[wpdevart_youtube]yyuRdsik_P0[/wpdevart_youtube]BAD SAMARITAN **

Dir: Dean Devlin (15, 110 mins)

David Tennant chews the scenery in this daft thriller with an 80s vibe. Robert Sheehan (Misfits) plays a cheeky chappie thief with a great scheme going: he and his mate work as valets for wealthy restaurant goers, breaking into their houses whilst they are having their nosh. It’s all going swimmingly, as Sheehan supplements his struggling photography career with petty crime, until they cross paths with Tennant’s psycho. Whilst breaking into his house, Sheehan discovers a serial killer’s lair and an imprisoned woman, whom he fails to free in an act of moral recklessness. Naturally, as soon as David finds out he comes after him with predictable results, chasing after his girlfriend and taking down his mates with aplomb. It’s over-the-top nonsense directed with a heavy hand, and doesn’t really work, but clearly the ex-Doctor Who and Broadchurch copper is relishing being the bad guy. Opens Aug 24