After serving twenty-five years in the prison for the murder of his partner Eddy, the grifter Foley (Samuel L. Jackson) is released with the intention to live an honest life. He seeks his probation officer and finds a job in a construction site. But soon Eddy's son Ethan (Luke Kirby) looks for him and offers a swindle to him, but Foley does not accept the proposal. Foley also meets the prostitute Iris (Ruth Negga) and soon they have a relationship. But the Machievelian Ethan has a secret and uses it to blackmail Foley to accept his proposed confidence game to lure a dangerous kingpin.
"The Samaritan" is a depressing film that uses the main idea of the Korean "Oldboy" (2003). The genre is confused but prevails a heavy drama. The blood type of a father is not necessarily compatible with his daughter, in an awful mistake in the film. Further, Iris tells that she would love to go to Rio and Maceió, but she ends in Havana. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Jogos do Crime" ("Crime Games")
"The Samaritan" is a depressing film that uses the main idea of the Korean "Oldboy" (2003). The genre is confused but prevails a heavy drama. The blood type of a father is not necessarily compatible with his daughter, in an awful mistake in the film. Further, Iris tells that she would love to go to Rio and Maceió, but she ends in Havana. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Jogos do Crime" ("Crime Games")