

Jackson) and pretty soon both are embroiled in a government conspiracy. She employs a crooked cop turned seedy private investigator, Mitch (played by Samuel L. Realising that deep within her is a repellent capacity for extreme violence, and that enemies from her past life are endangering her family, Samantha decides she’d better get out of sleepy suburbia and find out exactly who she was before she lost her memory. Struggling to slot back into her cosy life, she is stunned when, without thinking, she expertly kills a man who attacks her family. One Christmas Samantha crawls away from a near fatal car accident that awakens some horrifying fragments of her repressed memories. Geena Davis stars as Samantha Caine, a contented suburban Mom with a loving family who is plagued by a black void of amnesia that obliterates her past. Black presents the opportunity of catharsis for viewers who like to watch invented characters stand up to violence and face it head-on.
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The incisive script, by Shane Black (best known for Lethal Weapon), is pure, heart-racing thriller material, full of genuine menace and staggeringly dangerous situations. The Long Kiss Goodnight is a taut, richly-layered and grueling action thriller and the perfect way to kick start the New Year. Here is my one-on-one interview with Geena Davis for The Long Kiss Goodnight, from 1996.įollowing a mixed reception to their first film together, Cutthroat Island, Geena Davis and husband/director Renny Harlin have teamed up again, this time with an undeniably winning movie.
