Who is the Audience for This Movie?

Men.

What I Liked About This Movie

A movie that contains gunfire with crazy explosions is one thing that all men would deem “cool”. You could delve deep into the psychological aspect as to why as men we are attracted to them it but I am not a therapist so I will just state that I like movies with explosions because they look sweet.

How does this relate to the movie at hand? The Long Kiss Goodnight is a movie that is made solely for that purpose. Everything about the action is preposterously unrealistic and almost laughable yet I still enjoyed every moment action was on the screen. In particular the ending has to be seen to be believed.

Samuel L. Jackson appears in a role very different role then what most people are used to seeing him in. For the most part he plays the weak helpless comic relief instead of his usual macho male character.

What Didn’t Work For Me

Since this is an action movie the story should not matter, however, the movies plotting is quite weak because it wastes time with character progression. The scenes showing the woman seeing her true inner self are laughably bad and wholly unnecessary. Adding to her badly handled character progression is the fact that fact that later in the movie she makes the switch to an ultimate bad ass chick who most viewers will not buy for a second. This could be attributed to the fact that Geena Davis in no way looks like an action star. Even with the fast cut editing they use to make the action look more stylish she seems better suited for a damsel in distress role.

As for the necessary action bad guy, I was flabbergasted at how terrible the actor playing the bad guy was. In every scene it looks as though he is about to crack a joke because he is always half smiling.

Should You Watch This Movie?

If you are strictly looking to watch a movie in which stuff blows up and people get shot you will enjoy The Long Kiss Goodnight. That does not mean it is a good movie though.

My Rating (Out of 13)

Share This Review With Others!!