Netflix review: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

First time director Shane Black has made a very entertaining dark comedy with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as our narrator Harry; the film follows him as he stumbles from a life of crime in New York to the upside down world of Hollywood as a wanna-be actor. Hollywood apparently is bristling with swank parties, powerful people and deadly people; however there is no police presence whatsoever.
While in Hollywood, Harry is paired up with a private detective, Val Kilmer in one of his funniest roles. Harry is supposed to observe the life of a private eye to help prepare him for a movie role, but that's not important to the story. Harry also meets up with a childhood friend, played by Michelle Monaghan, who is much better in this movie than she was in Mission: Impossible III. But that's not important either.
In fact not much is important to the story in this film, the murder mystery that three of them get involved with is not that interesting (did I mention Val Kilmer is really funny?). The movie is not very serious but sometimes takes itself so. However, throughout the movie Downey's character cracks jokes about how we are actually just watching a film; his character is very aware in that aspect.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a very funny movie, don't get me wrong. There's just not that much to it all.