Bad Samaritan

Bad Samaritan has built a devoted audience in Australia on Amazon Prime Video, and in the US on YouTube TV and ViX Premium Amazon Channel among viewers who want their drama to earn its emotional beats. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. David Tennant anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Start it on Amazon Prime Video whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Bad Samaritan is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — Bad Samaritan earns every emotional beat it goes for. A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are no longer how he expected. David Tennant and Robert Sheehan lead a cast doing genuinely serious work here. It hit screens in 2018. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Bad Samaritan. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. David Tennant is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

Bad Samaritan was released in 2018, directed by Dean Devlin. The full 111-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.