One of the most brutal films ever made.
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01/01/00
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:25
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: An intriguing, wonderfully subversive blend of art and commerce, Kiss Me Deadly is an influential noir classic.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Hard-hitting detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) takes on thugs and atomic secrets in Robert Aldrich's fast-paced thriller KISS ME DEADLY, an adaptation of the Mickey Spillane novel. The night... [More]
Starring: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Cloris Leachman
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Reviews for Kiss Me Deadly
In the dingy, black-and-white halls of the film noir pantheon, they've a special place set aside for Kiss Me Deadly.
03/27/09
No review available.
08/22/03
Intriguing cold war thriller. Meeker was born to play Mike Hammer.
05/23/04
No review available.
05/14/04
This independently produced low-budget film was a shining example for the New Wave directors -- Truffaut, Godard, et al -- who found it proof positive that commercial films could accommodate the quirkiest and most personal of visions.
03/27/09
Top CriticAs volatile and disturbing today as it was some 50 years ago, Kiss Me Deadly consistently surprises with its uncompromising content.
07/25/03
Best exemplifies a curious cross between "art" and pulp fiction.
12/26/04
No review available.
06/15/05
No review available.
01/07/05
It's a B-picture. Still, no amount of badly post-synchronized dialogue can mask the technical and aesthetic prowess that Aldrich shows here.
07/24/02
A crucial influence on what would become the French new wave, an irresistibly seedy trip through the Los Angeles underworld, and a valuable artifact of Cold War anxiety.
02/09/06
No review available.
08/08/02
Perversely fascinating and completely unsettling.
08/27/03
Kiss Me Deadly delivers the 'white-hot thrills' and 'blood-red kisses' promised by its publicity, as well as reminding us whence Tarantino stole his best riffs.
06/24/06
Dazzling film noir masterpiece.
08/09/07
No review available.
02/29/08
It's not a horror movie by any means, but like a good horror movie it has images and tiny loose ends that make sense on a subconscious level.
01/01/00
Top CriticNever was Mike Hammer's name more fitting than in Kiss Me Deadly, Robert Aldrich's blisteringly nihilistic noir.
05/01/06
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