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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful :-
Bizarre band of criminals hold cop hostage by mistake, 2 July 2005

Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) from Denmark

First off, let it be known that the reason I rented this was because of my seemingly never-ending crush on Milla Jovovich. I started watching because of her, but I kept watching because I genuinely enjoyed what I saw. The film starts out a tad slow, but it quickly picks up and never lets the viewer down again. The thought of not paying attention to it never crossed my mind past the ten minute mark or so. I hadn't expected such a good film at all, particularly because the name Bob Rafelson meant nothing to me before I saw this. I seldom have high expectations for films from directors whom I have no prior experience with unless someone tell me that they're good. The plot takes so many twists and turns that you'll have to pay attention to keep track of it. The pace picks up almost instantly. The acting is all very good. The characters are all well-cast, well-written and for the most part credible. The film is quite well-shot. In the end, what keeps you watching is the twists more than anything else. There's very little chance of connecting with any of the characters, and when all is said and done, it's hardly a life-changing film, or even one that will stay in your memory very long after watching it. Good watching for fans of the actors, not good for much else. I recommend this to fans of anyone involved in the film and/or of this kind of thriller. 6/10

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-
More than acceptable modern film noir, 18 June 2006

Author: Mohammad Zamani Nezhad from Islamic Republic of Iran

No good deed based on a short story by Dashiell Hammett is kind of movies that have many elements and themes of a classic film no-ire but it is not exactly one of them. The themes include a robbery plan that goes awry though here it is more of a con rather than robbery and it is executed without resorting to violence. Second theme is domed love

which in this movie is rather short, more of this later. The elements include mastermind and ruthless gangster, a femme fatal , and rude maniac hit-man. And add to these people a

couple that had a dream of living happily ever after. The strength of the movie is in building up of its characters. They all do what they are expected to do whether they act strongly or

weakly. Their strength and weakness comes from their personalities and not from the requirement of the plot. Erin character is the main difference of this movie from classic femme fatal. As a kept girl with ten percent rebate on pedicure expense, though she is cunning in some scenes , but she is also deadly frightened. Her motives are dark at worst and suspicious at best, but in her main thrust of manipulations (getting rid of Tyrone) she deserves our sympathy. Other characters do not show something unexpected ,but the story has enough power and twist that make the movie worthwhile and interesting. Movie scenes are limited, and most of it is in closed places which intensifies a sense of claustrophobia. This kind of story which has little physical action and is mainly based on suspenses needs good acting, that fortunately this movie does not lack it. This movie shows that good noir still can be made and their time has not passed yet

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14 out of 25 people found the following comment useful :-
This might set the record straight?, 18 September 2004

Author: DARRYL from Farnworth, England

Having watched this film, I became bored after about 30 minutes and as it was only just over 90 minutes long I persevered in the hope it would improve!! No chance!!!

The Gang of Six were the WORST band of thieves ever put together in the history of Film Thieves!! Santa Claus, Granny, Psycho, a Member of the Adams family and 9 Toes! All in sync with the dodgy bloke in the bank, who made it so obvious what was going on, he'd have been sussed in an instance!!!

A slow, boring plot....a slow, boring cast....totally lacked invention and motivation.....PLUS, whatever happened to the missing girl???? If her mother was that bothered, why did she never get suspicious when Jack Friar (S L J) never returned???

Dire, Drab and waste of time...If anyone else gets the chance to watch this....DON'T!

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
No good, indeed, 25 December 2003

Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

"No good Deed", as the DVD is entitled, tells of an off duty cop who stumbles on a house full of bad guys while looking for a lost girl and becomes their prisoner while the messy plot unfolds. Jackson plays a diabetic cop and the cello while Jovovich plays a femme fatale and the piano and their tenuous relationship becomes the only worthy thing developed by the film. Skarsgård (probably the most talented of the cast) and the rest of the core cast play silly caricatures not unlike those found in supermarket paperback novels. This poor attempt at film noir which is adrift between black comedy and shoddy drama is a heavy handed mess lacking finesse, fraught with gaping plot holes, and generally full of filler which contributes nothing to the meager story. Save this turkey (aka: The House on Turk Street) for broadcast when the surfin' is slim. (C+)

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9 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
Bad script, bad acting, stupid plot, lovely breasts!, 11 October 2003
Author: mtzinakis from crete

rented this cause of the cast. hadn't heard anything about this movie, no wonder why. In a few words, it is awful, the acting is very average, below average i would say, especially if you consider the actors in it,and that is offcource due to the bad script and stupid plot. The story starts with samuel playing cello!! as he is a wannabe musician, and he is also a grand theft cop. the neighbor comes in and convinces him to look for her dissapeared daughter. he has a photo of her and her boyfriend and goes on to look for them on turk street. He ends up in a house where some criminals live and are planing to rob a bank and think that he is after them, while he is not. The robers are an old couple, a psycho guy with bad temper, mila jojovic and tairon, the brain of the operation apparently. The plan they have for robing the bank is verry unconvincing, and thats a very weak part of the movie. The other weak part is the relationships between the characters, which is also silly and unconvincing. There is no chemistry between the characters and the whole story just sucks, the acting and the script doesnt help either. The ending is crap too.

To sum up, avoid, nothing here to see (except of the breasts of mila jojovic lol!)

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11 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :-
The Need to Feed, 27 December 2003
Author: FcPoliFan from Timisoara, Romania

Welcome to a new episode of a never ending story: how stupidity stole everything. It's painful to watch someone trying to achieve something way out of reach.

I am obliged to label this film "disastrous" and "pathetic", mainly because of a terrible, lame script and terrible, lame dialog. But what really pains me is the fact that it tries to pull a stunt right at the end, which should leave the viewer (in his possible absentmindedness) totally shocked. And when a film relies on such "tricks" and these don't work...well, it's just sad.

I won't insist on the rather technical flaws, like the pouring rain, which only pours on half of the screen. But what I will say is this: I've seen today that some actors can not advance: Doug Hutchison is a disappointment, considering that I've first seen him in "The Green Mile"; Milla Jovovich is the second. Maybe it's just her terribly silly character, but I tend to think it's her.

Having said what I think mattered (and just so I leave out any chance of misinterpretation: the film is BAD), I would recommend it to those who really want to see lame stories and maybe learn something out of them. I wonder if anyone tried to do some character study of these guys...

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
Good acting, crappy plot, sexy Milla Jovovich, 20 December 2003

Author: zumbojo

Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich and the rest display fairly good acting throughout the entirety of the movie, but it seems almost as if the story was written on the fly. The bank rip-off seems pretty well thought through but everything after that just seems like crap, plotwise. On a positive note (at least for us guys) Milla Jovovich is particularly sexy in this movie in her wardrobe and brief Stockholm-syndrome-fling with Jackson. It still burns the hell out of me that Best Buy carries this DVD while Equilibrium was no where to be found.

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10 out of 19 people found the following comment useful :-
Made no sense . . ., 29 June 2004

Author: cronchak from Kansas City

The best part of this movie, is Milla's backside.

The movie starts with a premise that Samuel's character is out looking for a runaway girl. That disappears. Then, the antagonist gang takes him hostage, well, sort of. No real reason to do this, other than that they think they've been discovered. But, from there, it's all lost. Samuel L. Jackson is the protagonist, but he's tied to a chair for 2/3's of the movie!

Then there's the absurd robbery by an apparently blind man (in clear glasses, so you can see his eyes move and react), and his cohort, and evil little blonde-haired troll, who's NEVER accosted, not once, while walking directly into the power room of the bank. He's able to amazingly hack into the bank's computers, and shut the power off to the whole building. Somehow, I think that ALL transactions would be off, regardless of the circumstances at that point - but maybe that's just me. Then, there's the wimpy banker that just HAS to get his rocks off BEFORE they flee the country, and the little wa***r troll that's too stupid to realize that he shouldn't kill the only man who knows the all-important "password", and the account information is stored on a 3.5 inch disk, right (dated technology there, why not on a reel tape?). They whiz through banks at a breakneck pace, withdrawing large sums of money, without so much as a batting of the eye. I'm not even going to get into Samuel and Milla's musical interlude while she has him untied. Mr. officer, I think, might have had a trick up his sleeve to elude her and get out of the house at that point.

Bad movie, bad plot, bad characters, the kind of movie that's 97 minutes long and you'd swear you've been watching it for 4 hours. Terrible.

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Good diversion on a rainy day, but only a so-so movie., 23 July 2006
Author: TxMike from Houston, Tx, USA, Earth

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The movie is mostly done in a comic style, not slapstick but humorous lines throughout.

Samuel L. Jackson is a cop, Jack Friar, specializing in Grand Theft Auto. He also is a pretty good amateur musician, the Cello, about to go off to a week of fantasy camp with Yo-yo Ma. But a friend asks him to help find her 15 year old daughter, missing for 3 days, and gives him a photo.

By sheer luck he shows up at a home where crooks are planning a big bank heist, with cooperation of an insider. In the rain he loses the picture, and the bad guys jump to the erroneous conclusion that he was after them. He is held hostage, and gets to know Erin (Milla Jovovich) who happens to be a former virtuoso pianist from Russia (she really is from Russia, I wonder if she really plays?).

Stellan Skarsgård as Tyrone is the boss and mastermind. His biggest task seems to be holding everything together and breaking up fights among his misfits.

Many of the story elements seem forced, and there simply to advance the plot. Like, who would tie up a hostage to a roll-around desk chair, so that he could roll around and pick up items convenient to helping him escape?? But is was fun watching Jackson, Jovovich, and Skarsgard.

SPOILERS. Tyrone changes the plan after getting the computer disk with the wire transfer data for $10Million. Instead of all flying to a distant island, he planned to drive to Canada, and split the money with only himself, instead of the 5 others. Pressed for time, Jack convinces him to use his car, with a police light, which gets them across the border. But, Tyrone is killed in a shootout and Jack has Erin arrested. The 4 others all get killed along the way.

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needs a directors cut, 4 January 2006

Author: bgonzo54 from United States

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The movie had potential. Good story, actors have done better. Just tofu ,bland, should have been developed more.Maybe a directors cut, or new director.You just expect more with these actors.How about releasing movies on DVD with the directors cut the first time.Including alternate endings, beginnings. If there is a directors cut release it. thumbs up does not equal a good movie, and vice-versa.The story is worth a remake.I don,t know what was missing, maybe she finds the picture and conceals it. then its discovered revealing her ways. the comments on the DVD along with actors got me to buy it.I might watch it again to see if missed something

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