Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

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The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. With the anticipation of 'The Predator' rising with each day close to it's release i decided to watch Black's first directional work and unfortunately it was rather disappointing to say the least. The plot and storyline as a whole wasn't anything memorable or good, the perfomances were alright and the whole action comedy didn't work that much for me plus i found Black's work in Iron Man 3 much closer to him except the Mandarin twist i guess. (4/10)

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

I remember renting this movie when it first came out on DVD. And thought of it as a funny and cleverly executed movie that I wanted to watch again later on. It isn't as amazing as I remember it to be but it's still a very clever black comedy with heavily flawed but likable characters. It's a neo-noir film that has a more fast placed and edgy feel to it all. Although the biggest payoff and fame came from Robert Downey, Jr. playing Tony Stark. This is the role I remember Downey the most from. It's difficult to play a thief that is all talk and lack common sense and yet still very likable. But Downey managed to pull it off thanks to his acting chops and because of the writing. And probably his character is someone that can resonate with a lot of people. This is also Val Kilmer's 3rd most memorable role for me. He was just excellent as an overly sarcastic and somewhat pompous private investigator. And what drives this movie is the interactions and banters between these two characters. Overall I thoroughly still enjoyed this film and will probably watch it again in a few years...Maybe.8.5/10

First, let me say, that that's my first review on IMDb and so I wanted to start with one of my 5 favorite movies! Let me say, what it is about: The film is about the small-time crook, Harry Lockhart, who became an actor, by an accident. He has to train with a detective, called Gay Perry and yeah... that's all I want to tell about the plot, because everything else would spoil you too much! But why is this movie so good? It's simple: Cause it's smart! The dialogs in the film are brilliant, the plot is very clever and confusing, the camera-settings are great and last but not least: the movie plays excellent with the fact that it's a movie! The narrator (Robert Downey Jr.) sometimes interrupts the movie and tell you what he's for a bad narrator, or that that Scene is so a big Hollywood stereotype and that's is so great! I will not tell you more about this movie, but please just watch it! In my opinion every movie lover should have watched it! It's a movie made by guys who love movies, made for guys who love movies!