The Samaritan
Tags: revenge, neo noir, murder, plot twist, flashback

Plot synopsis:
Foley (Samuel L Jackson) and Ethan (Luke Kirby) goes to a building and then finds a group of Iris's crew and then locates Iris (Ruth Negga) while the contact is kept and then Foley finds a group of Iris's crew and then kills them and then Foley and Ethan goes to a hotel to go to the meeting and go inside and find Iris's crew and let's them out of the hotel and then a group of butchers arrive and then Foley kills the butchers and Iris's crew and then Irish searches around and then Foley takes Ethan to his house and goes inside and talks to Ethan to agree and then Foley goes to his house and goes to his bed and sleeps. Foley gets up and then he answers his cell phone and calls Iris and says if you can speak enough I want that and then she hangs up and then Foley finds Iris's crew and then kills them and goes outside and then kills them behind his house and then drives to Iris and says what's up friend and then Foley drives away. Foley goes to the basin and then meets Xavier (Tom Wilkinson) saying that we will meet and here we meet here and then Foley speaks to him for a quora and then leaves and then Foley drives to the canyon and then meets Helena (Deborah Kara Unger) and then Foley takes her to a restroom across town. Foley is driven to a prison and then he goes inside to keep the prison guards impressed and then Foley kills the prison guards through the prison and going to the roof to kill them and escaping in their helicopter to fly away and finds Miro (A.C. Peterson) who is bad and then Folly kills Miro with a submachine gun. Foley is driven to a diner in town to use the source code for robbery and fraud against the case and then destructs it. Foley finds Bartender Bill (Gil Bellows) and then finds the answer from him and then Foley goes with Bartender Bill to his bar and then he finds a group of simple fixers and then kills them and then finds the security guards and the worshippers and then kills them and then Foley drives Bartender Bill away from the darker location. During a manhunt Foley and Bartender Bill drives to a helicopter landing pad and then finds the security guards and the helicopter pilots and then kills them and steals a helicopter and escapes. Foley and Bartender Bill come up with ideas and then Foley takes Bartender Bill to a gym and then they find a group of security guards and then kills them and leaves them dead and then finds Deacon (Tom McCamus) and then he gets out his gun telling them to freeze and then he kicks Bartender Bill and then Foley kills Deacon and leaves him dead and leaves the gym with Bartender Bill.
Foley tells Xavier that the nightfall will exist and then Foley goes to the hotel and finds a group of Jake's men and then Foley goes up to them and kills them and finds Gretchen (Martha Burns) and then Foley rescues Gretchen and gets her to her car and then Foley says I did my success. Foley gets in the car with Xavier and then he takes him to the appointment place and then finds a group of private soldiers and then Xavier drives and then Foley approaches a group of private soldiers and then Foley kills them and runs out of the appointments HQ and then walks out. Foley tells Xavier that he is meeting up with Jake for some meeting and then Xavier's hand-men is Jake is making sure it's not the deadliest weapon and then Foley drives with Ethan knowing how it's successful and then Foley takes Ethan and Jake to the low point ridge and then finds a group of Jake's men and Dark members and Mobsters are knowing and then Xavier has them arrive and then he ambushes Jake's men in an encounter and then kills them and encounters the Dark members and then kills them and encounters the mobsters and then kills them and then Jake chases a woman named Celia and then Celia is thrown into a water by a bad guy named Jake and then Celia is stuck in water by death. Foley goes to Jake's penthouse and then recounts Jake to a duty mission and then goes to the place and finds the Vengeance members and then kills them and finds a vengeance Soldier named Vernon Hicks (Rob Archer) and then Vernon Hicks is chased by Foley and then Foley guides Vernon Hicks to a mansion and then Foley kills him. Foley is talked by Jake about the story and goes outside to his car and then Foley gets in the car with Jake and then they drive to the construction site and finds Construction Foreman (Rufus Crawford) and Construction Worker (Andrew Butcher) and then a group of Vengeance members arrive and then Foley kills them and returns to Ethan and Miro in car. Foley and Ethan is told by Jake and Miro to go to the town square network building and then he finds a group of Dark members and mobsters and then kills them inside and finds a way up to the roof and kills them and escapes in a buzzard and finds the Z members and then kills them and then gets in the buzzard and steals it. Foley and Ethan are told by Jake to go to the boat and then finds Xavier to get an answer and then they drive to a computer store and finds Walker (Frank Moore) and then Walker shuts down data and then Foley goes inside to kill him and finds the mobsters and then kills them and then finds the z members and then kills them and gets out. Foley is meeting Gretchen's husband Mike (Brian Stillar) and then finds a group Of iA members and then kills them and then returns to Ethan and Jake. During a rescue, Foley drives to the location to rescue Ethan and Jake and Jake's men and then Foley kills Jake's men and rescues Ethan and then drives fast and then Miro and Jake controls them. During a hack, Foley and Ethan and Bartender Gil and Xavier controls Jake's men and Jake and then he kills Jake's men and they notice that they are being chased by them and then they decline a call by listening.
During a kill cam Foley and Ethan goes to Jake's house and then finds Jake and Jake's men and then Foley kills Jake's men and the Z members and then they go in and finds Jake's men and then kills them inside and then enters the living room and then kills them and then finds Jake that he is using a gun on Ethan and then Jake grabs Ethan and then Foley gets out a sniper rifle and then he points the sniper rifle to Jake's head and then Foley shoots the sniper rifle and then a sniper's bullet gets into Jake's head and then he is killed and then Foley takes his pistol and then he goes outside with Ethan and kills the Z members and then sets the bomb to Jake's house to detonate it and then Foley blows it up. Foley and Ethan are in a meeting with Miro and Mike (Gretchen's son) and Dean (Gretchen's Son) says I was good and happy to hear you speak and then they speak and then Foley goes to the airfield and then finds a plane and then flies it around and flies it back to the airfield and then leaves the airfield. Foley goes to the pharmacy store and then they go inside the pharmacy store and then goes inside to find the security guards and then kills them and goes in the pharmacy to kill them inside and then finds Concierge and then he kills him and then he goes in the office setting the alarm off making them go outside. Foley and Ethan and Xavier and Bartender Gil is taken by Miro to a nightclub and then they kidnap them inside and then finds Club Manager and then follows him to the restroom and then they find a group of Notorious killers and then Foley kills them and leaves the nightclub and then he takes Club Manager outside to safety. Foley goes to a bank and then Goes inside to meet Bank manager and then finds the robbers and then kills them and takes the money from them and goes outside and kills the security guards outside and the robbers and the z members and then kills them and finds Miro's crew and then kills them and returns to Miro. During a snapshot Foley follows Miro in a scenic route and then snapshots it on camera and then finds Landlord and then takes a picture of him and then Miro's crew arrives and then Foley kills them and escapes. During a speech Way Foley is taken on speech in a room to complete the task and then leaves the Speech room. Foley goes to find a speech camera and then takes it and then drops it and then it breaks. Foley throws the old photographs in the trash can because he does not agree to it.
Foley and Ethan walk to a cab with Xavier and Bartender Gil and then they are going for a walk to the side of the road and then acesss a taxi to keep a fact inside the Brain. Foley looks in the shopping degree and then finds the ingredients to use correctly and then corrects them to cross them off. During an entertainment Foley watches TV and worries about what's right and finds Cabby who wants his help and then he tells him time for the Tv to be off. Cabby drives Foley and Ethan and Xavier and Bartender Gil to a diner and then they go in the diner and then they tell the Waitress what they want to pay and then they pay for it. During a seating Foley and Bartender Gil and Ethan and Xavier knows that Miro has arrived with Miro's crew and then Foley gets his pump shot gun out and kills Miro's crew. During a shootout Foley takes cover with Xavier and Bartender Gil and then Miro kills Bartender Gil and then Foley and Xavier escapes from Miro and escapes to Ethan. During a run Foley and Xavier and Ethan runs from Miro and then they get to the taxi cab and escapes with Cabby. During a getaway Foley and Ethan and Xavier tells Cabby that they are leaving the diner because of a shootout during a ride and then a group of hustlers arrive and then Foley kills them and gets back to the place safe. Foley gets a number and equal to an equation sheet and then goes outside and finds the ice truck and then gets in it and goes to the rink to look inside and leave the rink because of the ground.
During a scenic route Foley checks the place out and finds The mobsters and then kills them and then leaves them for dead and goes to the yacht boat and then finds the mobsters and then kills them and then steals a Yacht boat and takes it to the boatyard and then kills the mobsters and escapes. In the final scene Foley and Ethan goes into the office and then finds the Miro's crew and then kills them and then goes inside and finds the z Members and then kills them and goes upstairs and then they open the door and locks it and then goes in the hallway and finds the Miro's crew and then Foley kills them and then goes in the room and finds Miro and then Foley tells her that she is going outside and then Foley goes outside and then Miro is the bad girl and then Foley kills Miro and then Miro is killed. In the ending scene Foley and Ethan are remembering the day that they remarked it.

Review: Samuel Jackson shows off his acting chops in this gritty action thriller, with supporting actors doing a great job.
He plays a man fresh out of prison after twenty five years who wants to go straight, but as it's mentioned in the movie, cons always say that at first.
Samuel Jackson, executive producer, takes a big gamble with this movie because of its genre: film noir.
Jackson gives a worthy Oscar-rated performance, but I doubt since this is an indy movie and won't be seen by many he will get it.
The main female actress, Ruth Negga, is a standout as the lost soul who gets used by man after man and finally with the help of the con Foley (Jackson) gets a second chance in life..
I can't work out Samuel L Jackson - he's an A-list actor, who repeatedly turns up in these 'straight to DVD' type films.
Fury has received no theatrical cinema release, no real marketing campaign and little online publicity except simply appearing among countless other releases.Jackson plays an ex con who's spent most of his life in prison and is now trying to go straight in his old age.
I started to watch this film not really knowing what I was going into, I had watched the trailer and it looked good, but I didn't expect all the twists!Samuel L Jackson is one of my favourite actors and he definitely delivers in this film, as do the rest of the actors.It may not be everyone's cup of tea but I thoroughly enjoyed it, and if you like films of this genre then you should enjoy it too.
The plot: An ex-con looking to go straight is blackmailed into one last grift.I'm a huge sucker for film noir, so it's not like I could pass up a chance at watching a gritty crime thriller with Sam Jackson.
Unfortunately, to mention its primary inspiration would be a huge spoiler.If you're tolerant of "homage", not looking for a unique story, and are a fan of either noir or Sam Jackson, then there's a fair chance that you'll enjoy The Samaritan.
the built up story line was a let down...i wasn't expecting much BUT in the middle of it as the plot thickens things get interesting then it gets a bit better, then it just flops downhill..like the jack and jill nursery rhyme.the way the story builds up is a standard cheat(common in thrillers, especially in TV series)you know that feeling somewhere along the line things were brought up out of sheer laziness, yea thats it.
Samuel L Jackson is an excellent actor, I'm a fan but I'm surprised he made this movie.
"Nothing changes unless you make it change." After 20 years in prison for killing his friend Foley (Jackson) is out and is determined to go straight.
The movie isn't all bad though and if you are a Sam Jackson fan you will really enjoy this one.
but the Canadian aspect of the movie is presented in such a soft and blink-and-you'll-miss-it manner that most viewers will think the story is taking place in the United States with American characters..
This story is a pleasant surprise: not only because it doesn't deserve the low score at IMDb, and not only because Samuel Jackson provides an excellent characterization of an ex-grifter and ex-con who is forced into another caper.
In a nutshell, Foley (Jackson) is persuaded by Ethan (Luke Kirby) to conduct another grift – upon a thoroughly unpleasant Xavier (Tom Wilkinson), a high-powered business mogul, crook and murderer who is always looking for ways to turn a few million bucks.
On the night of the caper, though, it all begins to unravel when Helena can't make it...even when eight million is up for grabs.Jackson is excellent as the tired, old ex-con who just wants to be left alone; Kirby is perfect as the wanna-be con artist who needs help from an old grifter; Negga does a good job as a possible love interest; Wilkinson overacts somewhat as the heartless bad guy; Unger, though, acts as though she's in a trance, the only sour note.
Watch, especially, for Foley's parole officer, Deacon (Tom McCamus), in a small but effective part – with a decided twist.The plot moves quickly for the most part.
The twists in the plot , mainly in the last minutes, play a good role and make the 90 min projection a good time.Try it, but don't expect a lot..
Whilst the plot at times seems rushed and the execution of the story the same you can't help but love the noir elements of this film.
There's also a clear love of mood by the director as the film is soaked in atmosphere helped by a fantastic soundtrack, brilliant lens work and strong performances by the two main leads.I was expected low rent B movie fodder but instead managed to really involve myself in 'The Samaritan' (Called FURY for some stupid reason in the UK).
I found Ruth Negga's performance quite good, I had not seen her in anything but she is a very beautiful and talented women so I look forward to seeing her in other films.
Tom wilkinson was great as always, he's done so many good movies and I have really come to enjoy his range and talent as an actor over the years, I just wished he had a larger role in this film) Luke Kirby was great as well, he really plays the guy u love to hate well, I thought his character was a cocky, no good, slimy piece of dog excrement and believe me that is a complement to him and his performance (although it doesn't sound like it does it?
The movie starts off interesting enough and I actually found it to be picking up momentum as it went along and it also had a twist, a twisted twist if u will that was pretty off-putting but made the story more compelling and worked well.
Jackson's movies, then "The Samaritan" was a little bit difficult to get through.
The movie wasn't bad, don't get me wrong, it was just slow paced and took forever to get anywhere.The story is about Foley (played by Samuel L.
Wanting to live a respectable and law-abiding life, and with just that life within grasp together with the young woman, Iris, that he met, the past catches up with Foley and he is being pressured into doing another grift.Storywise, then "The Samaritan" was alright.
As such, then there are far better movies in this particular genre of ex-criminals returning to a life of crime.The cast was alright, and I will say that they did good jobs with their given roles, and it was, of course, Samuel L.
Peterson (playing Miro) and Tom Wilkinson (playing Xavier) really did add something good to the movie.In overall, then "The Samaritan" is a mediocre result, which doesn't bring anything new or spectacular to the genre..
For the most part this is film is more about the emotional struggles of this one man and his journey to start over, but have no fear there a sprinkle of action and old school Jackson to step it up from just another drama.
But this one is mostly Drama/Suspense and he takes full advantage of the opportunity to show his considerable acting skills.Jackson plays Foley, a man just released from prison after 25 years, and he has a lot of past to live down.
A former con man, he is forced into "just one more job." It sounds like we've heard it all before, but the plot twists in this one make it a very interesting watch.
Even if you are renting the DVD, you will not want to use the Pause button.Besides Jackson's well done performance, Ruth Negga as Iris shows that she has a lot of promise as an actress.
The biggest star in the world couldn't have made a film like this work.The Samaritan is a rare instance where I wish I had listened to my fellow reviewers and just let this one pass me by..
SOME IDIOT PRODUCER PUT IT TOGETHER!I went into watching this movie with little to no expectations except for Samuel L Jackson being a bad-ass.
Formulaic, predictable, and clumsily borrowing plot devices from foreign films with heart who have done it a million times better.As is typical of Hollywood trash, the movie makes it seem like it's edgy and risqué.
Like it should in a good movie!Before watching IMDb I thought this movie must surely have the rate "7/10" or higher.
Samuel Jackson takes any work that comes his way, and unfortunately he took this..
The grifter plot has a few clever and unexpected twists, but, in the final analysis, this film is only watchable because of Samuel Jackson.
This production is further evidence that Samuel Jackson's compulsive cinematic promiscuity (he is, after all, the highest-grossing movie star of all time in terms of his films' earnings) means that his name on a marquee has little predictive value as far as quality goes..
Jackson as a grifter who's spent the last 25 years of his life in jail for killing his partner in a grift that went wrong.
Why You Might Like It: One of the few things that this film has going for it is Samuel Jackson, who does a nice job in the lead role.
If you like movies with twists and turns, then you might also enjoy it.
In my opinion, the twists and turns aren't that great and don't make this movie a must-see.Why You Might Not Like It: My biggest complaints are the fact that the film is very sluggish and slow and has a very weak story.
In my opinion, Luke Kirby and Ruth Negga are B-movie cast members and their acting is second rate.
If you look at the body of work of the writers, you can understand why this is no different than their previous films.Entertainment Value: 5* - The movie is average from an entertainment standpoint, but it isn't a movie I would recommend or tell someone to go out of their way to see.My Score: 6+5+4.5+5 = 20.5/4 = 5.125 Email your thoughts to filmwatchinfool@gmail.com.
The chemistry between Jackson and Ruth Negga isn't there at all, starting out the film's problem.
What a bad casting, of an otherwise proved good Negga.The scenes with them slows down the movie so much, that you lose interest in the film.
It would make a great piece of TV and really that might have been the place for it.I liked the character of Foley but to be honest the father/daughter thing wasn't very interesting and yes there was the pat reason for why he just doesn't kill Ethan but overall there was nothing that made me want to watch it again..
Jackson) is a former grifter who has just finished a twenty-five-year prison sentence for murdering his best friend and partner in crime.
Nevertheless, he has been faced with starting a new life for himself, and he's willing to give it a go.Here enters Ethan (Luke Kirby), the son of the man Foley was forced to kill twenty-five years ago.
If Foley doesn't play along, let's just say that their hopes of starting over will be dashed.Describing the plot of "The Samaritan" does not adequately convey how successful it is as a film.
The screenplay also features some genuinely good plot twists, and contrary to how most films such as this operate, they're not all saved for the final act.
Yes, you are the hardest working man in Hollywood but you don't have to do every damn movie that comes your way.
by the time when i watched this movie about 40 minutes, i realized it was just another americanized Hollywood version adapted from the Cannes festival awarded best film, 'oldboy', an extremely sad and sorrowful movie about the redemption, revenge, generation gap, the unknown factor of the fatal tragic doom, yet both of these movies were adapted from the Greek tragedy, 'oedipus the king', with a little twist of the involved characters, but nonetheless, still on the same family tree.this American version is in general, not a bad adaption, it's as dark and dangerous as the 'oldboy', using the same core of Athenian tragedy that human beings are nothing but the puppets manipulated by the goddess of fate, and nothing you encountered later in your life was not originated from what you did in the past.
Ethan (Luke Kirby), the son of that murdered partner, wants Foley to participate in a con and uses Iris (Ruth Negga) to pull Foley in, but Foley wants nothing to do with Ethan.I know, I know you are probably thinking there will be the word "Good" before the word Samaritan in a matter of time.
When Foley gets out of prison after 25 years for killing his partner, he wants to make a change for the better alluded to in the opening line above.
But his past haunts him in the form of Ethan who will not let go of Foley because he knows the older man is a great grifter and wants him to play one more confidence game on a mark of Ethan's choosing.
But I can say that we meet an interesting woman named Iris (Ruth Negga) who becomes involved with Jackson in more ways than one.
The "inside man" (Ethan) is present, the "outside man" (Foley) is present, the "mark" (Tom Wilkinson as Xavier) is present, but "the catch" presents a bit of a twist that appears in the last quarter of the film.
Starring Sam Jackson as an ex con coming out of prison after 25 years looking to get his life on track.The film is quite decent, Samuel L.
Having no expectations, the film does what was expected, as I was entertained though nothing else.Seeing comparisons to Oldboy (due to its twist), The Samaritan isn't on that level (both Korean original and the 2013 American remake).
He attempts to locate people from his past, only to find out they are dead, moved on, or don't want anything to do with him...all except for one man, Ethan (Luke Kirby) the son of his former grifter partner, the man Jackson killed.
You know a con is going to happen, but who is going to con who?The movie limps along holding your interest, but like any grifter movie, the ending is what determines the genius and likability of the production...dropping clues and hints along the way about the sting and twist.
Of course the major selling point for this movie is Samuel L Jackson in the lead role.
Jackson plays Foley, who after coming out of prison after 25 years having killed his best friend, tries to catch on with friends and acquaintances from the past, who are all long gone or live normal lives.
they will be doing a remake of the Korean movie and it will also starred by Samuel Jackson.
The plan goes almost perfect gut Foley finds out a secret about Iris who has already has an relationship and when she makes a mistake revealing to Xavier what they want to do for real, they are put in the situation when must brake and partnership and fight for their lives.The Samaritan is a very well designed thriller although Tom Wilkinson appear for a very short amount of time at the beginning and the end but the rest of the cast makes the film to be one of the best thriller from 2012 with a good story, a fact that will fool many of us and a surprised twist that never expected.
I thought it was a pretty good caper film with more than it's share of twists and turns.
Sometimes these movies try to be so clever that they implode on themselves, but this one caught itself up once we come to know the relationship between ex-con Foley (Samuel L.
This movie tries to remake the movie that serves you one of the all time greatest and most shocking plot twists ever, Oldboy (2003), although I personally like the 2013 US remake as the better version of it.
There were quite a few twists and turns in the movie that seemed to drastically change the story - in a good way.
After twenty years in prison for killing his best friend during his old days, Foley (Samuel.
Iris' troubled past continues to take a toll on her and Foley, while the son of the man he killed is forcing him to repay for his sins by tricking 8 million dollars out of his boss.I generally like Samuel.
The other lead actors, Ruth Negga and Luke Kirby do a good job, but its a very slow paced and the story takes forever to get anywhere.
The twists and turns are all predictable and done better in Korean movies, especially Oldboy.
Here comes something a little unexpected in the dawning weeks of the Summer blockbuster season, it's an old school action-thriller with a film noir soul, the kind of movie in the hard manned style that a few decades earlier could have easily starred screen greats like Lee Marvin or Steve McQueen.
Jackson, in one of his best roles in ages, stars as Foley, a former grifter just being released from prison after serving a twenty-five year stretch.
However, like all good things in the movies, it wasn't meant to last.
Ethan, and his boss, a merciless gangster named Xavier (Tom Wilkinson) pull Foley back into the life, now that they've found leverage that wont allow him to back out.The story is told pretty straight forward, devoid of the expected convoluted twists and turn.
The script isn't the greatest, it could have used an infusion of snappy dialogue and the resolution is a little too tidy and forced, still there are a few good tender scenes written in for Foley and Iris, well played by the actors.