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4/11/2020

Bad Samaritan (2018)

I only stuck this in my queue because of David Tennant, but it wound up being a pretty decent thriller.

Two valets run a smart little scam: they rob the homes of people who they know are at dinner. They've usually got the house keys on the ring, they know the owners are going to be out for more than an hour, and they generally take only small things that won't be noticed as missing right away -- it's worked nicely. But when Tennant pulls up to their stand in a Maserati, everything changes. At first glance, the mark is perfect: he's a jerk, he's single, and he's obviously got tons of money. But when the thief finds an imprisoned girl at the house, he has to figure out how to save her without blowing up his own life.

There are plenty of implausibilities and the rich guy's backstory is eye-rollingly dumb, but that almost makes it easier to take. It's not the kind of story that made me worry it might actually happen; it's the kind of story that is scary with a dash of silly that allows one to dismiss it from the mind once the movie is over.

C+

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