- A violent tale of a young mother who awakens after years of amnesia to discover she's an assassin, with her former bosses in hot pursuit.Running Time: 120 min. System Requirements: Starring: Geena Davis, Samuel Jackson Director: Renny Harlin Produced by Renny Harlin, Stephanie Austin; written by Shane Black; running time of 120 minutes; Closed Captioned. Copyright: 1996, New Line Interactive M
A violent tale of a young mother who awakens after years of amnesia to discover she's an assassin, with her former bosses in hot pursuit.Geena Davis and her former husband, director Renny Harlin,attempted to pick up the pieces after the debacle of their box-office disaster,
Cutthroat Island. What they came up with was this repulsive ode to American film noir, based on a script by Shane Black (
Lethal Weapon) about an amnesiac schoolteacher (Davis) who searches for her true identity and find! s she is actually a secret agent immersed in a deadly plot to topple the government. Mechanistic in its violence, obnoxious in its attitude, the film makes Davis, a once-promising actress, nothing more than a special effect. She tosses one to sadists in the audience by allowing her character to be beaten, punched unconscious, and tortured.
--Tom Keogh
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