Review of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) by Joshua M — 01 Oct 2009

Incredible for the first 10 minutes and again for the last 15 or so. But the middle part is a drag. Mike Hammer goes to one guy, intimidates him, gets some other guy's name, goes to that guy, gets another name, and so forth.

There's nothing going on except a bunch of people telling him not to get involved. Occasionally someone gets killed, but you never feel the weight of it. The acting was subpar. It's unusual because it's so dark and the hero is so unlikeable, but that middle section sucks.