KISS KISS BANG BANG (DVD Review) - 29/1/07

Found it quite strange how this film slipped under the net? Not only was the Screenplay by Shane Black but he was also the Director (He wrote "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and also starred in "Predator" & "Lethal Weapon") and also teams up Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer in a very strange "buddy" movie which comes across as a pulp film-noir black comedy drama come thriller mystery - A real mixed bag that can't be put into any genre and still seems to work out fine as a good film despite it's strangeness and the odd movie-making style. Downey Jr. is the petty thief who gets mixed up with an old flame (Michelle Monaghan) and also runs into trouble in high-class L.A. with a number of bodies and working with Kilmer's Private Eye to sort it all out? Very reminiscent of Black's "The Last Boy Scout" in it's stylisation and if you like dark humour that will have you gargling like a drain (Something like "Miami Blues" in the fingers department) then this could be one for you. A nice little off-beat oddity that I could certainly watch again; but unfortunately just a Vanilla disc for this product so disappointing, as I would like some grounding to the back story and how everything was set up Special Features wise?

"Val Kilmer & Robert Downey Jr. getting wood"

"My name is NOT Holly!"

"A 'pulp fiction' paperback novel cover design"