Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Shane Black
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D58671D
UPC: 012569586710
EAN: 0012569586710
ASIN: B000F5GNX8
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: June 13, 2006
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| • | In Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, a breezy take on writer-director Shane Black's trademark buddy action/comedy oeuvre, a petty thief (Robert Downey Jr.) is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation, along with his high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) and a detective (Val Kilmer) who has been training him for his upcoming role.Running Tim |
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Product Description
An actor shadows a gay private detective for an upcoming role and the two find themselves entangled in a murder.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 13-JUN-2006
Media Type: DVD
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As a screenwriter, Shane Black made millions of dollars from screenplays for the big-budget action movies Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout, among others. With his directing debut Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Black mocks and undercuts every cliche he once helped to invent. While fleeing from the cops, small time hood Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr., Wonder Boys) stumbles into an acting audition--and does so well he gets taken to Hollywood, where--pursuing a girl he loved in high school (foxy Michelle Monaghan, North Country)--he gets caught up in twisty murder mystery. His only chance of getting out alive is a private detective named Gay Perry (Val Kilmer, Wonderland, The Doors), who sidelights as a consultant for movies. No plot turn goes untweaked by Black's clever, witty script, and Downey, Kilmer, and Monaghan clearly have a ball playing their screwball variations on action movie stereotypes. There's nothing profound about Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, but it brings back wicked mischief to a genre that all often takes itself too seriously. --Bret Fetzer
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 boring March 12, 2010
Ksenia Wiswall (Vancouver, WA USA)
just not an interesting movie. i kept having to remind myself that i paid for this rental, therefore i need to finish watching it.
This kiss will leave you with a bang... February 25, 2010
Andrew Ellington (Mulholland Drive)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thanks to a recommendation from fellow Ammy-friend, Jeffrey Miller, I decided to go ahead and check out `Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang'. I didn't know anything about this movie except that Downey Jr. was in it, Val Kilmer likes men and Michelle Monaghan was the love interest (and I'm totally interested in being in love with her) and so I was taken by surprise as the mock-noir vibe of the film set in, complete with sketchy narration and one preposterous premise after another. Directed by a screenwriter, the film has a clever way of poking fun at the things we all tend to hate about movies.
Clichés.
The film starts at an industry party (well, it starts with a children's magician act) where we meet Harry who is there with Perry where he meets Harmony. Harry is a thief who, in an attempt to escape from the cops, stumbles into an audition for a movie and lands the role where he is paired up with private detective Perry who plays consultant for movies. Accompanying Perry on a stakeout he happens to witness the dumping of a body that somehow happens to coincide with the suicide of Harmony's sister, instantly calling to mind a story straight out of a crime novel that happens to have ties to a very influential (and controversial) man.
I have a few issues with the film, most of which come from the construction. I love the way they go full force into attacking the genre and trying to pull it apart and reconstruct it, but in the process I feel like confusion is born. Some of the plot points, while understandably unbelievable, are borderline preposterous, which kind of takes you out of the vibe at times. I also felt that the relationship between Harmony and Harry was verging on annoying and even obnoxious, and it was a part of the film I was not a fan of.
That said, there is also a LOT that I really liked about this movie.
The acting, for starters, was top notch. Even though I wasn't a fan of the scripts treatment of Harry and Harmony, both Downey Jr. and Monaghan were fantastic, especially Michelle, who really understood the balance between borderline psychotic and tactlessly seductive. Downey Jr. had a few spotty moments, but he handled the wit of the script very well, and sold quite a few scenes that could have tanked the film had they not been handled properly (his whole lost finger scenario was pricelessly handled, and that was a part of the film that could have easily been a flaw but he turned it into a highlight). All said and done though, I was a little disappointed with him because I expected more from an actor who I generally LOVE (his performances in `Tropic Thunder', `Less than Zero' and `Chaplin' are just a few examples of his supreme talent). For me though, this movie BELONGS to Val Kilmer. I have never truly been a devoted fan of his, but I have liked his work in the past (and feel that he should have an Oscar for his work in `The Doors'...because I feel he was better than Hopkins in `The Silence of the Lambs'!) and I consider this to be a shining star performance, one I never expected from him. Not only is he effortlessly hilarious, but he gets the small nuances of his character, and he even convinces you to second guess him with his playful subtleties (and that final scene, with the face slaps, was such a nice tonal shift but so authentic).
I totally recommend this one. It is a modernized film noir that uses the director's knowledge of the writing process to create something that you've never seen before. Yes, at times I found the narration (and that whole `stop-go' flow of the storyline) to be a tad distracting, but it's a small infraction. In fact, this is one of those films that I strongly feel will continue to grow on me to the point where, in a few months or maybe a year or two from now, I'll be wishing that I gave this an A grade instead of a B+.
Jeffrey, thanks for the recommendation!
 A Dark Comedy January 18, 2010
IMHO (NY)
Violent, sarcastic and very, very funny!
The cast was great, the story line was great and there's a mystery to solve too!
How can you beat that ?
Hilarious January 13, 2010
K. Blankenship
I have just recently been on a Robert Downey Jr. kick (feeling the need to go out and watch all his movies). This one is by far one of my top movies.
Downey plays Harry Lockhart, a criminal who is mistaken for an actor and finds himself in LA, getting detective lessons from Detective "Gay Perry" (Val Kilmer), in preperation for the part that Lockhart landed. Things start getting weird when the two of them stumble upon an actual murder and the bodies continue to pile up around them.
This movie kept me laughing and I loved Downey's humorous narration through the movie. Some people would say that this movie has some unbelievable parts, but those parts just fit the movie so well. Cussing? Yeah, there's alot of F**ks, but after a little while it didn't bother me.
At least rent this movie. I never say that you should run out and buy a movie, because I know not everyone has the same taste in movies as me. But, I defnintly say that you should rent it. You should see it once, at least.
 Waste of my time January 1, 2010
Tuscanyblue (Sonoma, CA)
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
KISS KISS BANG BANG WIDESCREEN EDITION
What a waste of my time. Terrible acting on Downey's part! I think this was the same script used for Lethal Weapon. I hope Downey is better in Sherlock Holmes. A total waste of my $2.99 fee for watching on Video on Demand.
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