adonis98-743-186503 A woman suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again. The Long Kiss Goodnight is the perfect example of how critics are wrong on reviewing action movies since this is one of the most underrated ones for sure. First of all the action is terrific, Geena Davis gives a hell of a perfomance as Samantha and Samuel L. Jackson is great as always and even tho it might have a close resemblance to Die Hard or Lethal Weapon it deserves to be on that damn list next to those movies and as for Harlin himself? He has made some terrible films i'll agree on that but films like Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight deserve another fair watch especially for action movie fans around the globe. (A+)

capone666 The Long Kiss GoodnightThe best gift you can give an assassin at Christmas is a contract on a cheating spouse.Regrettably, the killer in this action movie has forgotten who she is.When a holiday head injury jogs memories of her being a CIA assassin, mild-mannered schoolteacher Samantha (Geena Davis) hires a private detective (Samuel L. Jackson) to help her uncover this mysterious past she has forgotten.It's not long until the agent who tried to kill her the first time comes to finish the job that Sam recalls her final mission to frame Islamic terrorists for a CIA bombing of Niagara Falls.With its breakneck action sequences, slick dialogue and hilarious performance from Sam Jackson, this highly underrated buddy picture from 1996 is also a neglected Christmas movie that deserves a seat at the yuletide action movie table. Besides, with all of the seasonal suicides Christmas is a slow time for hit-men.Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

FlashCallahan Samantha Caine, is the textbook suburban homemaker, and mother to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She has a job teaching, but when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a secret agent. Her old colleagues are now out to kill her, so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch, who was working with her regarding her past.As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful.........I don't know why this film failed as badly as it did, maybe due to the huge bomb that was Cutthroat island, but its one of Harlin's greatest achievements, and as action movies go, it maybe be meat and potato stuff, but Jackson really adds a lot to what could have been a perfunctory straight to video B-Movie.I've never warmed to Davis as a movie star, she has too much of a surprised look most of the time, but, thankfully originality prevailed casting a female, as again, this could have been a lost Seagal, or Stallone movie. But she's good, even if her transformation makes her a little orientation questionable.But it's Blacks script that is the winner here, and he proves again, he's one of the most interesting and exciting high concept writers of all time, and Harlin brings his vision to the screen with a lot of gusto, just what an action fan wants.Almost twenty years later, it still holds up, but it does suffer from the comic book type explosions that spread across action movies across the late nineties, see also Double Team, Most Wanted, Money Talks, but in some strange way, it only compliments the whole absurd affair.It does take a while for it to get going, but when the animatronic deer makes an appearance, it doesn't let up until the end.Great set pieces, cracking one liners, one of the last traditional buddy action movies.

skamment How in the world this over-the-top stinker received any award nominations, let alone measurable votes here, is beyond me. It irks me that Uverse gives this three of four stars, as many as it once gave the film "Gandhi" (I'm not sure, but their ratings might be based on IMDb scoring). It's sort of trying to be what "Bourne Identity" became so much more successfully, and it failed. Davis and Jackson are wonderfully skilled actors, and it is only their performances that make this worth watching, but this vehicle is ultimately a waste of their talent. The first hour is engaging, watching Davis and Jackson develop their relationship. But once the heavy violence and action start, it goes downhill fast. The lines delivered by the little girl (Zima) came out flat and unconvincing. Worse, they were said with an adorable lisp. Bierko is equally unconvincing (and miscast) as a smirking, sarcastic, wise-cracking bad guy. The dialog is so bad, it seems like a parody of itself. In bad films like this, just before the evil genius (who has captured and is holding the hero) orders the hero to be killed, he performs a monologue revealing to the hero his reason for doing evil and his secret plan to do more evil, in order to let the audience in on the ensuing danger. You may know that scene in "Austin Powers International Man of Mystery" (a much better film than this one), when Dr. Evil says, "I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death." That applies to a scene in this movie too. Most of this movie is terribly contrived, predictable, a cliché or just ridiculous. Davis is gratuitously stripped down to her underclothes in a few scenes (to nothing in one) to show off her toned body. You may not see that as a negative, as I did. I had to wonder how the bad guys didn't smell the gasoline Davis hides in the girl's doll just before the two are captured. Or why the girl waited until Davis expended all of her energy -- in a stupid and futile attempt to create a spark to ignite said gasoline by pounding on concrete with a crowbar -- and broke down in tears in frustration before she revealed to Davis that, by the way, she happened to have matches on her. How ironic and so convenient that the girl chose to hide in the very truck with the dangerous bomb that becomes involved in a high-speed chase. The scenes at the end meant to be touching are just corny. Oh, and the bloody makeup on Davis's face during the climax of the film makes her look like a crazy clown.