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| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: October 27, 1989 |
Starring:
Daniel Dorse, Dominic Dinino, Duane Tucker, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen, Molly Flanegin, Nick Dimitri, Pat Mulligan, Robert Schuch, Val Kilmer
Summary:
A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.
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The first-time director and co-writer, John Dahl, has a veteran's assurance. He knows exactly what he wants from the actors, how to stage the tricky action, how to keep the plot comprehensible, how to use the Nevada/Arizona locations to suggest the aridness of the characters' lives. He doesn't break any new ground with Kill Me Again, but he does establish himself as a filmmaker to watch. [04 May 1990, p.3]
The picture looks like it cost about 3 cents to make, but it packs a nice punch, with tense moments, unexpected turns and a hot performance by Joanne Whalley-Kilmer. [30 Oct 1989, p.F3]
Kill Me Again doesn't look like the noir classics; instead of black-and-white, it's shot in slightly muddy color with vagrant green tints. But it feels like them. It has that nerve-jangling mix of pungent cynicism and thick gobs of pseudo-Expressionist style. It's not brilliant or original, but it's still a lean, fast, wide-awake sleeper.
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