The House on Turk Street (2002)

Director:

Bob Rafelson

Writers (WGA):

Dashiell Hammett (story)
Christopher Canaan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 October 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Music | Thriller

Tagline:

...goes unpunished.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Robbery | Detective | Runaway | Bank | Police Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson	...	Jack Friar
Milla Jovovich	...	Erin
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Tyrone (as Stellan Skarsgard)
Doug Hutchison	...	Hoop
Joss Ackland	...	Mr. Quarre
Grace Zabriskie	...	Mrs. Quarre
Jonathan Higgins	...	David Brewster
Shannon Lawson	...	Amy
Robert Welch	...	Willy
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Bank Manager
Noël Burton	...	Mr. Leeds (as Noel Burton)
Roberto Blizzard	...	Man Mowing Lawn
Shawn Roberts	...	Passer-by
Terence Bowman	...	Mail Carrier
Robert Brewster	...	Fish & Chip Store Owner (as Bob Brewster)

Also Known As:

No Good Deed (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

Italy:103 min | USA:97 min (2003 DVD)

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

ApolloMedia

Trivia:

During the scene where David is driving in the rain, the song playing is "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone," which originated on the TV series "The Monkees" (1966),which Bob Rafelson created. The version in the film is performed by his son, Peter Rafelson.

Goofs:

Continuity: When they hit the heavy traffic, Jack puts his red light on the roof. It then disappears for the rest of the sequence.

Quotes:

Hoop: I hope you know how to die fast, because we need to be in Albany by eight.

Soundtrack:

(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

Made no sense . . .

The best part of this movie, is Milla's backside.

The movie starts with a premise that Samuel's character is out looking for a runaway girl. That disappears. Then, the antagonist gang takes him hostage, well, sort of. No real reason to do this, other than that they think they've been discovered. But, from there, it's all lost. Samuel L. Jackson is the protagonist, but he's tied to a chair for 2/3's of the movie!

Then there's the absurd robbery by an apparently blind man (in clear glasses, so you can see his eyes move and react), and his cohort, and evil little blonde-haired troll, who's NEVER accosted, not once, while walking directly into the power room of the bank. He's able to amazingly hack into the bank's computers, and shut the power off to the whole building. Somehow, I think that ALL transactions would be off, regardless of the circumstances at that point - but maybe that's just me. Then, there's the wimpy banker that just HAS to get his rocks off BEFORE they flee the country, and the little wa***r troll that's too stupid to realize that he shouldn't kill the only man who knows the all-important "password", and the account information is stored on a 3.5 inch disk, right (dated technology there, why not on a reel tape?). They whiz through banks at a breakneck pace, withdrawing large sums of money, without so much as a batting of the eye. I'm not even going to get into Samuel and Milla's musical interlude while she has him untied. Mr. officer, I think, might have had a trick up his sleeve to elude her and get out of the house at that point.

Bad movie, bad plot, bad characters, the kind of movie that's 97 minutes long and you'd swear you've been watching it for 4 hours. Terrible.