No Good Deed
2002 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 5.4 · 30% critics
While helping look for a missing teenager, an off-duty detective wanders into a house occupied by criminals preparing a bank robbery. Taken hostage, he is forced into a tense waiting game where shifting loyalties, uneasy conversations, and the threat of violence make escape anything but simple.
Based on The House in Turk Street
Also known as No Good Things · The House on Turk Street
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Details
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-06-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 30/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (217 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like slow-burn hostage thrillers and modest heist stories in the vein of Reindeer Games or Bait; Not for you if you want fast action, big surprises, or constant suspense.
Pros: intriguing setup; strong lead performances; moody crime atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing; low tension; messy plotting
Themes
- robbery
- police
- hostage
- bank
- detective
- robber
- based on true story
- femme fatale
- thief
- tension
- theft
- criminal
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Samuel L. Jackson
as Jack Friar
Milla Jovovich
as Erin
Stellan Skarsgård
as Tyrone
Doug Hutchison
as Hoop
Joss Ackland
as Mr. Quarre
Grace Zabriskie
as Mrs. Quarre
Jonathan Higgins
as David Brewster
- SL
Shannon Lawson
as Amy
- RW
Robert Welch
as Willy
Francis X. McCarthy
as Bank Manager
Directed by Bob Rafelson