What's forgotten is not always gone.
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
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Classical in form, resolved, contemporary and unpretentious.
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- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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- Filipe Manuel Netoon TMDB · Apr 20246/10
**A good action and suspense film, although with several flaws to point out.** This is a pleasant thriller, which presents us with a story that does not seem original or unusual, but that works perfectly and pleasantly entertains the audience. It all starts when a young suburban teacher, married and mother of a girl, begins to have particularly violent flashes of memory. She has amnesia, she doesn't know who she is, and the increasingly palpable prospect of a dark past leads her to investigate things further, fearing the consequences that could come to her family. In order to carry out her inquiries, she hires a private detective, who appears to be just trying to charge her as much money as possible. I prefer not to reveal much more about the script, in order not to spoil it, but the truth is that I felt, when I saw the film, that the ideas were not at all original and that I have seen some films that sound similar. Of course, considering the number of films made per year, it is a reasonably minor problem and the most important thing is whether things work as they should. In this case, the film is effective and offers the audience what it promises. Director Renny Harlin is competen
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · Jul 20207/10
Fun and entertaining action flick. Sure, the effects look dated and a few unintentionally funny moments, but Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson were good together. **3.5/5**
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Cast
- Geena DavisSamantha Caine / Charly Baltimore
- Samuel L. JacksonMitch Henessey
- Patrick MalahideLeland Perkins
- Craig BierkoTimothy
- Brian CoxDr. Nathan Waldman
- Sharon WashingtonFran Henessey
- David MorseLuke / Daedalus
- G.D. SpradlinPresident
- Tom AmandesHal
- Yvonne ZimaCaitlin Caine
Crew
- Renny HarlinDirector
- Shane BlackScreenplay
- Guillermo NavarroDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- William GoldenbergEditor
- Shane BlackProducer
- Stephanie AustinProducer
- Renny HarlinProducer
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