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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

★ 7.2 · 2,990 ratings on TMDB

Sex. Murder. Mystery. Welcome to the party.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang poster★ 7.2

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

DirectorShane Black
CastAngela Lindvall, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok, Indio Falconer Downey, Larry Miller, Michelle Monaghan
GenresComedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing crime, celebrity, identity, deception.

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