Review of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) by Taneli N — 09 Jun 2010
Kiss me deadly Is a completely surreal but absolute joy to watch movie. In additional is outrageously odd characters and unrelenting cruelty. Every character in the movie entertains, crazy quirkiness is rampant and nobody escapes final judgment.
The film was astoundingly violent for the mid-fifties and it's psychological cruelty still stuns today. In the end, the cool cynicism and world weariness which marks this genre explodes quite literally and pulls noir out of the darkness into the atomic age.
There are no big-name stars, the director has never been mentioned in the same breath as a Hitchcock or Huston, and it's basically a simple Mickey Spillane story. How it?s presented on the screen is the genius of the picture.
Right from the opening credit sequence, you know you're in for something fresh and innovative. It is one of the finest of the "film noir" genre, predominantly because of the moody black and white photography and its amazing 'timeless' appeal.
A classic film noir, in a classic film period.
This review of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) was written by Taneli N on 09 Jun 2010.
Kiss Me Deadly has generally received very positive reviews.
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