KISS ME DEADLY : 1955 b&w. 1hr 45min. MGM Vintage classic dvd.

[Flangepart]

Plot : Mickey Spillaine's Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker), takes a lickin', and keeps on tickin' as he tries to find out who murdered a mysterious woman who runs into his life.
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She runs like a girl.
missed her by that much.
Nat King Cole does the title song? Cool!
Ah, the famous downward scrolling credits!
Hysterical,winded and not talking. A typical Noir dame.
Say, Barney Fife, don't she match the discription you just gave the audience?
A full service gas station. This IS an old movie.
no backscreen on the moving cars. neat.
Noir rant by noir dame.
Remember these shoes, people!
She's still screaming...but he legs have stopped kicking.
Bumper cars...of death!
Velma and Pat. Closest thing to famile Mike has. Sad, realy.
Viseting the Federal Dept. of Exposision.
"Vavavoom" sound dirty when Nick the Greek says it.
Paranoia: Prime survival instinct for a movie P.I.
BIG ass answering machine's in those days.
Double Endandire.
See. i told ya there'd be a test on those shoes!
Hey, go through the punk's pockets while he's down. Loose change, I.D. could be good stuff.
Mike H. Marrital relations advice a side line.
Tasha Yar has seen better days...
Great, another loony woman in yer life. Mike, your luck just sucks.
Don't drool on the car seats, "Greekmonkey".
Now, me, i wish Mike had LET Nick turn the key."Vavababoom!"
She's hot, but her teeth look funny.
Strother martin?
Yeah. Can't top that offer. Life beats money any day.
Great clevage, but i pity her liver.
Jack Elam as a thug. No suprise. But he's fellow thug is a whuss.
Ah ha. Shoe inspection!
Put on shoes, girl, it improves traction!
See. THIS scene is why i always get nervious working under the car.
Mourning Nick the Greek. "Vavadoom!"
Mike, this in not a good time to get drunk....
See, this is why we need M.A.D.D.
2 words, Mike Periferal vision.
Enter the realm of the philosopical psycopath.
He's mummbeling into the mattress. Tie him face UP for a change, ya doofs.
Love the play by play on the radio. Good Gag!
Ooops, gonna need a new Godfather!
She kept nice . No freezer burn.
Well, he'll never play the piano anymore.
Whuss slapping is fun!
Pat knows some BIG words, Mike.
Suicide, Marylin Monroe style. Stick yer finger down his throat, ya lug!
Tasha Yar has peoblims with figuritive speech. Be literal. Ohh! Too late.
He dies talking. Thats one windy psycho.
Oh, come on! If she'd thrown the box open, i could buy it, but she opened it slowly!
and Exploding Photo of a beach house!
Flangepart says, Check it out! Proves B&W is just as good as color, if ya know what your doing. Meeker could be a leading man, but how often did he get the chance? Back to you, andrew!

[Steven Millan]

                  Thanks for reminensing about one of the better film noir pieces from the golden era,Flan,as well as one of the better,more entertaining Mike Hammer films(with both of Larry Cohen's 80s adaptations of "I,The Jury" and "Deadly Illusion"[a.k.a."Love You To Death",featuring the screen's first black Mike Hammer,but with a slight name change]being amongst them on that list).

[John]

>Plot : Mickey Spillaine's Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker), takes a lickin', and
>keeps on tickin' as he tries to find out who murdered a mysterious woman who
>runs into his life.
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 If I have one complaint about your capsule 'reviews', it's that basically all you include is a 'stuff to watch for' section, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless you've seen the movie.

[Flangepart]

Fair enough. My computer access is the public library, so i can't do the the things Andrew can.
.... The "Stuff to watch for" format works for me. As with Andrew, it makes you wonder "What the hell could have happened to make him say that?" I think it jogs your curiosity about the flick, for those who haven't seen it, and sturrs up memorys for those who have.
.... I am new at this stuff, and i appreciate Andrew allowing me to "Find an audience", so to speak. And i try not to abuse the privilige. My sence of humor works best with this format, and many good writers had to start somewhere. Badmovies.org is to budding reviewers as G-Fan is to Kaiju fans. A good place with a kind Lord (Andrew, here, J.D. Lees at G-Fan), who looks for good stuff, and will use it if it fits the material.
.... Thats my explination. Hope it makes sense.

[John]

>Fair enough. My computer access is the public library, so i can't do the the things
>Andrew can.

 Do you have a computer at home? If so, why not try Juno? It sucks royally, but it does work. Of course you also need a modem.

>The "Stuff to watch for" format works for me. As with Andrew, it makes you
>wonder "What the hell could have happened to make him say that?"

 True, but a lot of times, while I might enjoy reading the review, it won't interest me enough to actually expend any effort in tracking down the movie. For example, I have a mild interest in seeing Meet the Feebles and would watch it if it came on one of the pay channels, or someone offered me a copy, but it's not something I would pay money to get. I enjoyed Andrew's review of it though.

 Anyway, that's just my opinion, no insult intended. :)