Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

New Yorker Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) is a good-hearted if slightly naive petty thief on the run. Late one evening Harry finds himself at a film glitterati L.A. pool party, and as fate would have it, he is forced to pose as an actor. Bad idea – or so it seems. Stumbling into the world of movies, Lockhart (also the disconnected narrator of the movie) is soon caught up in a web of crime and punishment, closely resembling the sleazy world of so many 1940’s and 1950’s a pulp fiction detective novel. Such a story needs its private eye: enter Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer), a relentless homosexual who thinks he is hired to coach Lockhart for a major part in a block-buster Hollywood production.However, without an alluring leading lady, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang would fall very short of capturing its modern film noir feel. But Harmony Faith Lane (Liv Tyler look-a-like Michelle Monaghan) does the trick and drives this roller-coaster ride of dead bodies, femme fatales, armed villains and fraud. Shane Black’s film is an intriguing blend of suspense, comedy, romance and witty one-liners – and a tribute to all the Philip Marlowes of the world. DAN LINDBERG

Premiärstatus
Skandinavisk premiär: Medverkande
Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr, Michelle Monaghan: Producent
Joel Silver: Manus
Shane Black: Foto
Michael Barrett: Musik
John Ottman: Talat språk
English