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Kiss the Girls (1997)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
5/04, 4/25
4/25:
My rating for Kiss the Girls remains unchanged.
It's still terrible, no matter how solid Morgan Freeman's acting is after his work in
Seven. When the masked killer first uttered a couple of lines, I knew it
had to be Cary Elwes and felt the same way back in 1997. Hence, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop the
whole time. What sucks is it's Tony Goldwyn's voice, no matter what. That's why I hate being
manipulated by Hollywood.
By the way, how does Cary Elwes' character have the time to play both sides of the fence and the money to own
a huge former slave plantation with subterranean tunnels? One reviewer said, "Think about it. This chap
doesn't even have a concierge on his staff, let alone a maid or a chef. Think of all the groceries he'd have
to buy, the meals he'd have to prepare, the clothes he'd have to wash, and the toilets he'd have to keep running."
A glorified hanger-on, Ashley Judd is an awful actress. Letting her character, Kate McTiernan, tag along
with Alex Cross to catch the killer makes no sense. Both are too emotionally involved and shouldn't
have been allowed in the case from the get-go. Once Kate was saved, her time ended. Despite the FBI and North
Carolina police being involved, why does Alex Cross have exclusive access to the only survivor of the ordeal?
Oh, hey...what happens if there's no purchase record of Sistol online? Where does everybody go? Of course, they
always wait for the next victim and collect more clues until the serial killer screws up.
When three people were in California along with the help of a LAPD officer, I thought the goal was to collect
more information from Dr. William Rudolph in order to learn of the secret location in North Carolina where the
rest of the girls were being held hostage. I guess not. Instead, they stage an illegal surveillance operation
without a warrant. In fact, the doctor has enough to declare the whole thing inadmissible due to his Fourth
Amendment rights. There wasn't even a probable cause to begin with.
All in all, Kiss the Girls will kiss any shred of believability goodbye.