Synopsis
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, is a school teacher and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.
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Cast
- Geena DavisSamantha Caine / Charly Baltimore
- Samuel L. JacksonMitch Henessey
- Yvonne ZimaCaitlin Caine
- Craig BierkoTimothy
- Tom AmandesHal
- Brian CoxDr. Nathan Waldman
- Patrick MalahideLeland Perkins
- David MorseLuke / Daedalus
- Joseph McKennaOne-Eyed Jack
- Melina KanakaredesTrin
Recommendations
- 75
Rolling Stone
Geena Davis and her director and husband, Renny Harlin, recover from their "Cutthroat Island" fiasco in grand style, and screenwriter Shane Black ("The Last Boy Scout") juggles jolts and jokes with a mad fervor that almost earns him his $4 million salary. - 67
Austin Chronicle
The movie is a lot of fun if you don't think about it too much, the stuntwork should satisfy the genre fanatics in the crowd even though it doesn't set any new plateaus, and the rapport between Davis and Jackson is enough to keep the sticklers for realism in abeyance at least until the final credits roll. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
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. - 63
ReelViews
Great premise, terrible execution. - 60
Los Angeles Times
A tour de force of technical brilliance, with flashes of humor and a wild spirit of adventure signifying that you're not supposed to take it too seriously, but the cumulative impact of its avalanche of mayhem is so numbing that it's enough to shrivel your soul. - 50
The New York Times
Mr. Black's screenplay is mean-spirited, but it earns its keep with sharp, sarcastic dialogue and ingenious ways of setting up this story. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
One of the most blithely, giddily ridiculous movies to come along in ages. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
A "nonstop thriller" that is also a nonstop dud. Underline the word "long" in the title.
