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Article: Beyond the Blockbusters: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- October 21, 2005
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Robert Downey Jr. tries his best, but he can't quite talk "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" into becoming a good movie.
Sick of the same old thing at the megaplex? Here's an offering that's not from the Hollywood pipeline.
The comedic version of David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive," "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" is a Hollywood-fed pulp mystery from late '80s, early '90s screenwriting king Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon," "The Last Boy Scout"), who makes his directorial debut by spewing whatever comic bile has been building up in his brain since his glory days.
Robert Downey Jr. stars as a New York thief who flees police by accepting an out-of-nowhere audition invitation from a casting director. Once in Los Angeles, ...
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