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Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.-i mdb This is one of my favorite movies of all time.  Philip Marlowe(Bogart) and the sultry Vivian Rutledge (Bacall) become involved with each other while the former was investigating a case that involves the latter's sister.  This movie was released in 1946 and was based on the book of the same title written by Raymond Chandler .  The screen adaptation was written by William Cuthbert Faulkner , a Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford.  He collaborated with Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman .  I am amazed that as early as 1946, movies like this one already existed.  The scenes are moving and nail-biting.  The book was published in 1939, which makes it more interesting. The dialogue was intelligently written along with some dry humour and some really funny ones. It also makes me realise that everythi...

( source ) This would be short and simple.  I liked it.  I can't say I loved it, but I liked it.  I think Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots really have on-screen chemistry(they also had a Valentine movie called LONG WAY DOWN ). Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson's Dakota appears as Anita, the former love of Tobey's life and I believe she delivered.  I am so tempted to compare this movie to THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, but the only things similar are the speeding cars, friendship and camaraderie.  Other than that, the story is totally different.   By the way, there's only a quarter of a story .  The three quarters are mostly racing cars and different kinds of air transportation. ;-) Anyways, even if I didn't love it, I enjoyed it very, very much.  I can't wait for the sequel.    THE END :) Links to reviews: The Playlist Rotten Tomatoes Forbes.com Metacritic From the WWW: The story chronicles a near-impossible cross-cou...