GOOD PEOPLE

US/UK, 2014, 90 minutes, Colour.
James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson, Omar Sy, Sam Spruell, Anna Friel, Diana Hardcastle.
Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz.

Good People is a crime drama set in London, although the central characters, James Franco and Kate Hudson, play Americans who have inherited a house and have decided to settle in London, he a restorer of houses and she a teacher who has suffered a miscarriage.

In the meantime with a robbery at a club, drugs and cash, with one of the robbers shooting another and getting away with everything. In fact, he boards in the basement of the house where Franco and Hudson live and dies of an overdose. When they find the bag of money, their eventually decide to keep it. In the meantime, a police officer played by Tom Wilkinson has been after the criminals, especially with the death of his daughter from an overdose. He interrogates the couple and persuades them, especially after thugs come and bash Franco, to deliver the cash but have a guard watching. It goes astray, Wilkinson is shot, and the couple hide in the house in the suburbs that they have inherited. In the meantime, an African dealer who calls himself Genghis Kahn threatens them and wants revenge on the robbers.

The end has quite a confrontation, the wife being upstairs with a gun, the husband in the basement but loosening the floor so that one of the thugs falls through - and stapling the feet of another to the floor. And in comes Wilkinson with his gun.

A strong cast, James Franco appearing in many films at this time as well as writing and directing. He works well with Kate Hudson and Tom Wilkinson. Omar Sy who made such an impression in The Intouchables is the African criminal. The director is Danish.

1. The title, audience expectations? The criteria for good and bad?

2. London setting, homes, suburbs, houses restored, is, ordinary world, Kingston world, police officers, the parks? The musical score?

3. The introduction to the couple, Americans in England, the inheritance of this, the experience of the miscarriage, attempts to become pregnant, she teacher, you restore Holmes?

4. The robbery, gangsters waiting outside, Khan and his arrival,, the men going in, the types, the shooting, leaving?

5. The irony of the robbery, cash and drugs, the boarder in the basement, drugs and his death, Tom finding him, the bag and the money in the roof, the moral dilemma about keeping it or not? The discussions with Anna, the time limit, not foreseeing consequences? The plan for the eviction, the money saving them?

6. John, police, the enquiry, checking the house, his attitude towards the criminals, relationship with his wife, the death of his daughter, the drugs and dealing, his anger, the policeman, wanting to stay on the case, the clashes with the authorities?

7. Tom and Anna, the characters, their background, the experience of the miscarriage, Tom and his work, the need for jobs, his associate? Waiting, the deciding, the conditions? Using the money for small payments, his co-worker, the jobs?

8. Khan, personality, after the criminals, background, self-confidence, contacting Tom, the interview with him, the explanation of Genghis Khan, that people were with him or against him? The threats? Revenge on the London criminals?

9. The London criminals, the visit to Tom, the brutality and threats?

10. John, knowing the truth, Tom telling him the details, Tom wounded, the explanations, the plan for the delivery, the deals, in the Park, the shooting and chaos, John being wounded, John and going to the mansion?

11. John in hospital, his wife, his decision to go to help Tom?

12. Coming to the mansion, the thugs coming, Anna upstairs, the confrontation with the thug, with Khan? The thug, falling through the floor of the basement, Tom stapling the feet? The gun, Anna, the shooting? John and his arrival?

13. The mansion, John driving, crash, the deaths? Shooting? John giving Tom and Anna the small amount of money for the future?

14. Who are good people? Who are bad people?