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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

R Oct 11, 1996 Crime, Action, Mystery, Thriller 2h 1m
User Score
66%
1,240 votes
Internet Movie Database
68%
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
4300%

What's forgotten is not always gone.

Overview

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Mitch, she uncovers a secret government plot to stage a terrorist attack in Niagara Falls. When her daughter is kidnapped, Samantha must return to her old ways to stop the attack, rescue her child, and take down the people who tried to erase her.

Shane Black
Screenplay
Renny Harlin
Director

Top Billed Cast

Geena Davis
Geena Davis

Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson

Mitch Henessey
Yvonne Zima
Yvonne Zima

Caitlin Caine
Craig Bierko
Craig Bierko

Timothy
Tom Amandes
Tom Amandes

Hal
Brian Cox
Brian Cox

Dr. Nathan Waldman
Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide

Leland Perkins
David Morse
David Morse

Luke / Daedalus
Joseph McKenna
Joseph McKenna

One-Eyed Jack

Full Cast & Crew

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Reviews

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A review by JPV852
Written on July 12, 2020

Fun and entertaining action flick. Sure, the effects look dated and a few unintentionally funny moments, but Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson were good together. **3.5/5**...

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written on April 8, 2024

**A good action and suspense film, although with several flaws to point out.**

This is a pleasant thriller, which presents us with a story that does not seem original or unusual, but that works perfectly and pleasantly entertains the audience. It all starts when a young suburban teacher, married and mother of a girl, begins to have particularly violent flashes of memory. She has amnesia, she doesn't know who she is, and the increasingly palpable prospect of a dark past leads her to investigate things further, fearing the consequences that could come to her family. In order to carry out her inquiries, she hires a private detective, who appears to be just trying to charge her as much money as possible.

I prefer not to reveal much more about the script, in order not to spoil it, but the...

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