3.24 stars. A solid crime thriller with a big twist. Samuel L. Jackson plays a con who wants to go straight but runs in to complicated issues that "force" him to do one last con.

Predictable. I got the 'staight to dvd film vibe' from reading the synopsis alone

Samuel Jackson is a former grifter that's roped back into the scene. For me, it all went dumb dumpster when he finds out that he's romantically involved with his daughter. Gross. Bye.

I like Ruth Negga, I like Sam Jackson, problem is I also like Park-Chan-Wook and this movie stole too much from oldboy for me to rate it any higher than a poor ripoff of a classic movie.

The acting was weak and made the characters less believable.

jackson's character finds out he's humped his own daughter. case closed.

Horrible. Left the theater.

It's one big mess up , fucked up shiet movie

This movie is horrible and why would Samuel Jackson make a movie with incest! Even worse when you think it's part of the con you find out it's not! STUPID SICK TWISTED - WISH I NEVER SEEN IT!!!

Movie started with a interesting premise. Then ended up being a very boring slow paced movie with nothing going on. Pass on this one.

How in the world did Jackson wind up in TWO movies that rip off Oldboy?! I'll say this, its a better movie then the Spike Lee remake at least. But once the twist is revealed, its hard to take the movie seriously anymore. A shame, as Jackson does a really good job and the movie sports some fine cinematography.

It's the sort of film where by about the 20-minute mark you hope that every character dies by the end - even the ones who haven't been introduced into the plot yet.

I love Samuel L. Jackson but this disappointed me. It just would not end but I felt so vested I had to finish lol.

I really enjoyed this. Started out a bit slow but the middle of the movie plot twist turns everything upside down. Luke Kirby is a snake but a pansy at the same time. I spent a good part of the film hoping he found his demise. Not SLJ's best, but it wasn't as bad as some say it is

Definitely has some unexpected twists, but is strange overall.

I see why this movie went unnoticed terrible writing directing and acting

When not even great screen presences Samuel L. Jackson or Tom Wilkinson can elevate a film, you know you've got a bad one. It doesn't help that neither of them seem to care at all about the film they find themselves in, and neither of them could be bothered to try. The fact that Jackson, in all his lethargy, is still the best thing about this film tells you the lows this film sinks to. Jackson played Foley, who's out of prison on parole after twenty-five years. He's trying to go straight, but the son of his ex-partner forces him back into the job for one last grift. The first problem is the Samaritan is that it's premise is one we've heard several times before. The second is that it has a terrible screenplay that cannot transcend it's numerous cliches. The dialogue is uninspired and uninteresting, meanwhile the characters are undeveloped and terribly acted. The third problem is that it's stylistically and tonally uneven; at times it seems like the director can't decide which film he's actually directing. The worst part about the Samaritan is that it manages to be both tedious and unpleasant at the same time. The film takes itself dead-seriously, and somber attitude and attempts to shock the audience becomes very irritating. The Samaritan is a film that thinks it's cool, thinks it's clever, thinks it's edgy and provocative, but in the end it's just very, very stupid, very, very boring, and very, very unpleasant.

When not even great screen presences Samuel L. Jackson or Tom Wilkinson can elevate a film, you know you've got a bad one. It doesn't help that neither of them seem to care at all about the film they find themselves in, and neither of them could be bothered to try. The fact that Jackson, in all his lethargy, is still the best thing about this film tells you the lows this film sinks to. Jackson played Foley, who's out of prison on parole after twenty-five years. He's trying to go straight, but the son of his ex-partner forces him back into the job for one last grift. The first problem is the Samaritan is that it's premise is one we've heard several times before. The second is that it has a terrible screenplay that cannot transcend it's numerous cliches. The dialogue is uninspired and uninteresting, meanwhile the characters are undeveloped and terribly acted. The third problem is that it's stylistically and tonally uneven; at times it seems like the director can't decide which film he's actually directing. The worst part about the Samaritan is that it manages to be both tedious and unpleasant at the same time. The film takes itself dead-seriously, and somber attitude and attempts to shock the audience becomes very irritating. The Samaritan is a film that thinks it's cool, thinks it's clever, thinks it's edgy and provocative, but in the end it's just very, very stupid, very, very boring, and very, very unpleasant.

Very good movie it is on nexflix let know how like it.

Low rated but I am a sucker for Grifter movies so going to bump it a bit higher. Really enjoyed it don't want to give it away bit it is worth seeing.