No Good Deed (2014)

An unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children.

Director:

Sam Miller

Writer:

Aimee Lagos

Stars:

Taraji P. Henson, Idris Elba, Leslie Bibb

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Idris Elba	...	Colin
Taraji P. Henson	...	Terry
Leslie Bibb	...	Meg
Kate del Castillo	...	Alexis
Henry Simmons	...	Jeffrey
Mirage Moonschein	...	Ryan (as Mirage Spann)
Kenny Alfonso	...	Javier
Dan Caudill	...	Cop
Tatom Pender	...	Sally
Kelly O'Neal	...	Officer Jacobs
Mark Rhino Smith	...	EMT (as Mark Ferrol Smith)
Bobbie Elzey	...	Landlord
Leon Lamar	...	McKinley
Frank Brennan	...	Chairman
Wilbur Fitzgerald	...	Dr. Ross

Storyline

A lonely mother invites a handsome car-accident victim into her home. Desperate for a little attention, she doesn't realize she's entertaining a sociopathic, yet charming, escaped convict. In one terrifying night her life completely changes as she fights for her own life and the lives of her children in No Good Deed.

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Plot Keywords:

psychopath | home invasion | little girl | african american | african american protagonist | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, menace, terror, and for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The term malignant narcissist is used to describe Idris Elba's character by a member of the parole board, Idris uses the same term to describe a suspect in the first episode of Luther.

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Goofs

Colin is an escaped convict, he murdered two correctional officers while escaping from state custody. There would be a nation wide manhunt for him, his picture and information would be all over the news and social media sites and there would advisories on the radio in Tennessee, the surrounding states and the whole mid to lower east coast. Alexis, Colin's ex girlfriend would have been notified by the police of his escape and even possible had a police car posted at her house. Yet she is completely surprised when she sees Colin in her house. After Colin murders Alexis he leaves her body where he killed her and then later returns with Terry and her children. It is very unlikely her body laid there undiscovered for such a long period of time, a police officer would have found her body before Colin returned, since she would be someone the cops would be watching because of Colin's escape.

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Quotes

Colin: I'm sorry. I don't mean to bother you. I just lost control of my car and wrecked it and...
Terry: Are you all right?
Colin: I'm good. I just had a crash. Do you think I could use your phone?
Terry: You live around here?
Colin: Yeah, over on River Road... I don't even need to come in. I'll stand right here. You can hand the phone, shut the door.
Terry: I'm feeding my daughter. I'll be right back.
Colin: All right, thank you

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Alternate Versions

An alternate take of Terry's "Fuck you.... I said, 'Fuck you'" was shot for television, with the dialogue changed to "Go to hell.... I said, 'Go to hell.'"

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Matthew Perry/Taraji P. Henson/Anders Holm (2015)

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Soundtracks

Let Us Move On
Written by Dido (as Dido Armstrong), Roland 'Rollo' Armstrong (as Rollo Armstrong), Jeff Bhasker, Kendrick Lamar and Patrick 'Plain Pat' Reynolds (as Patrick Reynolds)
Performed by Dido featuring Kendrick Lamar
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Kendrick Lamar appears courtesy of Aftermath/Interscope Records

User Reviews

Unintentionally Funny

I'm pretty sure this is not what watchers expected, but the poor decisions that led to the ultimate fate of the characters were comical. I know this is supposed to be a suspense film, but the "twist" or "unravel" is far from shocking and a bit disappointing. The acting was okay, the story line could have undoubtedly been better, but I would think that I'd be more than happy to see this on DVD months later vs paying almost $23 for a theater run. If you're on the fence, I'd say climb back to your side and wait to rent on DVD, you won't be missing anything by waiting. I'd even go as far to say you won't be missing much by passing all together...I think the hype was more exciting than the movie itself.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

No Good Deed

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,250,283, 14 September 2014

Gross USA:

$52,543,632

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$54,323,210

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Will Packer Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1