No Good Deed Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since there was an interesting cast, I thought I should give it a try. Furthermore, there was a an interesting director on board. Indeed, back in the 70's, Bob Rafelson directed the instant classic 'Five Easy Pieces' starring Jack Nicholson and was promised a bright future. Unfortunately, 40 years later, his recent movies are not so impressive anymore. This flick is a good example. Indeed, you had a very nice cast (Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård) and a good mood so the whole thing had some potential. However, there were some big issues with the story itself. I mean, they keep you in the dark as long as they can and, for a while, I must admit, it was rather intriguing, but, at some point, they eventually had to explain what was going on and, honestly, I wasn't impressed (understatement of the year...). As usual, they just threw a couple of annoying twists and then I really lost any interest in the whole endeavor. To conclude, I have seen worse movies but it was still a really half-baked thriller and it is not really worth a look, even if you love the genre.

I thought I'd seen my share of bad movies. Boy was I wrong! This is pure crap.
It turned out to be a promising story, although depicting cops as intellectuals has always been funny!

Jackson is a cop who plays the cello and is on his way to a musical camp, when a neighbour requests him to find her daughter, who's been missing for 3 days. Reluctantly he gives up his vacation with his music, and starts an investigation around Turk Street. There, he stumbles upon a bunch of cons, including a girl (Milla Jovovich).

The script was stupid. Very unrealistic. Also it had many flaws, I don't even know where to start.
The acting was terribly bad, and hard to watch, even Jackson was awful, that means it was also badly directed because Jackson is an excellent actor (usually).

One of the worst action films.

HOWEVER, as a comedy, it was hilarious.

I should point out that this is a movie shelved in the action section - NOT comedy. But it was so bad, and so stupid, we just laughed all the way through.

Don't waste your money, or your time with this bad made-for-tv movie.