Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
- Title: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
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Any movie that contains an argument over the phone about why someone has urinated on a dead body he finds in his hotel room shower deserves some attention. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is one of the most entertaining movies of the year. Part Hollywood satire and part dime-store novel this is great fun with terrific performances from Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer. Simply put folks, this is the best comedy of 2005.
Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) is a small time thief who stumbles into an audition for a detective show while fleeing from the police. Whisked away to Hollywood Harry meets Perry (Val Kilmer) a gay detective who is the consultant to the show. At a party Harry also runs into Harmony Lane (Michelle Monaghan) the girl who got away so many years ago.
So far sounds like a pretty normal film right? Well here’s where things start to get interesting. Larry takes Harry on a stakeout to teach him more about detective work, but unfortunately they run into a car with a dead body. For reasons to difficult to describe here the two abandon the body only for Larry to find it in his hotel room shower early the next morning.
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