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| “ | She's my mother now. | „ |
| ~ Mark, as he accepts Henry's challenge. |
Mark Evans is the titular main protagonist of the 1993 psychological thriller film The Good Son.
Mark was portrayed by Elijah Wood, who also portrayed Huckleberry Finn in the 1993 film adaptation of The Adventures of Huck Finn, Stu Simmons in The War, Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jones Dillion in Try Seventeen/All I Want, Zak Knight in The Warrior of the Quest, Spyro in The Legend of Spyro 2006 version series, Mumble from Happy Feet, the title character in 9, Clint Hadson in Cooties and Wirt in Over the Garden Wall.
Biography[]
Mark is first shown playing a soccer game in Arizona; until his father, Jack Evans picks him up and takes him to see his dying mother in the hospital. He keeps promising her that; she will not die; but to no avail, as he is later see at her funeral.
As Mark's father, Jack has a business trip in Japan, Mark is dropped off to live in Maine; with Jack's brother, Wallace, his sister-in-law, Susan, his nephew, Henry and his niece, Connie.
Initially, Henry and Mark get along very well; but in discussing the death of Mark's mother and that; of Henry's brother, Richard, Henry is fascinated; with death and that; makes Mark uncomfortable. Henry pressures Mark; into smoking a cigarette, though Mark says it gives them cancer. Henry says that; he will die soon or later anyway.
What leads Mark; into finally finding out how bad Henry is; when Henry tricks him; into helping him drop a dummy called "Mr. Highway" from a bridge, causing a traffic accident, much to Mark's shock. When Henry shows no remorse even after his evil actions so far, Marks tells Henry that; he is sick. Later, Mark reads Henry's sister, Connie a bedtime story. The next day, he tries to save Connie; who Henry pushed onto thin ice at a skating rink; but many people get in his way. He tries convincing his aunt and uncle how bad Henry is; but neither listens and he is dismissed as lying. He calls his father, Jack; who is still in Japan to explain Henry's psychotic behavior and the latter tells him he will come back; but in the meantime, to see Dr. Alice Davenport; who later says that; she doesn't believe in evil. Mark warns her that; she should.
At another point; because he thought Henry poisoned the food, Mark tries disposing of it; but is stopped by Aunt Susan and Uncle Wallace.
Later, after Henry has egged Mark into killing him, Wallace has caught Mark about to kill him and locks him in his study to await Dr. Davenport. As there is no way out, he sees Susan and Henry going out for a walk, and he breaks out of the study using a chair. At the last minute, he arrives at a cliff and comes to his aunt's rescue when he pounces on Henry; who was trying to drop a rock on his mother and they fight; until they both fall over the cliff; but Susan catches them.
Despite wanting to save her son, Henry and Mark, also that; Mark was right all along about her son's bad nature, she realizes that; each boy required both hands to pull up and therefore; she can only pull one boy up and has to decide; which one to save. Finally; with Mark's grip slipping; due to her bloody hand, and now knowing Henry's evil nature and that; he would try to kill her again, after saying "Henry!", Susan painfully forces herself to drop Henry; in order to pull Mark up. They both see Henry's dead body wash away and share an emotional embrace.
Finally, Mark is back in Arizona. As he looks on at the horizon, he reflects in a closing narration that; sometimes, late at night, he thinks about Susan and wonders if she would; make the same choice; if she did it again. But he says that; he will always wonder; but he knows that; he will never ask her.
Gallery[]
External links[]
- Mark Evans on the Pure Good Wiki