In Kiss or Kill Nikki (Frances O'Connor) and Al (Matt Day) are two grifters who roll businessmen Nikki picks up in Adelaide hotels. When one of their marks accidentally dies, the two flee with the dead man's briefcase. It contains a videotape of Zipper (Barry Langrishe) a local sports celebrity who is a pedophile. Nikki and Al decide to head west across the desert to Perth. In pursuit are two intrepid cops (Chris Haywood and Andrew S. Gilbert) and the enraged Zipper.
Kiss or Kill at first seems like just another crime spree movie with lovers on the lam from the law. But writer and director Bill Bennett has fashioned a fresh and fast-paced drama about the mystery that resides in every individual: no one can be totally known, pigeon-holed, or categorized.
Nikki and Al are very nervous fugitives and wherever they stop, a murder occurs. Al suspects Nikki, who turns out to be a sleepwalker, and she thinks his temper may be the source of the slayings. Bennett also includes a brief vignette in which one of the detectives pulls his partner's leg by telling him a far-fetched tale about his private life. The point is well taken — we often don't even know those who are closest to us.