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Kiss or Kill

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84% Tomatometer 31 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.

Critics Reviews

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Jack Mathews Los Angeles Times 02/14/2001
Imagine Terrence Malick's Badlands done as black comedy, with the rural atmosphere of Psycho and dialogue rubbed against flint. Go to Full Review
Tom Keogh Film.com 01/01/2000
Really does feel original and authentically creepy. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 01/01/2000
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. Go to Full Review
Betsy Sherman The Improper Bostonian 08/06/2024
2.5/4
Diverting, but hardly a classic. Go to Full Review
Travis Johnson Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) 08/16/2021
An experimental, confronting riff on a well-worn genre trope, dripping with atmosphere, and packed with excellent performances. Go to Full Review
Tara Judah In Film Australia 01/24/2019
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. Go to Full Review
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04/09/2022 The greatest thriller ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 10/18/2018 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. See more 01/13/2012 Clumsily acted and directed, and very irritating editing. The story was overwrought and cheesy in parts. There were some decent moments, but perhaps the budget prevented this movie from achieving what it might have otherwise. See more 07/24/2010 Gee this was a good film. Great performances Frances O'Connor should have such a bigger career than she does. Really well directed and the use of music is fascinating, in the fact that the film has none. Amazingly it really adds to the atmosphere. Great scenery too, in places that aren't usually captured on film (I believe outback SA). I really need to watch it again. See more 07/24/2010 Gee this was a good film. Great performances Frances O'Connor should have such a bigger career than she does. Really well directed and the use of music is fascinating, in the fact that the film has none. Amazingly it really adds to the atmosphere. Great scenery too, in places that aren't usually captured on film (I believe outback SA). I really need to watch it again. See more 07/24/2010 A great thriller from Australia which plays like Badlands in the Outback. Frances O'Conner is excellent. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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