossamon. But what makes "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" easy enough to watch is the chemistry between Downey Jr. and Kilmer, who are an amusing comedy pair. Downey Jr. also co-wrote and sang the end credits song! Some fun darkly comic bits include the mangling of Downey Jrs.' finger.At the very end, Downey Jr. and Kilmer are able to send the viewers away with a smile.Six out of 10.