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Gregg Mancuso (writer)
Jim Piddock (writer)
Release Date:
23 March 1996 (South Korea) more
Tagline:
The man who saved his life is back to destroy it.
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Matt, a home arcade games programmer runs into an old acquaintance who saved his life years earlier from a burning automobile... more | add synopsis
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Good performance by Remar in a cliched role more (4 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | James Remar | ... | Simon Jury |
 | Lenny von Dohlen | ... | Matt Forrest |
 | Suzy Amis | ... | Laura Forrest |
 | Audie England | ... | Kristen |
| Richard Minchenberg | ... | John |
| Rowena Guinness | ... | Kim |
 | John Savage | ... | Santapietro |
| Andre Rosey Brown | ... | Salako |
| Michael Kopelow | ... | Brent |
| Melanie Good | ... | Newton |
| Rebecca Riley | ... | Woman at wreck |
| Andrew Murphy | ... | Man at Wreck |
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Rated R for some strong sexuality and violence.
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90 min | Argentina:95 min
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Argentina:16 | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:12 | UK:18 | USA:R
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The script of "One Good Turn" gives the actors little to work with. It features standard characters, plot holes the size of craters and pacing inconsistent enough to make it tough to buy the sense of peril.
Despite this, James Remar manages to make his role multi-layered and worthy of bit of sympathy. In the moments where his character is doing something evil, he has a concentrated focus that is neither evil nor sane. Instead, he slowly draws his madness and revenge towards the conclusion that is inevitable but somehow unexpected. The script lets him down by relying on a hackneyed flashback technique. But his final moment is infused with a resignation and sensitivity that this type of film usually can't achieve.
Wath One Good Turn for Remar and ignore the script.