No Good Deed

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

2014 1h 24m EN

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Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Idris Elba
Colin
Taraji P. Henson
Terry
Leslie Bibb
Meg
Kate del Castillo
Alexis
Henry Simmons
Jeffrey
Mirage Moonschein
Ryan
Kenny Alfonso
Javier
Dan Caudill
Cop

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Miller
Writers: Aimee Lagos
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sam Miller, shot by Michael Barrett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul Haslinger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jim Page shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson and Leslie Bibb carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "First he gets into your house. Then he gets into your head.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sam Miller directs. Michael Barrett behind the camera. Paul Haslinger scores. Jim Page cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.
3Released 12 years ago.
4Directed by Sam Miller, shot by Michael Barrett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Paul Haslinger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jim Page shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson and Leslie Bibb carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "First he gets into your house. Then he gets into your head.".
9IMDB entry: tt2011159 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 20 themes, including "prisoner", "hostage", "sadistic", "girlfriend".

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Barrett
Original score: Paul Haslinger
Editing: Jim Page
Production design: Chris Cornwell
Makeup / hair: Janice Tunnell
VFX supervisor: Marco Recuay
Sound: Kevin O'Connell
Stunt coordinator: Larnell Stovall
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Status: Released
Budget: $13,200,000
Box office: $53,830,415
Return: 408% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: No Good Deed (2014)

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John Chard2015-08-05
★ 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
r96sk2021-03-18
★ 7/10
I thoroughly enjoyed <em>'No Good Deed'</em>. Sure it isn't anything incredible and is rather simple, but it delivers on action and brings tension. It also features very good performances Idris Elba (Colin) - somewhat iffy accent aside - and Taraji P. Henson (Terri) - two actors I enjoy. The plot is simple but it's executed well, it doesn't even have the chance to drag either due to the short 83 minute run time. Not much more to note. A suitably entertaining flick from 2014 by Sam Miller, who also directed Elba in the outstanding television series <em>'Luther'</em>.