Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.
Good People is a thoroughly generic thriller that fails to distinguish itself in any meaningful way. The premise—ordinary couple finds dirty money and gets hunted—is well-worn territory covered more effectively by countless predecessors. The plot is predictable and riddled with contrivances, the acting from James Franco and Kate Hudson is serviceable but unremarkable, the London setting is underutilized cinematographically, and the ending resolves tensionlessly. There is little novelty in conception or execution; this is a by-the-numbers adaptation that adds nothing distinctive to the genre.