2005 Directed by Shane Black
A petty thief posing as an actor 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 and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Robert Downey Jr. Val Kilmer Michelle Monaghan Corbin Bernsen Dash Mihok Larry Miller Rockmond Dunbar Shannyn Sossamon Angela Lindvall Indio Falconer Downey Ariel Winter Duane Carnahan Josh Richman Martha Hackett Nancy Fish Bill McAdams Jr. Tanja Reichert Jake McKinnon Stephanie Pearson Christopher Gilman Brendan Fehily David Newsom Judie Aronson Ali Hillis Wiley M. Pickett Joe Keyes Bobby Tuttle Jake Eberle Saida Pagan Show All…
Durr, durr és csók, 吻兩下打兩槍, 吻两下打两枪, Поцелуй навылет, Beijos e Tiros
val kilmer as an unkillable gay who spends most of the movie verbally destroying robert downey jr is a dream come true
He played Iron Man, a black man, Charlie Chaplin, and Wesley Snipes AIDS stricken best friend, but I'm certain Robert Downey Jr's best performance was as The Amazing Harold (formerly Harold the Great).
He played Batman, Iceman, Jim Morrison, and Doc Holliday, but I'm positive that Val Kilmer's best performance was as Gay Perry (also, he's gay).
He wrote Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Iron Man 3, but I'm pretty sure the best thing Shane Black ever did was Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
It kisses, it bangs, and it entertains, but the best thing this film does is...
cocaine. Sorry I know there probably isn't any cocaine in this film, but I can't think of…
"no, my question, i get to go first: why in pluperfect hell would you pee on a corpse?"
this very quickly went from "wow, some fun dialogue here" to "please don't kill my 3 new friends"
The thing about this movie that makes it so special to me is the fact that no matter how many times I've watched it before, it always (and I mean always) manages to crack me up and leave me gasping for air. Val Kilmer is the bomb.
when robert downey jr said ‘where are you fuzzy little bitch’ to the spider i felt that
i like Shane Black a whole lot, and i like this a whole lot too, but i'd like it even more if it didn't frequently veer into his smart-assed opinions on misogyny, not that he isn't an expert of sorts. just keep it funny.
So close to a perfect score.
If I ever made a movie, I’m pretty sure I would be highly influenced by Shane Black’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I love this film.
RDJ is so damn frantic. Val Kilmer is so money as Gay Perry. The jokes crack me the fuck up.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorite Christmas and Detective movies. Good lord, I could go on and on about this one. Merry Early Christmas, Letterboxd peeps.
When thief Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr) inadvertently wins a screen test he’s sent to Hollywood, becoming embroiled in a murder investigation alongside a gay private eye (Val Kilmer) and a struggling actress (Michelle Monaghan), in Shane Black’s black comedy mystery co-starring Corbin Bernsen, Shannyn Sossamon and Larry Miller.
An irreverent, darkly witty sensibility runs through the film, with Black’s gift for snappy dialogue and tight plotting shining through. He’s able to walk that fine balance between sending up tropes while also embracing them, creating a genuinely engaging mystery that never takes itself seriously. There’s a pulpy, hazy atmosphere that feels like one of those old detective paperbacks brought to life, shot through with a postmodern knowingness that enhances the…
