That and other similarly logic-based shortcomings of the script aside, No Good Deed is at least aided by Sam Miller’s bleak direction.
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That one-sentence summary I gave above is really all there is to the movie (unless you read into how the script sexualizes Colin, giving him ample time to go shirtless and get up close and personal with his captive, which just makes the film a whole lot ickier). One only wishes that the actor’s plainly dazzling talents, even in a role completely contrary to his best-known ones, could have been spent on something a little less disposable than No Good Deed.
The actor’s imposing physical presence is a boon to him here, but it’s the chilling resolve and murderous intent in his eyes that really makes him scary to watch. He savors every horrifying threat that Colin throws Terri’s way, radiating a thinly veiled rage that threatens to bubble over into brutal violence. Henson) on a grim mission that I won’t spoil for you here, Elba is more dour and menacing than we’ve seen him before. As Colin, a “malignant narcissist” who escapes from prison and invades the home of suburban mother Terri (Taraji P.
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