No Good Deed — A Twist on the Gothika Rule
Posted on September 11, 2014 at 10:10 am
The critics screening of this week’s release, “No Good Deed,” was cancelled just hours before we were supposed to see it. The reason: “There is a plot twist in the film that they do not want to reveal as it will affect the audiences’ experience when they see the film in theaters.”
Translation: The movie is so awful we can’t risk having it come out without a single good review. It’s hard to believe they would have been harsher than the reactions of the critics to being excluded from seeing it. Here’s my favorite:
NO GOOD DEED Ending Odds: “They’re the same person!”- 10:1 “He’s Satan!”- 5:1 “He’s the kid’s dad!”- 3:1 “She’s the real villain!”- 2:1
— Russell Hainline (@RussellHFilm) September 10, 2014
A couple of times a year I invoke my legendary Gothika rule — if an ending is truly terrible, I will give it away to anyone who sends me an email to ask for it. Since I haven’t seen this one, I’m going to let you guess the twist and send it to me. Give me your best ideas at moviemom@moviemom.com — if I hear from you by September 14th, I’ll send you a free e-copy of my book 101 Must-See Movie Moments
Here’s my guess: I’m going with the full Bobby Ewing. It was all a dream.
It may be that the good deed here was allowing us to skip the film. GOTHIKA RULE ALERT: I will be happy to spoil the twist for anyone who wants to send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com.
I can’t take credit for the following; comes from another message board. Someone opined that maybe the twist is that the Taraji P. Henson herSELF is the stalker, and the Idris Elba character is the “good guy.” Interesting…
Pat, that would be a lot better than the real “twist.” If you want to know what it is, send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com and I will tell you.