VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

paul jones I've watched a small number of worse movies than this one. Its ridiculous twist finally drains it's rapidly ebbing energy. There are a number of almost tense scenes and glimpses of good acting. These are book ended by some extremely fun filled moments of unintended hilarity. I haven't seen so many clichés stuffed into 90 minutes in quite a while. It's like watching jaws 5. The two main actors do their best but I sense their mounting desperation is a reaction to their dawning realisation the movie is a giant turkey. I did watch it all though!

Angelika_New_York Not that I was anticipating it but I recently decided to watch No Good Deed on cable… Yep, it does not surprise me what makes money at the domestic box office, especially these days. It is made for a modest budget and you get a sexy, shirtless Idris Elba and bam! It skyrockets to number one because you have a lot of women and perhaps some men getting excited at the sight of him…well, hopefully you get the picture. There isn't much more to this movie otherwise. He looks good here…and that's about it. In summation, he plays Colin, who is an unlikeable and uninteresting character who accidentally crashes a vehicle into a tree on one stormy night and shows up on the doorstep of Taraji P. Henson's place. If you made it this far, you can pretty much guess what happens next. I can tell perhaps whoever wrote this was trying to write a clever thriller, but it falls short. I thought the people at the parole board in the beginning were going to let him go, but even I could see the manipulation in Colin's so-called reformation. So he does escape but not in a way that I thought he would, still it isn't much of an amazement. One thing I have wondered after he murders his ex-girlfriend are the fingerprints that were basically all over that house. More to the point is the implausibility of the entire thing. I suppose they wanted to show the vulnerability of a lonely woman, but this comes across as mostly Idris Elba's show. Aside from this movie being dreadfully dull, there are several moments of unintentional laughter. Not referring to the situation itself because yes it is serious, but the over-the- top acting at times. I was cracking up and thinking, 'I don't think they meant this to be funny', but I couldn't help it. As for whatever twists there were, my waning interest was long gone. I know it had something to do with the woman's husband. Maybe she found out that he really didn't go golfing with his father? Maybe he was cheating on her? I don't know. I just didn't care. At least it's a short movie.

jackmeat My quick rating - 4,8/10. The production values and the actual story are good. Nothing new or exciting really, more a recycled story. But where this movie fails miserably is the sheer stupidity of the protagonist. I understand people may make bad decisions in stressful times (like life threatening) but Taraji Henson took stupidity to a whole new level. I am talking it was so distracting to the movie that I wanted to gouge out my eyeballs with a recently iron forged spoon to put myself out of my misery. The only points aside from my first statement was a good ending to sum things up (which wasn't some surprise, just well crafted) Check it out on cable I suppose but I can't recommend it beyond that.

edwagreen I thought that I was going to see a rehashing of 1956's The Desperate Hours with Fredric March, the head of a household that is terrorized by a murderer.Am sure that many were thinking how a woman who was a prosecutor would leave a stranger in her home based upon what she knew could result from prior experience.Idris Elba gets rebuked by the parole board only to escape and go on a killing spree.Elba must have been a man of steel surviving Taraji Henson's stab wound as well as lamps and other objects hurled at him. It would take 3 bullets and flying out the window to draw a climax to the situation.What about that suspicious policeman along the highway. He must have known that an escaped killer was on the loose. Instead of talking, his relative inaction would lead to his downfall.The revelation of her husband was really an unnecessary plot twist.