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Fresh and Exciting

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

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

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Bill Bennett and the entire crew put together a great film in "Kiss or Kill." After first viewing the trailer on the VHS of The Jackal, I waited two years before coming across this movie. Both Matt Day and Francis O'Connor play a great role. The story is marvelously put together and one you will have to watch closely. This movie was the breakout role for Francis O'Connor, which she can also be seen in Bedazzled, Windtalkers, and About Adam.This film made me a fan of Australian film. Much better than a 6.3 ranking, head over to overstock.com and pick up a copy. It is only, ONLY, $2.00. Best two bucks you'll ever spend! Highly recommended!

"Kiss of Kill" tells of an Aussie "Bonnie & Clyde" couple on the run through the boonies of South Australia. This austere flick is a mediocre watch at best with the only interesting facet being we don't really know which of the couple is doing all the killing. Unfortunately, we're not given a reason to care about anyone in the film save our natural desire to see the cops catch the bad guys. Hence, we remain casual and detached observers trying to wring whatever interest there is to be found from the meager substance of the story which echoes of many films of the past.Footnote: IFC preshow factoids claimed it took Bennett 10 years to write the screenplay and the script was zero pages long. Whatever.

The only other Bill Bennett film I've seen is TWO IF BY SEA, but after this unusual and entertaining film, he's forgiven. This was nothing like I expected it to be. Sure, it's a crime movie, lovers-on-the-run movie, and a road movie, but it's a whole lot more. We get to care about the characters a lot more than we would in a formula Hollywood picture, and we also explore the relationship between Nikki and Al. Bennett's style also fits, with his use of jump-cutting and no music on the soundtrack. If there was a fault with this film, it's that sometimes I was a little confused about where the plot was going, but that's only a quibble. The twists this movie takes will definitely keep you interested, and Bennett deserves praise for going off the beaten path.

Amazing, australian, creeping and gripping! These are the adjectives that suit to this movie. It is a masterpiece about trust. How much do you trust your partner? That is the issue! and everything becomes more complicated if you are also psychotic like the protagonists of the movie. In fact nikky is an almost mad and disturbed girl, grown up with a terrible memory: her mother's murder; now she is a thief who robs the victims with her partner Al : a wealthy, strange guy. One night while they are robbing a rich manager in Sidney,something goes wrong: after he has been drugged, he dies and besides they find a videotape who showed the unusual sexual enjoyments of a very famous rugby ex-champion. So, Nikky and Al decide to flee to Perth(on the other shore of Australia) and are chased by the police and Zipper Doyle(the rugby ex-player) who wants to recover his video. During the journey trough Australia, they are involved in some strange deaths and they start to be suspicious of each other;but something is happening and nobody is understanding it ! Among huge australian landscapes, motels owners, sage aborigines, mysterious "carsleepers", odd desert stories, kangoo meat, Al and Nikky are going to find themselves and to figure their relationship out. Frances O' Connor is resounding and the editing incredible; the story is gonna grip you by its frenetic rhythm. A Must!