The "Herschey's Kiss" of brain candy

Movie review of "The Long Kiss Goodnight".
Published on facebook.com, 14th September 2007.

What fun this film is.

Far from being his usual "the path of the righteous man" cool self, Samuel Jackson takes beating after beating, verbally at the hands of Geena Davis and physically at the hands of numerous baddies. Davis is vaguely convincing as the schizophrenic housewife/hitman, but the real winner is the script. Crammed full of groan-worthy cheesy one-liners, this is a total Friday night, finished a tough week of work, take your brain out and laugh film. Excellent interplay between Davis and Jackson, as well as zinger lines from Brian Cox. Add buckets of action, a plot as dubious as George Bush's foreign policy, and the MacGyver-like skills of a hitwoman scorned and the result is a very pleasurable albeit infantile 120 minutes.