As Good As Dead

    As Good As Dead
    2010

    Synopsis

    Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist

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      Cast

      • Cary ElwesEthan Belfrage
      • Brian CoxReverend Kalahan
      • Andie MacDowellHelen Kalahan
      • Matt DallasJake
      • Frank WhaleyAaron
      • Nicole Ansari-CoxKate Belfrage
      • Emma KantorSarah
      • Juliette BennettErica
      • Clark MiddletonSeth
      • Claudine OriolMarsha

      Recommendations

      • 60

        The New York Times

        Several varieties of creepy run through As Good as Dead, a gruesomely alluring tale of long-simmering revenge.
      • 40

        New York Daily News

        This taut but cliched little thriller is like "Wait Until Dark" with neo-Nazis.
      • 30

        The Hollywood Reporter

        A rote captivity drama with aspirations of sociopolitical relevance, As Good as Dead has nothing to say about torture or racism and little excitement to offer as compensation.
      • 20

        Time Out

        It's hardly worth slogging through a full hour of unexplained bondage and a so-bombastic-it-seems-sarcastic score, only to be rewarded with a plea for tolerance that's both insincere and inept.
      • 20

        Variety

        A muddled script, spatially confounding direction and four thesps seemingly acting in four different movies are only a few of the problems with the misbegotten political thriller As Good as Dead.