Kiss or Kill

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Kiss or Kill

R,

1997,

1h 35m,

Mystery & Thriller

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86%

29 Reviews

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76%

250+ Ratings

Popcornmeter

86%

Tomatometer

29 Reviews

76%

Popcornmeter

250+ Ratings

Traumatized by a horrific incident from her childhood, petty criminal Nikki (Frances O'Connor) picks up lonely businessmen and robs them with the help of her faithful boyfriend, Al (Matt Day). After one of their marks (Geoff Revell) accidentally ends up dead, the couple discovers he was in possession of a videotape that shows football legend Zipper Doyle (Barry Langrishe) committing sex crimes. Soon the lovers are being chased through the Australian outback by both Zipper and the police.

Jack Mathews

Los Angeles Times

Feb 14, 2001

Imagine Terrence Malick's Badlands done as black comedy, with the rural atmosphere of Psycho and dialogue rubbed against flint.

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Tom Keogh

Film.com

Jan 1, 2000

Really does feel original and authentically creepy.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Jan 1, 2000

If this scenario sounds like stock film-noir plotting, Bill Bennett ... makes something utterly fresh and, for all its scent of evil, invigorating out of it.

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Betsy Sherman

The Improper Bostonian

Aug 6, 2024

2.5/4

Diverting, but hardly a classic.

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Travis Johnson

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

Aug 16, 2021

An experimental, confronting riff on a well-worn genre trope, dripping with atmosphere, and packed with excellent performances.

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Tara Judah

In Film Australia

Jan 24, 2019

Largely improvised to great effect, Kiss or Kill is a film that adheres to a classical narrative paradigm complete with plot causality whilst offering another level of reflection thereupon for a clued-in cine-literate audience.

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Abraham S

Oct 18, 2018

I saw this at the cinema when this first came out and really enjoyed it. Around 20 years later, it is still a good movie and not all that dated considering.

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Synopsis

Traumatized by a horrific incident from her childhood, petty criminal Nikki (Frances O'Connor) picks up lonely businessmen and robs them with the help of her faithful boyfriend, Al (Matt Day). After one of their marks (Geoff Revell) accidentally ends up dead, the couple discovers he was in possession of a videotape that shows football legend Zipper Doyle (Barry Langrishe) committing sex crimes. Soon the lovers are being chased through the Australian outback by both Zipper and the police.

Director: Bill Bennett
Producer: Bill Bennett, Jennifer Cluff
Screenwriter: Bill Bennett
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Box Office (Gross USA): $790.9K
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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