DramaActionThrillerCrime

Kill Me Again

- Her last request was his first mistake.

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.

Release Date : 1989-10-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Propaganda FilmsPolyGram Filmed EntertainmentMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jack Andrews

Original Name : Val Kilmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fay Forrester

Original Name : Joanne Whalley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vince Miller

Original Name : Michael Madsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alan Swayzie

Original Name : Jon Gries

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Hendrix

Original Name : Michael Greene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack's Secretary

Original Name : Bibi Besch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jonesy

Original Name : Joseph Carberry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sammy

Original Name : Pat Mulligan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marty

Original Name : Nick Dimitri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Collection Agent #1

Original Name : Robert Schuch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Collection Agent #2

Original Name : Duane Tucker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gossipy Motel Clerk

Original Name : Molly Flanegin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rest Stop Little Boy

Original Name : Dominic Dinino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rest Stop Father

Original Name : Daniel Dorse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Javonovitch

Original Name : Jim Boeke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim the Motel Clerk

Original Name : Michael Sharrett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kathy the Drowned Wife

Original Name : Debbie Lynn Ross

Gender : Female

Character Name : 7-11 Motel Clerk

Original Name : Stanley Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Airport Ticket Agent

Original Name : Dan Sturdivant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uniformed Cop

Original Name : Jeff Morrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arresting Cop

Original Name : Jeff LeBeau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective #1

Original Name : James Henriksen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Jim

Original Name : Lee Wilkof

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hilton Desk Clerk

Original Name : Roy Kieffer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hilton Bartender

Original Name : Victoria Hirsch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spiv the Informer

Original Name : Ralph M. Cardinale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helpful Patrolman

Original Name : Bruce Claessens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Echo Bay Manager

Original Name : Darrel Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Last Chance Proprietor

Original Name : Sheldon Haun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Indian Girl

Original Name : Jeri Arredondo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Indian Boy

Original Name : Hubert Ergenbright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chase Patrolman

Original Name : Jeff Smolek

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The first of John Dahl's neo-noir forrays. Kill Me Again is directed by John Dahl and Dahl co-writes the screenplay with David W. Warfield. It stars Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen, Pat Mulligan and Nick Dimitri. Music is by William Olvis and cinematography by Jacques Steyn. Detective Jack Andrews (Kilmer) becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend. John Dahl loves film noir, we know that now after all these years. He would direct the superb Red Rock West and The Last Seduction, two bona fide greats from the neo-noir splinter of film making. Kill Me Again (classic film noir title right there) is his fist directorial feature film venture, it is like a lot of debuts from directors who have a kink for a certain genre or style of film making, in that it only hints at better things to come. Unfortunately, in spite of being solid enough within the noir parameters, it's all a bit too derivative for its own good. Standard noir tropes are adhered to, male protag led into the murk by a femme fatale, a bruising psycho, some twists and turns, and some stylistics via camera and photographic lenses. Plot relies on the salty machinations of Whalley's femme for its intrigue, and for the most part her character is the dominating factor, but later on the film sort of bypasses her character and it begins to sag as Kilmer's weary P.I. plods onwards. Fans of the actors do have interest value (though Kilmer is a little miscast and a world away from great neo-noir films he would later do; Heat, The Salton Sea, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), but really the performances are neither good or bad - though Madsen holds court every scene he is in. Although the screenplay and script are merely serviceable as pot boilers, there's just enough here to keep you watching till the culmination of proceedings. Fans of noir can grab enough from the pic to warrant time investment, but it doesn't linger long afterwards. While casual film fans are warned to use this only as a time filling exercise. 6/10