Product Details

• Actors: Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald, David Paymer
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304100027
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,799 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A string of insurmountable gaps in logic keeps this science fiction/thriller hybrid from director John Dahl (Joy Ride, The Last Seduction) from fully developing its intriguing premise. Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who is obsessed with finding his wife's killer. A possible solution is found in neurobiologist Linda Fiorentino's experimental serum, which transfers memories from one person to another--even from the deceased. Liotta injects himself with the serum, which allows him harrowing glimpses into other people's minds. But while each dose brings him closer to identifying the killer, it also puts him one step nearer to death. Dahl keeps the film moving briskly and wraps it in noirish photography, but he's let down by Bill Geddie's script, which asks viewers to swallow some implausible notions (the instantaneous success of the experimental serum, for one). --Paul Gaita

From The New Yorker

The director John Dahl's first big studio project after two cool low-budget movies ("Red Rock West" and "The Last Seduction") is a silly "Outer Limits"-type picture about a man who injects a serum that allows him to experience a dead person's memories. Ray Liotta plays the man, who's on the trail of his wife's killer with the help of the woman who developed the drug. The film has some buzz to it, and it unfolds briskly, but Linda Fiorentino is miscast as the quiet scientist-she's too commanding to play a sidekick, and the script gives her too little to do. Still, Liotta's slightly wacky desperation to get at the truth is compelling, and, though Bill Geddie's script is hackwork, Dahl finds a good rhythm with which to tell his tale. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An under-rated sci-fi thriller!, October 2, 2007

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Z Hayes (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unforgettable (DVD)

Helmed by John Dahl, this is a little known sci-fi thriller that is surprisingly entertaining. It has a stable of good performers, mainly Ray Liotta, Peter Coyote & Linda Fiorentino and a fast-paced [though a bit hard to swallow] plot. Ray Liotta plays a coroner who is acquitted of killing his wife, but is bent on discovering who the real killer is. He attends a talk given by Linda Fiorentino, who plays a scientist that is experimenting with memory retrieval [extracted cerebral fluid].

The rest of the movie is a thrill ride as Ray Liotta tries to use the extracted cerebral fluid obtained from his dead wife's body, and a couple of other people to help him discover the real murderer. He plays the part convincingly and so does Linda Fiorentino as the brainy, reticent scientist [amazing given some of her other sexy & provocative roles such as in the Last Seduction]. There is no real sex in this movie, but the plot is riveting nonetheless, as we try to figure out who the real perpetrator is.

All in all, this is an entertaining thriller with a sci-fi undertone, and is a worthwhile addition to the genre.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Entertaining Dahl-Directed Thriller, September 20, 2007

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Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unforgettable (DVD)

The best points of this sci-fi/mystery/thriller were: 1 - very good suspense; 2 - a different-angle story; 3 - an involving "whodunit;" 4 - and a fast- moving two-hour film.

Another big plus: John Dahl directed this, and in his prime. This movie came on the heels of Kill Me Again, Red Rock West and The Last Seduction.....all of them very entertaining films.

This would be best for the first-time viewer, but I still have enjoyed it the three times I've seen it. One thing unusual: Linda Fiorentino actually plays a nice lady! Ray Liotta, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald and David Paymer all provide good male performances with Liotta playing the central character.

Be warned that this story is a bit unbelievable. It's pretty far out, and it can get on the gory side, but it's different and will keep your attention.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FIRST RATE THRILLER, June 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Unforgettable (DVD)

John Dahl should smash the box-office one of these days because he truely deserves it. Unforgettable is his best work effort, a gripping suspensefiul script supported by an excellent cast and a director who knows how to keep you on the edge of your sofa. The Dolby Digital track is very dynamic and does justice to Christopher Young's remarkable score. This widescreen edition is not anamorphic, as marked on the back cover, but the image is sharp.