I was absolutely blown away by the time I finished watching this movie. I purchased the DVD which has both endings, and have since read up quite a bit on this...Kiss Me Deadly influenced an entire generation of avant garde European film directors, despite being largely ignored as a flashy "drive-in" movie here in the conservative United States of the time. This movie has made it into my all-time Top Ten list. A definite must-see, you will be shocked if you see it without reading any of the critical reviews. Essentially, what starts out as a typical Mike Hammer film noir turns into something very, very different by the end...