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Kill Me Again

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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.

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Sean Burns WBUR’s Arts & Culture Take out the f-words, switch it to black-and-white and the film could have been made in 1949. This is a compliment. May 22, 2025 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Overall, the movie plays like a decent "B" level noir, certainly worth viewing for fans of the genre. Rated: 3/4 Jul 18, 2024 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 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. Rated: B- Mar 29, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 17, 2005 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Twists, turns and top performances Rated: 3/5 Mar 11, 2005 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jelisije J Never trust a women who cross you once because she will do it again.....the fact that the main character didn't learn from that mistake in the middle of the film......it just really takes you out of the experience that your watching a movie and not a story. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/03/25 Full Review Daniel C A great genre film. Classic noir. The story unfolds effortlessly. Outstanding performances. Michael Madsen is quite believable as a driven sociopath. Joanne Whalley is irresistible as an eye catching femme fatale, and Val Kilmer plays it low key as a down and out private eye, motivated by guilt and a need to escape. Twists and turns, misguided love, heated relationships and bleak desert landscapes. What else do you need! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/10/25 Full Review Dean S A hidden gem of a movie with Val Kilmer, his ex wife Joanne Whalley and a young Michael Madsen. Noir thriller set to a creepy theme! Give it a go! 👍 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/02/25 Full Review Alain E Very decent “policier” as my French speaking father would have called it. In other words a crime movie with reasonable story and no improbable twists and turns. Val Kilmer has still all his faculties and his then wife is the femme fatale who in the movie is associated with the super crazy bad boy Michael Madsen. Madsen disregards many traffic regulations and the results are quite explosive. Kilmer escapes drowning death helped by native Americans. He lives another day. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/25 Full Review FRANK B A balanced delivery of good entertainment; brilliant acting, and story line. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/25 Full Review Milorad This move is an absolute Gem for anyone that likes older Movies. the shots of the environment are fantastic and the characters are very interesting. The story is very well constructed and always holds your attention since you never know what can happen next. The Movie is also very rewatchable and it's fun every time you see it. I love it. It's set in a very interesting location too, Las Vegas and rural Nevada, Not too often seen in Movies. I highly recommend it to anyone that likes older Movies, Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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John Dahl

Director

Val Kilmer

Jack Andrews

Joanne Whalley

Fay Forrester

Michael Madsen

Vince Miller

Pat Mulligan

Sammy

Nick Dimitri

Marty

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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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