No Good Deed

About No Good Deed

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

No Good Deed is a 2002 crime mystery film directed by Bob Rafelson. Its themes are criminal, hostage, thief, and police officer.

Samuel L. Jackson takes the lead as Jack Friar, Milla Jovovich as Erin, Stellan Skarsgård as Tyrone, and Doug Hutchison as Hoop. At 97 minutes long, it arrived in June 2002.

The screenplay is by Christopher Canaan and Steve Barancik. Production companies include Kismet Entertainment Group and Seven Arts Productions. The story is adapted from real events. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Howdy Amazon Channel in the United States.

Heat, The Usual Suspects, and Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) make useful companions to No Good Deed, all filed under bank robbery, detective, and neo-noir. TMDB voters put it at 5.4 out of 10 across 225 votes and it carries a R rating.