I saw "No Good Deed", starring Idris Elba-Heimdall in the Thor movies, 28 Weeks Later; Taraji P. Henson-Person of Interest_tv, The Karate Kid_2010; Leslie Bibb-Zookeeper, Law Abiding Citizen and Henry Simmons- Madea's Family Reunion, NYPD Blue_tv.
This is a nice little thriller that is directed by Sam Miller, in his first big screen movie-although he has directed some TV shows, including Luther, which starred Idris in the lead role. Anyway, here, Idris plays a psychopathic killer that is up for parole-he is in jail because he killed a man that he caught talking to his girlfriend. Idris is a very good liar, as psychopaths tend to be, but for some reason, is refused parole and so he escapes from custody on his way back to prison. His first stop, of course, is to see his old girlfriend and find out what she has been up to since he has been away. After....talking to her, he has a car accident and ends up at Taraji's house. Taraji is married to Henry, but Henry has been working a lot lately and is not at home at the present. They also have two children, one about 5 years old and one is just a baby. When the unstable Idris asks to use her phone, Taraji helps him, because she is a nice person-hence, this is where the title of the movie comes from, the old saying, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. Leslie plays Taraji's best friend that stops by Taraji's house a lot, because that's what best friends do. There is a nice little plot twist that I did not see coming, that takes place near the end of the film. It's rated "PG-13" for violence, terror, language, sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 24 minutes. I really enjoyed this one and would buy it on Blu-Ray.
This is a nice little thriller that is directed by Sam Miller, in his first big screen movie-although he has directed some TV shows, including Luther, which starred Idris in the lead role. Anyway, here, Idris plays a psychopathic killer that is up for parole-he is in jail because he killed a man that he caught talking to his girlfriend. Idris is a very good liar, as psychopaths tend to be, but for some reason, is refused parole and so he escapes from custody on his way back to prison. His first stop, of course, is to see his old girlfriend and find out what she has been up to since he has been away. After....talking to her, he has a car accident and ends up at Taraji's house. Taraji is married to Henry, but Henry has been working a lot lately and is not at home at the present. They also have two children, one about 5 years old and one is just a baby. When the unstable Idris asks to use her phone, Taraji helps him, because she is a nice person-hence, this is where the title of the movie comes from, the old saying, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. Leslie plays Taraji's best friend that stops by Taraji's house a lot, because that's what best friends do. There is a nice little plot twist that I did not see coming, that takes place near the end of the film. It's rated "PG-13" for violence, terror, language, sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 24 minutes. I really enjoyed this one and would buy it on Blu-Ray.