Kill Me Again

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Kill Me Again

R,

1989,

1h 34m,

Crime/

Drama

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78%

9 Reviews

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47%

1,000+ Ratings

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78%

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9 Reviews

47%

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1,000+ Ratings

After Faye (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince (Michael Madsen), successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer) to help fake her death. He pulls the scheme off and sets up Faye with a new identity, only to have her skip out on him without paying. Jack follows her to Vegas and learns he's not the only one after her. Vince has discovered that she's still alive.

Variety Staff

Variety

Oct 18, 2008

The tale of a down-and-out detective and a seamy femme fatale is a thoroughly professional little entertainment.

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Time Out Staff

Time Out

Feb 9, 2006

The film sporadically achieves a truly seedy atmosphere, but there are too many symbols, too many loose ends, and too many vaguely sensationalist scenes.

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Sean Burns

WBUR’s Arts & Culture

May 22, 2025

Take out the f-words, switch it to black-and-white and the film could have been made in 1949. This is a compliment.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Jul 18, 2024

3/4

Overall, the movie plays like a decent "B" level noir, certainly worth viewing for fans of the genre.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Mar 29, 2010

B-

Madsen's over-the-top nasty performance as a crazed killer gets your attention, in a film that feels less than filling just five minures after seeing it.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 17, 2005

3/5

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Leia L

May 25, 2018

Boring!!!! B movie

Hagrid W

Jan 18, 2017

Pretty cool little modern noir. All the classic tropes are there and they're done fairly well. It's nothing groundbreaking or all that memorable, but if you're looking to kill some time and want a film noir fix, you should enjoy.

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John Dahl

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Val Kilmer

Jack Andrews

Joanne Whalley

Fay Forrester

Michael Madsen

Vince Miller

Pat Mulligan

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Synopsis

After Faye (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince (Michael Madsen), successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer) to help fake her death. He pulls the scheme off and sets up Faye with a new identity, only to have her skip out on him without paying. Jack follows her to Vegas and learns he's not the only one after her. Vince has discovered that she's still alive.

Director: John Dahl
Producer: David Warfield, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Steve Golin
Screenwriter: John Dahl, David Warfield
Production Co: Propaganda Films, Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 1989, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $112.8K
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround

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