Transfusion review – paint-by-numbers drama could be written by AI

Transfusion review – paint-by-numbers drama could be written by AI

Decent acting from Sam Worthington and Phoebe Tonkin can’t save this moody action flick from a lacklustre script, which contains no surprises

Sam Worthington and Edward Carmody in Transfusion
Sam Worthington and Edward Carmody are the father and son, Ryan and Billy, in Transfusion. Photograph: Stan

Sam Worthington spends lots of time looking intensely glum in Transfusion, matching the tone of the writer/director Matt Nable’s quietly moody action-drama. You can’t blame the guy: not long ago Worthington was swimming in shimmering oceans on a picturesque planet populated by lanky smurfs. Now, in this sombre Stan original film, Worthington plays Ryan Logan, a former sniper for the Australian Army who is struggling to adjust to normal society. He starts selling wine he knows nothing about before getting in over his head, entangled in a narrative reminiscent of a Liam Neeson B-thriller.

Check Also

Kill Boksoon review – intense Korean assassin thriller with satisfying complexity

Post Views: 3 Revered by colleagues and rivals alike … Jeon Do-yeon in Kill Boksoon. Photograph: …