Rotten
There should be something more exhilarating about the violent and hopeful epilogue finale than there is.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
No Good Deed
First he gets into your house. Then he gets into your head.
2014 · 1h 24m · PG-13
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Sam Miller
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
13%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a little dumb (OK, maybe more than a little), but "No Good Deed" is an otherwise brisk, efficient thriller that won't punish audiences who drop in.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
No Good Deed practically fetishizes the brutality Idris Elba's character inflicts on a number of women. It sexualizes him as a killing machine. It wants us to salivate over him and tremble before him simultaneously.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Rotten
The final plot twist is about as fiendishly clever as an episode of General Hospital. Is that a spoiler? You're welcome.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Rotten
With performers as strong as Henson and Elba, and the guidance of director Sam Miller, who's worked with Elba in a handful of Luther episodes, it should have yielded more. The trite third act reveal only further sours the wasted potential.
Lindsey Bahr, Entertainment Weekly
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