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Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 10/15

10/15: Don't you hate it when the title of a film mentions the name of a city yet doesn't takes place there?

That's what happened in Kansas City Confidential. Sure, it's a catchy title, but the reality is: most of the action occurs in Mexico. They might as well call it Mexico City Confidential.

Everybody tries too hard to be tough, and the acting is bad all around. John Payne's performance is the worst; he resembles too much of a family man and thus isn't believable.

There isn't much of a story; it's simple, straightforward, albeit stupid, and linear that predictably goes from point A to point B with no twists and turns. It's like watching a bad low-budget film which happens to have high production value.

All in all, Kansas City Confidential isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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