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No Good Deed

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5.9/10 • 644

2014-09-101h 24m

CrimeThriller

First he gets into your house. Then he gets into your head.

Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.

Directors
Sam Miller
Writters
Aimee Lagos
Editors
Aimee Lagos, Randy Bricker

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Idris Elba

    Idris Elba

    Colin Evans

  2. Taraji P. Henson

    Taraji P. Henson

    Terry

  3. Leslie Bibb

    Leslie Bibb

    Meg

  4. Kate del Castillo

    Kate del Castillo

    Alexis

  5. Henry Simmons

    Henry Simmons

    Jeffrey

  6. Mirage Moonschein

    Mirage Moonschein

    Ryan

  7. Kenny Alfonso

    Kenny Alfonso

    Javier

  8. Dan Caudill

    Dan Caudill

    Cop

  9. Tatom Pender

    Tatom Pender

    Sally

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John Chard

Aug 5, 2015

4/10

Generic Guff. No Good Deed is actually not a bad film as such, it sticks rigidly to a formula and has all the requisite requirements - however ridiculous - for a home invasion thriller, and does it competently. The problem is that it has absolutely nothing new to appeal to anyone who has been watching movies through the 80s and 90s. The 1990s was particularly a thriving hot-bed for such thriller fare, where some unhinged nut-case - male or female - would impose themselves upon some amiable good person's life, and then unleash mentally distorted hell upon them. Sam Miller's film is just a lazy retread of what has gone long before. Only he and his backers think that shifting the focus to black characters somehow makes it more vibrant. It doesn't. Idris Alba is a fine actor (in great physical shape as usual), and Taraji P. Henson is a more than effective actress, but the turgid screenplay on offer here does them no favours, where even an intended "big reveal" is hamstrung by the familiarity of it all. If one is fortunate to be of a youthful enough age and lucky enough to be viewing this thriller format for the first time? Then this works, it absolutely does. The more mature film lovers, however, will be jaded to the point of sleep status. And no, that's not meant to be patronising. 4/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$13,200,000.00
Revenue
$53,830,415.00
Keywords
prisonerhostagesadisticgirlfriendescaped convictsociopathserial killerbest friendmurdererragekillerrainstormhome alonenarcissistdeadlyescaped killerconvicted murderermurderous intentionsstay-at-home momhome remodelingcontrolling