Aldrich and his writer made a mess of the story, where almost nothing makes sense. Try as they did to chop Mickey Spillane's character, Mike Hammer, down to size, sexy Ralph Meeker bursts free--cool, masculine and hot--and all the other actors play their parts to the limit--and that's why it works and survives as a great noir.
The Big Sleep, the Maltese Falcon, and Kiss Me Deadly. Great books, and great movies. These all surely beat the living piss out of modern flicks such as Transformers or those shitty remakes. Yes, the classics are the best.
The private dick movie to end all private dick movies, which set a high standard for other noir flicks to try to reach. Ralph Meeker never had as excellent a vehicle as a lead--tough as nails and doesn't let up for a second (except when he's unconscious). Of course Tarentino ripped the box o' light from this film for Pulp Fiction--he's a movie junkie who respects his influences. A classic noir, a classic '50s film, and an all-time classic, period.
@fecklessbollocks yeah. right. Too bad Mickey Spillane wrote the book so fuck Aldrich becuase Spillane is the genius. I mean cum on where the fuck you think Aldrich got the story from it sure didnt just appear in his brain
@oneindachamber While the film does follow the structure of Spillane's novel, the "atomic box" motif was added by the filmmakers to make a dark statement about the current state of affairs in 1956. This twist, along with the much darker ending than in the book, is the reason this film has attained cult status.
@churchylafemme55 Read the above comment. THE FILM FOLLOWS THE STRUCTURE OF SPILLANE"S NOVEL. SO OBVIOUSLY THE PLOT IS SIMILAR. It may not be exact I mean obviously but The NOvel was the basis for the movie. Same thing with Minority Report. things will be changed up but the Spillane's story and Philip K Dicks story are the basis for these particular two movies. So obviously these ideas didnt just appear in Aldrich or Spielbergs heads they got it from another source the original book
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considering how great this movie is, the narrator and the editing are awful.
Tubyubber 4 months ago
trailer pretty much spoils most of it.
Sage80 6 months ago
Aldrich and his writer made a mess of the story, where almost nothing makes sense. Try as they did to chop Mickey Spillane's character, Mike Hammer, down to size, sexy Ralph Meeker bursts free--cool, masculine and hot--and all the other actors play their parts to the limit--and that's why it works and survives as a great noir.
ArgieVids 7 months ago
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This film inspired a great animated GIF tumblog. IWDRM.tumblr.com
IDisposable 8 months ago
The punches look a lot more realistic then earlier films
BefuddledBumpkin 11 months ago
The Big Sleep, the Maltese Falcon, and Kiss Me Deadly. Great books, and great movies. These all surely beat the living piss out of modern flicks such as Transformers or those shitty remakes. Yes, the classics are the best.
ganondorfguy101 1 year ago
Ralph Meeker was so flippin hot and so masculine I believe he was by far the best Mike Spillaine. Truly one of his best.
twilson11208 1 year ago
The private dick movie to end all private dick movies, which set a high standard for other noir flicks to try to reach. Ralph Meeker never had as excellent a vehicle as a lead--tough as nails and doesn't let up for a second (except when he's unconscious). Of course Tarentino ripped the box o' light from this film for Pulp Fiction--he's a movie junkie who respects his influences. A classic noir, a classic '50s film, and an all-time classic, period.
CinemaCinder 1 year ago
where is Riff Tracks when you need them!!!
Patrickphx11 1 year ago
@Patrickphx11 Nobody ever needs Riff Tracks.
GreatBigSea1968 8 months ago
@GreatBigSea1968 oh come on! they can get funny
Patrickphx11 8 months ago
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edmame 2 years ago
Amazing .. they showed the ending of the movie in the trailer . greatest film noir of all time ...
kagiso3741 2 years ago
Mike f***ing Hammer! Spillane was a fascist, Aldrich a genius
fecklessbollocks 2 years ago
@fecklessbollocks yeah. right. Too bad Mickey Spillane wrote the book so fuck Aldrich becuase Spillane is the genius. I mean cum on where the fuck you think Aldrich got the story from it sure didnt just appear in his brain
oneindachamber 11 months ago
@oneindachamber While the film does follow the structure of Spillane's novel, the "atomic box" motif was added by the filmmakers to make a dark statement about the current state of affairs in 1956. This twist, along with the much darker ending than in the book, is the reason this film has attained cult status.
mk41794 11 months ago
On the other hand, the movie plot is so dissimilar to the book that they hardly bear comparison.
churchylafemme55 6 months ago
@churchylafemme55 Read the above comment. THE FILM FOLLOWS THE STRUCTURE OF SPILLANE"S NOVEL. SO OBVIOUSLY THE PLOT IS SIMILAR. It may not be exact I mean obviously but The NOvel was the basis for the movie. Same thing with Minority Report. things will be changed up but the Spillane's story and Philip K Dicks story are the basis for these particular two movies. So obviously these ideas didnt just appear in Aldrich or Spielbergs heads they got it from another source the original book
oneindachamber 6 months ago
My favorite film noir, bar none.
wowcrap 3 years ago 2
mine too
nlobont 2 years ago