No Good Deed
No Good Deed

No Good Deed

2014Movie84 minEnglish

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.

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IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Metacritic30/100
Google Users56%
Director: Sam MillerGenres: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Plot Summary

A woman, Terri, is home alone with her two children when her car breaks down. A charming stranger, Colin, offers to help, but his true intentions are sinister. Terri finds herself trapped in her own home, forced to protect her family from a dangerous and manipulative intruder who is determined to get what he wants.

Critical Reception

No Good Deed received generally negative reviews from critics, who found the plot predictable and cliché. However, audiences were more receptive, with many praising the performances of Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba for elevating the material.

What Reviewers Say

  • The film suffers from a predictable and derivative plot that relies too heavily on genre tropes.
  • Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba deliver strong performances that manage to add some tension and credibility.
  • Despite its flaws, the film offers some suspenseful moments and a tense cat-and-mouse dynamic.

Google audience: Audience reviews indicate a mixed reception, with many appreciating the performances and suspenseful elements, but some finding the plot to be formulaic and lacking originality.

Fun Fact

Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba had previously worked together on the television series 'Person of Interest'.

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2 reviews
r96sk

r96sk

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 -...
John Chard

John Chard

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...