Shannen Doherty Movie:

		List Price: $24.98		Label: Liberation Ent Salesrank: 47730 Released: November 18, 2008
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		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 11/18/2008

Kiss Me Deadly Reviews:
Love the movie
2009-09-12 - Robert Gant is great in this part, nice to see Gay character in a movie, without being a stereo type.

Total dud
2009-08-18 - Just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Jacob and Marta are trying to get safe passage for a Russian who wants to defect, but it all goes horribly wrong and the defector dies. Fast forward nearly 20 years and Jacob now lives the life of luxury in Milan with his lover Paolo and daughter Julia. But a call from Marta sends him to the train station only to discover that she has a tail and no memory of him or her life. As they try to solve the mystery, the bad guys are at every turn. Will they be able to uncover the mystery before they are silenced too?

This movie is totally low budget and it shows. Supposedly set in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, all the vibrant cities look like the same anonymous grey Canadian city as a stand in. Robert Gant, usually such a great presence on film comes across as wooden and unemotional - particularly in a key scene which begs for emotion. The dialogue is bland and cheesy, the plot completely predictable, any semblance of action (this is an action film, isn't it?) is missing, and my biggest gripe - they haven't seen each other since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and neither has aged one iota (at least Doherty's cheesy wig was left behind). And worst of all, the door is left open for another installment. No thanks, I'll stick with Oliver's much better Strachey mysteries.


Kiss Me Boring
2009-06-15 - I wanted to like this movie. First, I have enjoyed Robert Gant and Shannen Doherty in other roles and the premise sounded cool - two ex-spys, one has amnesia and people are trying to kill them. Throw in the fact the lead is a gay Jason Bourne and it sounded like a winner.

It's not.

While I liked Shannen Doherty's performance, she was the only thing in the movie I liked. Jacob (Robert Gant), while lovely to look at, his character fell flat. I was so hoping the director, Ron Oliver would find the type of chemistry between Gant and his partner that he found in The Donald Strachey Mysteries with Donald and Timmy -- but he did not! Jacob's partner was just a twink who was disposable to the plot and could barely speak English. I was very disappointed by that aspect, add a daughter he fathered by a lesbian friend, and the plot became a bad Lifetime movie.

To conclude: a predictable plot, bad acting and no chemistry between the leading men and considering this was promoted as a "gay-themed" movie, that means it utterly missed the mark.

Rent, don't buy.

great combination of james bond and jason bourne with a twist
2009-03-20 - This film was on the Here!cable channel and like "third man out" and the other donald strachey mysteries, this features a gay hero in the lead. I purchased this one mainly because of that leading man, Robert Gant, but was happy to see that the film stands on its own merits. The lead character Jacob Keane, played by Gant, is an ex spy who is pulled back into action. The movie contains great action sequences and Gant is up to the challenge to play a hero that is like a combination of James Bond and Jason Bourne, but still has his own personility and even a boyfriend. Though not a big fan of Shannon Doherty, I was quite surprised by her performance here and the chemistry that she and Gant has, not romantically but as partners, was great. Great acting, good action, and a good story that hopefully will lead to future franchise such as the Donald Strachey films.

Prepared to be kissed again
2009-02-10 - Honestly, I would probably give Kiss Me Deadly 3.75 stars. I rounded up because I love Robert Gant and Shannen Doherty too much to give them three stars. Both Gant and Doherty took their roles seriously and gave respect and care to their character that allowed the audience to have meaningful connection to them. Most of the actors did a superb job in this film, which made it truly fun to watch. The only real exception was a hot, muscle bound henchman who didn't seem to be able to deliver a line without yelling or thinking he was in a cheesy soap opera. The storyline itself wasn't top notch, but it definitely kept me entertained. While I doubt I will watch this movie more than three of four times in my life, I am glad to have it as a part of GBTL movie collection. This movie seemed like a set up to a series of `detective' movies with Gant, which makes me have high hopes for the ones that follow. Hopefully, the ones that are to come will feel a little less low-budget without loosing the heart of their characters.