An
ordinary woman discovers that her life was not always ordinary in this
action thriller. Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a typical, well-mannered
single mother working as a schoolteacher when she isn't looking after her
children. 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. When an auto
accident and a television news broadcast stirs some more uncomfortable
memories, Samantha hires private investigator Mitch Hennessey (Samuel L.
Jackson) to look into her past and see what he can find. 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.
After a severe head injury, Charley developed a case of amnesia, and in time
she developed her new personality as Samantha. 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. 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.| Geena Davis | Samantha Caine (Charly) |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Mitch Henessey |
| Patrick Malahide | Perkins |
| Craig Bierko | Timothy |
| Brian Cox | Nathan |
| David Morse | Luke/Daedalus |
| Alan North | Earl |
| G.D. Spradlin | President |
| Yvonne Zima | Caitlin |
| Tom Amandes | Hal |
| Joe McKenna | One-Eyed Jack |
| Melina Kanakaredes | Trin |
Genre/Type - Thriller, Action, Action Thriller
Produced by - Forge Productions / New Line Cinema
Running time - 120 min.
Charlie's Angels (2000, McG)
XXX (2002, Rob Cohen)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003, McG)
True Lies (1994, James Cameron)
Point of No Return (1993, John Badham)
Her Secret Life (1987, Buzz Kulik)
The Bourne Identity (2002, Doug Liman)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino)