The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

When amnesiac schoolteacher Geena Davis gets into a car accident, the concussion she receives jostles memories of her previous life as an assassin. With the help of Samuel L. Jackson, a private investigator she had hired to find clues to her identity, she works to find more of the pieces while also taking care of the fall-out from her last mission. There’s a lot that’s bad in this: the script, the directing, and the dated special effects, but there are some moments that point to what could have been a pretty great actioner. Davis is uneven and over the top in both of the personalities (the makeup for the ‘bad’ side is particularly egregious) but she’s also committed and looks like she’s having fun. Craig Bierko makes for a pretty great sleazy bad guy. My favorite is Samuel L. Jackson. He’s not playing much different than any of his other action film roles, but he’s the sensible one in the crazy pairing and thus brings a different vibe.