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''Good People'' (released in some countries as ''Getaway 2'') is a 2014 American
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film directed by Henrik Ruben Genz and written by Kelly Masterson, based on
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's 2008 novel of same name. The film stars
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,
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,
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, Tom Wilkinson, and
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and tells the story of an American couple, Tom and Anna Wright, living in
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who fall into severe debt while renovating their family's home. The film was released in select theaters and on demand on 26 September 2014.


Plot

The story begins with four men pulling a heist together. The men rob a man named Khan (
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), a well-known French heroin dealer, of his drugs and money. Ben Tuttle and Bobby emerge from the building first. Ben shoots Bobby and runs off with all of the money and drugs. The two other men, Jack Witkowski (
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) and Marshall (Diarmaid Murtagh), exit later. They find Bobby dead, and run off before they get caught. Tom Wright (
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) and his wife, Anna (
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), are living in
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and have fallen into severe debt while renovating their family's home. They are trying to have a baby, but have been unsuccessful thus far. After their downstairs tenant doesn't respond to their requests to keep the noise down, the couple go downstairs to discover their neighbor, Ben, is dead. The official cause of death is ruled by the police a heroin overdose. While cleaning the apartment, the Wrights discover £220,000 above a loose ceiling tile. They debate what to do with the money, as well as the remainder of Ben's things. After some time, Tom spends some money paying off the house they were renovating, and Anna spends some money to go to a fertility clinic. Meanwhile, Detective Halden ( Tom Wilkinson) suspects that the Wrights are withholding information. He begins tracking their movements, as he seems to believe Ben's death is connected to his daughter's. A man is shown being threatened by Jack Witkowski to reveal the location of his cousin, Ben. As soon as he reveals this, he is killed. Witkowski and his partner, Marshall, break into Ben's old apartment to look for the money, but are unsuccessful. Khan approaches Tom Wright about his money, claiming that Tom must choose a side, his or Jack Witkowski's. Tom refuses to choose a side and when he arrives home, Witkowski is waiting for him. Witkowski tortures Tom, but Tom refuses to give up the location of the money. Detective Halden arrives, and Witkowski and his partner run off. Halden tells the Wrights he wants to use them as bait, off the books, to arrest Witkowski, as Witkowski has inside connections with law enforcement. The Wrights schedule a money drop with Witkowski, and then meet with Detective Halden and Khan separately to devise a plan. During the drop, Witkowski realises Halden is a cop, and Marshall shoots Halden. The Wrights run off with the money and Khan tells them they are on their own, as he believes he has been played. Halden is shown recovering in the hospital, as he was wearing a bulletproof vest. Witkowski and his men take Anna's friend, Sarah ( Anna Friel), and her baby, Julian, hostage. The Wrights agree to meet Witkowski at the house the Wrights were renovating, where they've been hiding. The Wrights inform Halden of the plan and rig the house in preparation for their meeting. Witkowski falls through the floor, and Tom puts nails through Marshall's feet. Khan and his men arrive at the house, to the surprise of everyone. Halden arrives at the house and kills one of Khan's men with his car as Sarah and her baby escape, but Halden is knocked unconscious. A game of cat and mouse ensues throughout the house between Khan and his men, Witkowski and Marshall, and the Wrights. Khan's other man is killed by Tom, and Khan kills Witkowski. Tom fights with Khan, who is about to kill Tom when a shot from Marshall, directed at them both, kills Khan. Anna is nearly choked to death by Marshall until a revived Halden enters the house and shoots Marshall dead. The movie ends with the house burning to the ground, the Wrights moving out of their apartment, and Anna telling Tom that she is pregnant.


Cast

*
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as Tom Wright *
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as Anna Wright *
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as Khan, a French heroin dealer. * Tom Wilkinson as D.I. John Halden * Anna Friel as Sarah, Anna's friend. *
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as Jack Witkowski * Diarmaid Murtagh as Marshall, Jack's accomplice. * Michael Jibson as Mike Calloway, Tom's boss. * Diana Hardcastle as Marie Halden, Detective Halden's wife. * Oliver Dimsdale as Supt Ray Martin *Maarten Dannenberg as Andre


Production

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began on June 1, 2013, at
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and also filmed in
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.


Reception

''Good People'' holds a 12% rating on
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based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 4.35/10. On
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, the film has a score of 42 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". ''
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'' said about the film that "This is why bad things happen", while Guy Lodge of the '' Variety Magazine'' criticized
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and
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for their roles saying that " heyare uncharacteristically muted in this watchable but wholly unsurprising London crime caper". David Hughes of ''
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'', gave ''Good People'' 2 out of 5 and saying in his closing comments "Tom and Anna are so thinly sketched that by the time the painfully slow set-up starts to pay off, we no longer care who does what to whom, or why".


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Good People 2010s heist films 2014 action thriller films American action thriller films American heist films Fictional married couples Films directed by Henrik Ruben Genz Films produced by Tobey Maguire Films set in London Films shot in London 2010s English-language films Films produced by Avi Lerner 2010s American films