"Kiss Me Deadly"

“Kiss Me Deadly” is a black and white film directed by Robert Aldrich in 1955. The film is about this private investigator named Mike Hammer, Ralph Meeker, who meets a lady in the beginning of the movie. The lady ends up dieing and Mike is left to solve the case.
Mike comes to realize and actually show his emotion towards his secretary in the end when he goes to rescue her from the beach house.

Film noir is shown throughout with the different lighting and shadows created with the scenes and characters that are being shown. Hammer is displayed with cameras straight at him, downward when he is in trouble or caught by those men, and upward when he is doing is job investigating or talking to the police. The lighting when him and Christina Bailey, the girl in the very first few scenes, are in the car is amazing. The light is coming from underneath their faces from within the car. It sets the mood and gives the film that thriller/criminal aspect.

The music in the film was quite entertaining with Nat King Cole starting us off and then a woman singing in the club. The sound effects were over the top which helped support the mood and the theme throughout. The camera angles and special effects were quite good considering the time it was made. There were some parts that were over the top like when Mike would slap people, other times it did drag on, and was a little confusing. Below, are my favorite lines from the film.

Quote: Christina Bailey: I could tolerate flabby muscles in a man, if it'd make him more friendly. You're the kind of person who never gives in a relationship, who only takes. Ah, woman, the incomplete sex. And what does she need to complete her? [sarcastically] Christina Bailey: One man, wonderful man!