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Sex. Murder. Mystery. Welcome to the party.
Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) is basically a decent guy. Sure, he's a petty thief who skates through life on a shaky cocktail of dog-eared charm and cockeyed optimism, but he wants to do the right thing. He just doesn't know how, exactly.
Harry's perpetual bad luck takes a turn for the better when he and his partner are doing some after-hours Christmas "shopping" at a New York City toy store and the security alarm breaks up the party. In making his frantic getaway from the cops, Harry inadvertently stumbles into an audition for a Hollywood detective movie, and faster than you can say Jack Robinson, the producer flies him to Los Angeles for a screen test.
Thrust into the cutthroat world of L.A.'s pros, cons, losers and wannabes, Harry is teamed with tough-guy private eye Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer), AKA "Gay Perry," to prepare him for his screen test. Gay Perry is ruthless, relentlessly tough and - you guessed it - gay. He also has little patience for Harry, who tries out his acting skills by passing himself off as a detective.
It seems like nothing short of destiny when the thief-trying- to-be-an-actor- impersonating-a-detective crosses paths with Harmony Faith Lane (Michelle Monaghan), an aspiring actress who needs his help. Inspired by her hero Jonny Gossamer, a fictitious hard-boiled private eye featured in a series of pulp detective novels, Harmony moved to Hollywood to pursue her dreams...but a few years and a lot of rejections later, she's facing the harsh reality that her best days may be behind her.
When the mysterious suicide of Harmony's sister intersects with a seemingly unrelated case that Harry and Gay Perry are investigating, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in a real-life murder mystery. Bodies surface and re-surface...long-buried family secrets erupt in present-day mayhem...and what began as a free trip to L.A. may result in Harry's one-way ticket to the city morgue.
If he's going to stay alive and become the hero that Harmony needs him to be, Harry will have to convince a reluctant Gay Perry to help him solve the case. He'll need to channel Jonny Gossamer's tough-as-nails swagger. And a little dose of luck - or is it fate? - wouldn't hurt, either.

Average rating (12 reviews)
Disappointed
cattini | 03/06/2009 | See all cattini's reviews (5) »
I am a fan of Robert Downey Jnr but i had to turn the film off after 30 minutes. It was so bad and uninteresting. I would not recommend.
Brilliant black/dark comedy
Carp37 | 20/04/2009 | See all Carp37's reviews (4) »
This is just about my favourite film. A superb voice-over from Downey Jr. (I know not everyone likes narrations on films but this one really sets the mood of the film perfectly), strong amusing plot, fantastic performances from all the cast make this a hugely entertaining film.
Superb
dest23 | 17/03/2009 | See all dest23's reviews (62) »
Downey Jnr and Kilmer are brilliant in their roles, they are dark, funny and very charismatic. The supporting cast is very strong also and the original thick plot story is very well told as well as having some very funny and likeable side stories.
An expertly done film that can't really be classified but more than wins its place beside Pulp Fiction in the Black Comedy rankings.
Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok, Larry Miller, Rockmond Dunbar, Shannyn Sossamon, Angela Lindvall, Indio Falconer Downey, Ariel Winter & Harrison Young | |
15 years and over | |
2005 | |
Widescreen 2.40:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
English ; English for the hearing impaired | |
1 hour and 43 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |




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