History YMMV / TheLongKissGoodnight

* EvilIsSexy: Craig Bierko as Timothy sure deserves some female fans. He did win a 'Sexiest Broadway Star' award five years later.
* GeniusBonus: In one scene the President of the United States mentions that Chapter's missing agent (Charly) was trained in "counter-assassination". This may seem odd, since Charly is a straight-up assassin. However, in 1976 President Ford authorized an executive order that forbade U.S. intelligence agencies from taking part in assassinations. If Perkins told the President that Charly was an assassin he'd be admitting to breaking the law. But by telling the President that Charly was a "counter-assassination specialist" he would avoid implicating himself.

* HamAndCheese: Craig Bierko is clearly having a great time making Timothy so cartoonishly evil. That being said, he does get serious when he wants to provide NightmareFuel ("I'll blind your kid and shoot out both her kneecaps").

** Brian Cox plays the former boss of a now-amnesiac government-trained professional killer, something he would [[Film/TheBourneIdentity repeat]] [[Film/X2XMenUnited twice]].
** Geena Davis turns down an opportunity to work with the government, speaking to the president personally. She'd later star in ''Series/CommanderInChief'' - about a woman who becomes president.
** If you watch ''Film/TheNegotiator'' right after this, you'll see David Morse (Daedalus) playing an antagonistic role to Samuel L Jackson once again. This time his character has an inexplicable hatred of Samuel L's, making it looks like Daedalus survived and is getting revenge on mitch.

** The villains' plan eerily echoes any number of UsefulNotes/{{conspiracy theories}} about [[TheWarOnTerror the 9/11 attacks]] being a FalseFlagOperation, from the idea of framing radical Islamic terrorists for it to a specific reference to a ''previous'' attempt to blow up the World Trade Center.

* TheChick: Mitch! Fittingly for a gender flipped Bourne/Bond movie, Samuel L Jackson fulfils this role by being almost completely useless until the final sequence (where he acts as getaway driver). While he has his heroic moments (such as trying to bluff Timothy that he'd called the cops and trying to rescue the kid), they're pretty much doomed to failure and end up hindering as much as helping Charlie.

* RewatchBonus: At the start of the film, Samantha can be seen holding a candy cane the same way that Charly holds her cigarette.
* VindicatedByHistory: A BoxOfficeBomb that was mostly ignored on its initial release, its fans have grown since then - as well as appreciation for the fact that it was a female-led action movie that didn't fall into the GirlShowGhetto. A sequel was even talked about in 2007, though it never materialised.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mr. Waldman, played by Brian Cox. He has about twenty minutes of screentime and gets the best lines in the movie.

* EvilIsSexy: Craig Bierko as Timothy sure deserves some female fans.

* HarsherInHindsight: The villains' plan eerily echoes any number of UsefulNotes/{{conspiracy theories}} about [[TheWarOnTerror the 9/11 attacks]] being a FalseFlagOperation, from the idea of framing radical Islamic terrorists for it to a specific reference to a ''previous'' attempt to blow up the World Trade Center.

* RewatchBonus: At the start of the film, Samantha can be seen holding a candy cane the same way that Charly holds her cigarette.

* HarsherInHindsight: The villains' plan eerily echoes any number of UsefulNotes/{{conspiracy theories}} about [[TheWarOnTerror the 9/11 attacks]], right down to a specific reference to a ''previous'' attempt to blow up the World Trade Center.

* HarsherInHindsight:

** Charlie telling Timothy to look into Caitlin's eyes to confirm that he's actually her father. When Timothy does, he's momentarily shocked and stunned. However he has completely different eyes from the girl, and it's blatantly obvious.

** Brian Cox plays the former boss of a now-amnesiac government professional killer, something he would [[Film/TheBourneIdentity repeat]] [[Film/X2XMenUnited twice]].

* HilariousInHindsight: At the Christmas party, Sam tells the boy Raymond "they'll never find the body" if she catches him smoking again (she's joking). It's used for a BrickJoke later when Charly finds Raymond smoking. The line does become this once it's revealed she used to be an assassin - and a heavy smoker at that.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mr Waldman, played by Brian Cox. He has about twenty minutes of screentime and gets the best lines in the movie.

* GeniusBonus: In one scene the President of the United States mentions that Chapter's missing agent (Charly) was trained in "counter-assassination". This may seem odd, since Charly is a straight-up assassin. However, in 1976 President Ford authorized an executive order that forbade U.S. Intelligence Agencies from taking part in assassinations. If Perkins told the President that Charly was an assassin he'd be admitting to breaking the law. But by telling the President that Charly was a "counter-assassination specialist" he would avoid implicating himself.

** Charlie telling Timothy to look into Kaitlyn's eyes to confirm that he's actually her father. When Timothy does, he's momentarily shocked and stunned. However he has completely different eyes from the girl, and it's blatantly obvious.

** Charlie telling Timothy to look into Kaitlyn's eyes to confirm that he's actually her daughter. When Timothy does, he's momentarily shocked and stunned. However he has completely different eyes from the girl, and it's blatantly obvious.

* RewatchBonus: At the start of the film, Samantha can be seen holding a candy cane the same way that Charly holds her cigarette.

* UnfortunateImplications. The above HarsherInHindsight entry in light of 9/11.
** Made even ''more'' unfortunate because the planned attack in the movie may have taken place a little less than a year before 9/11 occurred... doubles as FridgeHorror.

* CompleteMonster: Timothy is a sociopathic psychological operations agent who's the former lover, and target, of the amnesiac heroine. Early on, we see Timothy torturing a man who, knowing his reputation just begs for a quick death. Timothy doesn't grant it. When pursuing his ex, Charlie, she uncovers his plan with his KnightTemplar boss: to stage a terrorist attack and kill over four thousand Americans to [[FalseFlagOperation 'blame the Muslims']] and get funding. While Leland is doing what he sees as right for the country in the long run, Timothy is in for the money and the fun. When he has Charlie hostage with her eight year old daughter, he plans to throw them in a meat locker to freeze to death. Charlie informs him the girl, Caitlin, is Timothy's child. He confirms this by seeing she has his eyes- and then angrily locks her in the meat locker to die anyways.
** Let's not forget the scene where he threatens to blind and cripple Caitlin.

* CompleteMonster: Timothyis a sociopathic psychological operations agent who's the former lover, and target, of the amnesiac heroine. Early on, we see Timothy torturing a man who, knowing his reputation just begs for a quick death. Timothy doesn't grant it. When pursuing his ex, Charlie, she uncovers his plan with his KnightTemplar boss: to stage a terrorist attack and kill over four thousand Americans to [[FalseFlagOperation 'blame the Muslims']] and get funding. While Leland is doing what he sees as right for the country in the long run, Timothy is in for the money and the fun. When he has Charlie hostage with her eight year old daughter, he plans to throw them in a meat locker to freeze to death. Charlie informs him the girl, Caitlin, is Timothy's child. He confirms this by seeing she has his eyes- and then angrily locks her in the meat locker to die anyways.

* CompleteMonster: Timothy, naturally. Not only is there the meat-locker incident described in one of the tropes on the main page, but even his boss, Leland (who isn't exactly a KnightInShiningArmor himself), can see that Timothy's people skills are sadly lacking, during the scene when Leland gives the sleeping Caitlin a Christmas gift.
-->'''Leland:''' I'm not a complete ogre. The girl gets [[PlotCoupon a doll]] to play with for Christmas.
-->'''Timothy:''' ''*raises his eyebrows at this act of compassion, wondering if his boss has gone soft, as it were*''
-->'''Leland:''' Oh, fuck you.
** There's also a scene where Timothy sadistically tortures a man who he thinks knows something about his plan. The victim, knowing Timothy's reputation, pleads to be killed quickly, but Timothy just stabs him.

** Made even ''more'' unfortunate becuase the planned attack in the movie may have taken place a little less than a year before 9/11 occurred... doubles as FridgeHorror.

** There's also a scene where Timothy sadistically tortures a man who he believes knows something about his plan. The victim, knowing Timothy's reputation, pleads to be killed quickly, but Timothy simply stabs him.

** Made even ''more'' unfortunate due to the fact that the planned attack in the movie may have taken place a little less than a year before 9/11 occurred... doubles as FridgeHorror.

** Made even ''more'' unfortunate due to the fact that the planned attack in the movie may have taken place a little less than a year before 9/11 occurred... doubles as {{FridgeHorror}}.

** There's also a scene where Timothy sadistically tortures a man believing he knows something about his plan. The victim, knowing Timothy's reputation, pleads to be killed quickly, but Timothy simply stabs him.

** Made even ''more'' unfortunate due to the fact that the planned attack in the movie may have taken place a little less than a year before 9/11 occurred...doubles as {{FridgeHorror}}.