"Nightkill" was an attempt to make a modern take on the classic noir movies of the 1940s and 1950s. I say "attempt", because the end results are somewhat disappointing. In fairness to the movie, I will say that the movie never commits the ultimate cinematic sin by being boring, and it's always welcome to see Robert Mitchum. But it's often a strange movie - the husband is bumped off very quickly, and the love interest soon after exits the movie instead of sharing the subsequent problems that come up for the female lead. Also, there are long chunks of the movie when essentially NOTHING of serious consequence is happening. The other big problem with the screenplay is that while it tries to deceive its audience, most people watching will be able to guess most (if not all) of the twists and revelations that happen near the end fairly quickly. Though the twists and revelations that happen don't answer ever question viewers will have piled up in their minds up to that point. In short, the movie is a noir tale for those who have never seen one before in their lives, and who happen to be VERY forgiving of cinematic shortcomings.
