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Highly Overrated But Still Good

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I guess it's a really good murder mystery with a heavy dose of dark comedy and a touch of neo-noir. But it's so well written, is so funny and has such great dialogue that it becomes more than the sum of it's parts. RDJ and Val Kilmer are both really good. A tremendously enjoyable movie on every level!

Shane black writes and directs this hilarious crime comedy caper starring Robert Downey jr, Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan. Downey jr and Kilmer have great chemistry onscreen, with each actor complementing each others performances. Downey jr's Lockhart and kilmer's gay perry are made all the more memorable by Shane black's fast-paced, quip-filled dialogue. Michelle Monaghan plays the extremely adorable and hilarious Harmony, who was a very pleasant surprise for me in this film. The plot of the movie is really enthralling, with constant twist and turns. My one criticism of the movie is its villain, who is quite weak. However the performances of Downey jr, Kilmer and Monaghan more than make up for this. This is without a doubt one of the most quotable and funniest movies from the 2000's and really deserves more recognition. It is unmissable.

(Originally reviewed: 23/02/2017) This slick, multi-themed powerhouse, directed by Shane Black is perhaps the most entertaining film I've seen in a while. The picture star's Robert Downey as small time actor Harry Lockhart who one day goes to a Hollywood house party and meet's a detective played by Val Kilmer (Gay Perry) whilst there, the two become buddies, later on they witness a murder and have to find out what's really going on and during this, a thirty four year old actress (Harmony Faith) played by Michelle Monaghan involves herself in the investigation and from then on there's all sorts going on with the plot, which is best left unspoiled, as it's one that should be figured out by the person watching, However I probably couldn't tell you the plot stays fully sustainable all the way through but it's a film so fast paced and engaging, it's hard to mind, and that was my reaction here, I'm thinking the picture requires multiple viewings to fully understand the plot, but for now it's still a very good piece of cinema with some nice original writing from Shane Black, who injects a ton of laugh out loud humour here.The film has some wonderful performances; Robert Downey Jr is absolutely brilliant, Val Kilmer is very good and Michelle Monaghan, is both beautiful and excellent here as well, along with a solid supporting cast who are slightly less memorable by name, but very good nonetheless. The humour is very fresh, and most funny, including a sexy Monaghan telling Downey Jr that he can sleep the other side of the bed, but nothing will happen, and play's games with him, she's naked and you get the picture.Brisk dialogue features too, with a laugh out loud sequence where Kilmer's character says "You know what you'll find when you look up the definition of the word idiot", in which Downey Jr replies "A picture of me"? "No the definition of the word idiot which you F**king are" says Kilmer. There's plenty of memorable one liners, some great, realistic action too and some stunningly well shot club scenes involving hot women. Shane Black's Direction is first rate, the writing is refreshingly original and energised and like I mentioned earlier the pace is perfect. Overall Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a great comedy that ignores formula and delivers something worth remembering with smart wit, stunning performances and a clever narrative that may need many viewings to be fully appreciated; it's brilliant.

Opens curiously with Harry's childhood and the crime-themed opening credits, the movie develops the characters Harry and Harmony eccentrically. But that thing ended there and then as the rest of the movie develops the story just like other crime movies do. Fortunately the story is quite good with all those little twists and the additional Harry's stupidity. The jokes are mostly dull particularly the dialog jokes. But the practical jokes were quite alright for me as they hooked some laughs out of me, like when Harry tossed Perry's gun or the scene with the finger and the dog. Robert Downey Jr.'s acting may be the biggest aspect that helped this movie to have the quite a good impression. He can really delve deep into character and depicted Harry's stupidity and clumsiness very nicely. Michelle Monaghan's attempt to look sexy utterly failed here as she doesn't really have the capability to act sexy. Val Kilmer's acting here is quite nice, constantly being the wise character to guide Harry.