Kiss Me Deadly
Taste attributes: mysterythrillerscience fictioncrimedramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateenclosedrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems
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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life thriller that is fresh, layered and weighty. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.2 /10
TMDB · 245 votes
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Mystery
- Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Parklane Pictures Inc.
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
