In Portland , Oregon, Valet Sean Falco (Robert Sheehan) takes a customer's Maserati to that customer's house via the car GPS to burglarize it and discovers a girl chained up. He tries to tell what he found to the police but they don't believe him. He goes to the FBI and they say they will investigate. Meanwhile, Cale Erendreich (David Tennant) discovers he has been found out and makes life a living hell for Sean and his family and his girlfriend, Riley (Jacqueline Byers). This is the most impressive suspense story I have seen in a long time along with loads of tension. You are riveted to every scene seeing how Cale plays with Katie (Kerry Condon) the girl he has in chains and also with Sean to control both of them. The last straw for Sean was when Cale killed his best friend and fellow Valet Derek (Carlito Olivero). Sean doesn't know what to do except to try to confront Cale and get rid of this nightmare.David Tennant as Cale was kind of fun to watch and did a very good job as a Bad Samaritan. Colin Farrell may now have some competition in Robert Sheehan as he did a great job too. Notables: David Myers as Nino, the owner of Nino's restaurant; Tony Doupe as police detective Banyon; Tracey Heggins as FBI Agent Olivia Fuller; Rob Nagle as Don, Sean's stepfather. As a precaution if you use Valets, make sure your car GPS doesn't show your home; and only give one key to the Valets, the ignition key. Just saying. In a way I suppose you could call Sean a Good Samaritan trying to save the life of a girl who he doesn't know. But the title Bad Samaritan sells better. (Agree) This was very good story that we don't see much of or at all. (We will now) (7/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: Brief when Sean takes a picture of Riley. Humor: Not really. Language: Yes. Rating: B

It started off just a little slow, but escalated quickly and went non-stop from there. Not the very best, but I really have no complaints. Good story, good action. Pretty good acting! Not the very best, but much better than a lot of movies you've never heard of.

A petty thief who's also a budding photographer (and resident pot head), attempts to rob a rich guy's sterile abode. Here's the problem: That same rich guy has a woman chained up, held captive, and gagged in his office. Said guy finds out about the thief's break in (and rescue attempt) and tries to make his life a living hell. That's the gist of the decently acted, comically inept, and tamely R-rated, Bad Samaritan. It's my latest review. "Samaritan" is actually about a good Samaritan and not a bad Samaritan (despite the tag of the film's title). Sure the thief character pilfers stuff (by way of deceptive valet parking) but at least he's willing to save a human life, face alleged jail time, and not turn the other cheek. Anyway, Bad Samaritan while not quite recommendable, has one of the most original and most kosher premises of any flick I've seen this year. At an overlong running time of 111 minutes (when an hour and a half would've sufficed), "Samaritan" contains a small amount of Hitchcockian flavor, some overcast Rose City chic, and some rocketing buildup in its opening act. Then, the film piles on plot detours and turns until it concludes on a rather silly note. "Samaritan's" director (Dean Devlin) trades in his sci-fi producer roots to make a thriller that contains enough cell phone usage and clueless cop intuition to power a small country. His focus is on psychological tug of war, cliched Facebook notions, slick cars, requisite jump scares, and a lack of visible bloodshed. With Bad Samaritan's hyperactive musical score and overly earnest way of creating suspense, Devlin might be making a movie that's too mildly ambitious for its own good. He shoots "Samaritan" with a nippy, Portland, Oregon setting and a villain that looks like Kyle MacLaclan a la an episode of the defunct Tales from the Crypt. I was absorbed most of the way but I kept saying to myself, "Dean, just end this thing already". Bottom line: Bad Samaritan might be one of the best rentals of 2018 (disregard its paltry, $4.1 million take at the box office). Still, it gets a two and a half star rating from me. This "Samaritan" ain't bad but it presents itself in a disappointingly "charitable" way.

This is a total letdown. It has the pace and "character development" of a crappy tv movie, full of clichès like the psycho rich billionaire, who is so unhinged that his catch phrases become involontarily hilarious pretty soon, or the clumsy hero that has become a sort of 21st century trope, exemplified in contrast by the bravado of the "damsel in distress" who hits the villain first and then excoriates the protagonist with a most brilliant line like "This is how you save someone". Too long, too slow, too predictable.