Why doesn't Samuel Jackson bleed to death when he's shot? It's COLD and SNOWING, blood pressure drops and blood coagulates easier. WHY would Daedalus (David Morse) be alone, when he is the head of a terrorist syndicate? The answer is CLEARLY revealed in the movie. There is NOTHING in this film, NOTHING more implausible than anything in even the BEST James Bond film. Having read some of the criticisms of THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, I am beginning to wonder if we all saw the same movie. You may not like it, but it certainly worth the effort to find out And as always, leave reality at the door. If you like action films this is a film to definitely try. People either love it or hate it, if they've ever heard of it at all. I like this a great deal and am pleasantly surprised when I bump into people who feel the same way too. This is an action film with brain and brawn as things follow there own internal logic and you actually have to pay attention to follow some of the twists and turns. "Oh its one of those films" I said to myself and was hooked as the film took off on a wild two hour chase. There was a moment early on where I remember accepting that this was going to be one of those movies where the heroine was going to know nothing until it was needed, despite all logic that it wouldn't happen that way. Somewhere at the very beginning I bought into the completely unreal premise of the hit woman regaining her memory as the past comes back to haunt her. It operates entirely in its own little world and your ability to accept it or not will determine your love or hate for this film. Nothing in this film makes any real world sense or has any real world logic. Director:Ĭraig Bierko, Geena Davis, Melina Kanakaredes, Brian Cox, Patrick Malahide, David Morse, G.D.This is a film that in no way reflects the real world. The Long Kiss Goodnight was directed by Renny Harlin, husband of leading lady Geena Davis this was their second project together, following Cutthroat Island, released the previous year. However, her old boss has kept tabs on her, and now that it looks as if the old Charley is starting to come out again, he sends a pair of hit men after her to see to it that she doesn't remember anything else soon Samantha and Mitch are on the run, trying to outdistance the killers as they get to the bottom of Charley's secret life. After a severe head injury, Charley developed a case of amnesia, and in time she developed her new personality as Samantha. Mitch learns that Samantha isn't really Samantha after all - her name is Charley and she used to be a professional assassin with a secret government intelligence program. Jackson) to look into her past and see what he can find. When an auto accident and a television news broadcast stirs some more uncomfortable memories, Samantha hires private investigator Mitch Hennessey ( Samuel L. Nothing on the surface would seem to be remarkable about Samantha's life, but every once in a while she has vague memories and unexplained impulses that don't add up with her current life experience she has scars but no idea of how they got there, she suddenly displays a deadly talent for knife-throwing while chopping vegetables for dinner, and when she sees a deer, she suddenly attacks it with her bare hands. Samantha Caine ( Geena Davis) is a typical, well-mannered single mother working as a schoolteacher when she isn't looking after her children. An ordinary woman discovers that her life was not always ordinary in this action thriller.
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