KISS OR KILL (18)
D: Bill Bennett
AFFC (Bill Bennett)
Australia 1998
95 mins
Crime/Thriller
W: Bill Bennett
DP: Malcolm McCulloch
Ed: Henry Dangar
Frances O'Connor (Nikki Davies), Matt Day
(Al Fletcher), Chris Haywood (Det. Hummer), Barry Otto (Adler Jones)
A tense road movie with a twist on conventional getaway
thrillers, Frances O'Connor and Matt Day play an amoral couple of petty thieves who are on the chase with a videotape which implicates a famous footballer in child pornography.
Frances O'Connor's brilliant performance paved the way for
a brief foray into Hollywood movies (Steven Spielberg cast her in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence on the strength of her performance in this).
As good as it is, it's not quite as memorable as other
films with similar themes (Badlands, The Getaway, etc), but is most certainly worth a watch
6/10