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Bookmark this pageUnforgettable (1996)
Director: John Dahl
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From Time Out Film Guide
The Last Seduction looked like a career maker for director Dahl and star Fiorentino, but four long years on, this dire effort suggests it could have been a flash in the pan. Liotta is Dr David Krane, a forensic scientist in the coroner's department. An ex-alcoholic, he's still suspected of his wife's murder, a night he can't remember but will never forget. Then he meets neuro-biologist Martha Briggs (Fiorentino), who claims to have identified a serum which enables her to transfer the memory of lab rats, and the movie takes a terminal credibility dive. Inspired by the rats, and undeterred by potentially lethal side effects, Krane volunteers as a human guinea pig, sampling memory cells taken from his wife's autopsy and sundry victims of a serial killer. Bill Geddie's script is a lame whodunit with a lunatic gimmick and a bad dose of the flashbacks. Fiorentino does her best, but her hands are tied.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: John Dahl
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis
Cast: Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyotte, Christopher McDonald, Kim Cattrall, Kim Coates full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 117 mins
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