Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Watched With: Jordan, Amberly

Shane Black finally gets a chance at directing his own material. And like his awesome 90's action films, this one is a lot of fun. It also helped bring Michelle Monaghan to the public eye.

The film plays loose with the 4th wall and its narrator. Sometimes I think it's great and other times I don't care for it that much but it certainly keeps things lively. There is a awful lot of lampshade hanging too. They foreground the improbable detective story clichés by the character's constant references to detective story clichés from their favourite book series.

Robert Downey Jr. seems born to perform Black's dialogue. Val Kilmer is more delightful than he's been in many years.

All in all this is super crazy hijinks fun times. Story, action, all that's great and what really shines are the characters and Black's patented banter.