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Kill Me Again

1989 · 94 min

A sweaty, sun-bleached neo-noir that keeps you wary of every smiling stranger and every promise.

Tagline
Her last request was his first mistake.
Overview
After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews 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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • greed
  • crime
  • obsession
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
thriller, crime
Directed by
John Dahl
Written by
John Dahl, David W. Warfield
Starring
Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen, Jon Gries, Michael Greene, Bibi Besch, Joseph Carberry, Pat Mulligan
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
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Languages
English

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