The Long Kiss Goodnight (DVD)

Geena Davis stars alongside Samuel L Jackson in this unlikely tale of a nicy mumsy school-teacher who finds out that she is really a trained killer. This film starts out great, with some laughs and a bit of scene-setting. Sadly, it rapidly deterioriates into a series of fights and explosions with very little plot in between. I like Geena Davis, but her Lara Croft style character in this film leaves a lot to be desired. She comes across as very one-dimensional. Samuel L Jackson fares better, but I found that even he couldn't add too much to a plot that was full of action but no dialogue. This is definitely a boys film. At almost 2 hours ...

Being a bit of a bra-burning feminist revolutionary at heart a film with a female star kicking the proverbial out of numerous men is bound to appeal to me! This film certainly satisfied all my women-should-rule-the-world leanings, and for the misogynists amongst you, the heroine gets punched, blown up and shot too. THE STORY Geena Davis plays Samantha Caine, a teacher with an 8-year-old daughter and a fiancé. She has amnesia and her life prior to 8 years ago is a complete blank. She does not know who she is or where she comes from. With the help of Mitch Henessey (Samuel L Jackson), a small-time private detective, she starts to try to track ...

Working from a script by Shane 'author of Lethal Weapon' Black, this utterly moronic and enormously entertaining action movie is a treat for the hordes of people who probably read sniffy reviews and avoided it at the cinemas. In exactly the same way as Renny Harlin's more recent blockbuster 'Deep Blue Sea', the question of whether you can enjoy this slambang treat depends on how much you are willing to suspend your critical faculties. If you say, no, I do not believe that a perky housewife could also be a kinky bleached-blonde hitwoman, I do not believe that a useless private eye could help her unravel an incredibly complex conspiracy, I do ...