Actually, I sat to watch an indie kind of movie, because I respect that kind as the effective reaction to the extreme big movies of Hollywood, or as the true reaction against its pure nonsense sometimes. But, unfortunately, the result was something as pure as the same old nonsense!
OH MY GOD, it's the seventh hundred undeclared remake of the film noir classic (Double Indemnity - 1944). So why?, just why?!!
I would give you a list of more and more movies, made before Kill Me Again and after it, which did the same, and remade that immortal movie. And the thing is not the idea of the remake itself, despite the numerous number, inasmuch as its QUAITY. THE QUAITY, YOU PEOPLE!
Despite the Double Indemnity matter, I followed it anyway to watch the efficacy of that new "double". Though, I've witnessed the destroying of that desire. Because they treated the story so tritely, making it highly predictable with nothing to entertain. It didn't achieve a grade but being customary, and didn't make anything smarter than the 699 other remakes that we've watched before. So for one who grew up watching too many American movies & TV shows with too many twists, it was so easy to find out early about the couple of surprises at the end, because simply I've learned from the best, but obviously the makers of this.. didn't!
As for the acting, I began to think that every single movie has the name of (Val Kilmer) on it should mean a total disaster. And while (Joanne Whalley) gave good performance, she wasn't any close to be convincing as the femme fatale.
Yes, there are very strong music and creative cinematography, but I loved the title very much. It's smart, unlike this movie!
OH MY GOD, it's the seventh hundred undeclared remake of the film noir classic (Double Indemnity - 1944). So why?, just why?!!
I would give you a list of more and more movies, made before Kill Me Again and after it, which did the same, and remade that immortal movie. And the thing is not the idea of the remake itself, despite the numerous number, inasmuch as its QUAITY. THE QUAITY, YOU PEOPLE!
Despite the Double Indemnity matter, I followed it anyway to watch the efficacy of that new "double". Though, I've witnessed the destroying of that desire. Because they treated the story so tritely, making it highly predictable with nothing to entertain. It didn't achieve a grade but being customary, and didn't make anything smarter than the 699 other remakes that we've watched before. So for one who grew up watching too many American movies & TV shows with too many twists, it was so easy to find out early about the couple of surprises at the end, because simply I've learned from the best, but obviously the makers of this.. didn't!
As for the acting, I began to think that every single movie has the name of (Val Kilmer) on it should mean a total disaster. And while (Joanne Whalley) gave good performance, she wasn't any close to be convincing as the femme fatale.
Yes, there are very strong music and creative cinematography, but I loved the title very much. It's smart, unlike this movie!