Not SF but quite a cool thriller from Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Long Kiss Goodnight but this has much less ludicrous stuff in it).
There's a cracking knowing script (pulp detective novels, Hollywood - OK these are easy targets but it hits them well) and top performances from Robert Downer Jr. and Val Kilmer ("No, I'm up to my neck in pussy, I just like the name").
I've seen the leading lady (Michelle Monaghan?) somewhere before but can't be bothered looking up IMDB from work? Any clues?
I couldn't find the "Good films you may not have heard of" thread so can't figure out if this was on it or not.
I do love the film, You never expect this scene!
Robert as Harry: Well what I'm doing for the guy who likes to bluff is I'm playing a little game called "Am I Bluffing?"
[Loads one round into the revolver to play Russian Roulette]
Harry: Where is she? Where the fuck is Harmony? You want to play hardball? I can do that.
[Spins the chamber and points the gun]
Harry: Where is the girl?
[Shoots the guy in the head]
Val as Gay Perry: [Stuttering at first] What did you just do?
Harry: [Confused] I just put in one bullet, didn't I?
Gay Perry: You put a live round in that gun?
Harry: Well yeah, there was like an 8% chance.
Gay Perry: Eight? Who taught you math!
"Assumption just makes an Ass out of you and Umption!"
Its a real good film.
That's from The Long Kiss Goodnight, isn't it?
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Anyway, KK-BB is good fun, aye.
"That's from The Long Kiss Goodnight, isn't it? "
And you made the connection that they're from the same writer! Well done, no I wasnt quoting from the wrong film at all. ;-D
I could have sworn that was KKBB. Need sleep.
and also Shane Black written for The Last Boy Scout!
Scenes from Last Boy Scout....
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Alley Thug: Wrong place, wrong time. Nothing personal.
Joe Hallenbeck: That's what you think. Last night I fucked your wife.
Alley Thug: Oh you did, hah? How'd you know it was my wife?
Joe Hallenbeck: She said her husband was a big pimp lookin' motherfucker with a hat.
Alley Thug: Oh, you're real cool for somebody who's about to take a bullet.
Joe Hallenbeck: After fucking your wife I'll take two.
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Joe Hallenbeck: Leather pants.
Jimmy Dix: Yeah.
Joe Hallenbeck: What's something like that run?
Jimmy Dix: Six-fifty.
Joe Hallenbeck: Six hundred and fifty dollars?
Jimmy Dix: Yeah.
Joe Hallenbeck: They're pants.
Jimmy Dix: Yeah.
Joe Hallenbeck: You wear them?
Jimmy Dix: YES.
Joe Hallenbeck: They don't, like, have a TV in them or something?
Jimmy Dix: Nope.
Joe Hallenbeck: I am very old.