Bad Samaritan

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Bad Samaritan

R

2018

1h 47m

Mystery & Thriller

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500+ Ratings

A young valet breaks into a man's home and discovers a terrified woman who's chained and gagged. After notifying the police, he soon becomes the target of the psychopath's wrath as he tries to rescue the victim that he left behind.

Critics Consensus

Bad Samaritan delivers a handful of genre thrills -- and a stellar central performance by David Tennant -- that help offset iffy direction and a disappointingly mundane story.

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David Hughes

Empire Magazine

08/27/2018

3/5

Dean Devlin finally steps out from Roland Emmerich's shadow with a tight, twisty little thriller.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

The Times (UK)

08/24/2018

2/5

The debut director Dean Devlin clearly has Hitchcockian pretensions, even if the sleazy thrills he offers lunge closer towards torture porn.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

08/24/2018

1/5

What is David Tennant doing in this fantastically charmless and unpleasant film?

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

12/10/2020

Bad Samaritan is the tale of an immigrant taking on a dangerous, out of touch, entitled, rich asshole. There's a dose of politically charged wish fulfillment in that, which makes an already fun movie even more of a blast.

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Alex Hudson

Exclaim!

07/18/2020

4/10

Bad Samaritan has all the cleverness of a shovel to the head.

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Grady Bolding

Cultured Vultures

10/29/2019

No one gives a dull performance and the story is compelling enough to keep you hooked from beginning to end.

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Stephen G

@patient1 Oct 9

Such a simple opening act, hints of shady poking is ugly head. The real adventure begins, our main characters are showing their hands slowly. The lead into the cat and mouse game is palpable, putting my heart in my throat for a moment. It's so tense that I'm giggling and holding my breath in anticipation of what could happen next. David Tennant can be freaking terrifying, I mean godly scary and beyond intense. Mr charming shows his game face now, so smug and yuck, making my skin crawl and the brutality is legendary and is worth mention.

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Janis E

@JansEd Jun 22

A tight little film which does a good job of living up to its bold premise, Bad Samaritan delivers solid two hours of entertainment.

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Michael C

@Movies121985 Jun 12

Evil Awful Disgrace!!!!!!

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Iamwhoi M

@Shaboutiques Jun 8

Fun movie, never boring. My only problem was keeping the fact that the bad guy kept reminding me of Charlie Sheen out of my mind. Moral of the story? Trust fun people SUCK.

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Kalissa H

@kali_416 Jun 7

Tense and had some great jump scares. David Tennant is great in this, of course, although his American accent could be better.

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Will B

@Wiggyb123 04/06/2025

Brilliant movie, a real thriller. Great acting throughout, real suspense. Definitely worth a watch

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Synopsis

A young valet breaks into a man's home and discovers a terrified woman who's chained and gagged. After notifying the police, he soon becomes the target of the psychopath's wrath as he tries to rescue the victim that he left behind.

Director: Dean Devlin
Producer: Dean Devlin, Marc Roskin, Rachel Olschan
Screenwriter: Brandon Boyce
Distributor: Electric Entertainment
Production Co: Electric Entertainment
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Brief Nudity|Some Drug Use|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 4, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.4M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)