There is really something wrong with the American audience! For real...
They go out like hurds to see BAD action flicks but when a pretty OK one comes around it flops! What's going on?
The Long Kiss Goodnight is a DECENT action flick that keeps you entertained!
It should have grossed 80 million at least!
Anybody?
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because is a renny harlin film, one of the worst directors in our time.he just throws sand to the audience eyes hoping that will take effect in the box-office.
shareDid this one really do it bad at the box office? I remember when I was 12, and this one hit the theatres in Norway, this movie was on every actionfans lips. Unfortunately, it was rated 18 in Norway so I had to wait for the video. But I remember this one being amongst the cream de la cream of actionfilms at that time... Still love it.
As for Harlin, he have'nt made anything good since this one and Cutthroat, but his older flicks like Cliffhanger, Die hard 2, Prison and ANOES4: The Dream Master are good quality-time substitutes...
"Because I can't let someone else have the last word!"-Keith Ferguson
Looks like you failed that one!
Wow. I'm surprised :O I thought this film was a huge success. I remember renting it many times back in '96-'97 (when it was released on video here in Norway). It's one of those films I remember clearly as if I saw it yesterday. I think it's been a decade since I last saw it.
shareWell the film made a decent amount of money overseas for it became somewhat profitable, plus it has a cult audience at the Home Video section.
Anway, this and "Jingle All The Way" are the two films I always watch around Christmas time. Cliche and cheesy as hell, but man its a lot of fun to watch.
Shane Black is one of my fave. screenwriters too, and he's top notch here.
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Cause this movie sucked really, really bad. She looked like a fool in this movie.
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It tanked because it's too real and because it reads like a PNAC manual. Paul Wolfowitz probably consulted on it to provide the intimate details on the references to simulated waterboarding.
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I think that it was a really cool/good action movie! Long kiss goodnight is much better than the action movies today..........and i don't know why it sucked in BoxOffice
shareIt was good but the most annoying scene for me was when she miraculously put on her ice skates under seconds...
I hated that scene! So unrealistic.
I mean the entire premise is unrealistic but there are some things that just down right hokey.
It basically came out at the wrong time......after CUTTHROAT ISLAND had destroyed a studio and the reputations of Davis and Harlin.
shareI bet people are running back to this movie in droves now given the fact that Hollywood just wants to remake things or do comic book movies.
Whether this movie is 100 percent original or not is beside the point. It's original enough that it's a good amount of fun. It doesn't change the world, but it's FUN. Plus, Renny 'I love BOOM!' Harlin has always made fun, silly, comic booky style action films without adapting an actual comic book. Doesn't that deserve a little bit of praise?
It has a pretty decent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (71%), so something tells me that has has gotten a little more love over the years. I don't know why it bombed though, I thought it was a fantastic action film.
It knew what it was. It was balls to the wall action and had some hilarious dilogue.
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