Frankly, if I had to see either Harlin-Davis movie again, I'd opt for the klutzy unpleasantness of Cutthroat Island over the efficient if equally stupid unpleasantness of this 1996 release.

| Oct 25, 2011

The Long Kiss Goodnight is the fall's best summer movie.

| Feb 16, 2011

Like the heroine, the movie has two personalities that smartly coexist.

| Feb 16, 2011

There's an excessive amount of excess -- a mind-numbing plurality of firearm battles, vehicular explosions and brutally frank sexual talk.

| Feb 16, 2011

"The Long Kiss Goodnight" has a jokey good time with its outlandish pyrotechnics and offbeat character interplay.

Full Review | Mar 27, 2009

The only saving graces are Davis's stripped-down, mean-as-a-wildcat portrayal of the Uzi-toting Charly, and Jackson's engagingly ineffectual turn.

| Jun 24, 2006

Mr. Black's screenplay is mean-spirited, but it earns its keep with sharp, sarcastic dialogue and ingenious ways of setting up this story.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2004

With square-jawed grimaces and big guns, Geena Davis could be a convincing two-fisted bullet-spraying action hero -- if only she had a convincing movie in which to be one.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 18, 2002

Here's the supersexy and action-charged Hollywood take on France's La Femme Nikita that Bridget Fonda couldn't pull off in her Girl Scoutish Point of No Return.

Full Review | May 12, 2001

"The Long Kiss Goodnight" was ahead of its time, and remains one of the best action films of the 90s.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 17, 2001

Most of the fun comes from the Davis/Jackson pairing and some frantic action scenes, though problems include too many "meaningful" close-ups of cigarettes being lit and booming (appropriately) sound.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

The rapport between Davis and Jackson is enough to keep the sticklers for realism in abeyance at least until the final credits roll.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

I liked it in the same way I might like an arcade game: It holds your attention until you run out of quarters, and then you wander away without giving it another thought.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Is somebody kidding here? Given the movie's dialogue, the answer is probably yes, but jocular one-liners really grate on the ear amid wall-to-wall nastiness.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

[A] quip-filled but mean-spirited slugfest.

| Jan 1, 2000

Harlin and Davis don't seem to realize that the results aren't refreshingly revisionist - they're eye-avertingly embarrassing.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 11, 1996