No
Great Scenes...
'No
Good Deed' (aka The House on Turk Street) is one
of those standard thrillers with double-crosses,
back stabs and a few too many twists and turns
to make it even remotely plausible. But I liked
it enough to give it a decent grade.
Samuel L. Jackson stretches his repertoire a
little with this role. He plays a kindly cop who
obsesses over classical music and his lackluster
ability to play the cello. As a favor to a
friend, he goes in search of a missing girl. The
search leads him to Turk Street, where he
stumbles across an old lady in need of help with
her groceries. As he helps her inside, he is
ambushed by some fugitives who are occupying the
house. Bound and gagged, he finds himself in the
middle of an elaborate plot to steal millions
from a local bank. Not only does he have to try
to stay alive, but he has to find a way to
thwart the plan.
Stellan Skarsgard plays a somewhat cartoonish
villain and the underrated and underused Milla
Jovovich is the sexy-as-hell sidekick who has a
flirtatious crush on the restrained cop. The
plan starts to unravel with unforeseen problems,
giving Jackson the time to save the day.
There are some problems with the film. I am not
sure I bought Sam Jackson in the role of the
cello enthusiast. There was also no chemistry
between Jackson and Jovovich... they seemed like
an extremely odd couple, aside from the obvious
age and race differences. Come to think of it,
Sam Jackson and anybody makes for an odd couple!
The actual bank theft is highly implausible. And
there is a 'password guessing' scene that reeks
of goofiness.
But on the whole, the film manages to generate
enough suspense to merit a lukewarm
recommendation. It isn't anything you haven't
seen before, but I don't think you'll gag with
disgust on your super-sized popcorn.
©
Written by TC Candler
Richard
Propes' Comment
If you
read TC's last paragraph, it fairly well sums up
my feelings about this film. It's ever so mildly
suspenseful, and inoffensive enough to warrant a
mild recommendation.
Jacob
Hall's Comment
n/a
