Film Review – Transfusion

“Transfusion” features one of the finest performances from Sam Worthington, who hasn’t exactly delivered riveting work over the course of his career. However, writer/director Matt Nable seems to understand how to work with Worthington’s practiced reserved, leaning into the insular ways of the actor, bringing out the best in him with this tale of an ex-military man fighting to deal with all the loss and destruction of his life. “Transfusion” has some difficulty deciding what kind of movie it wants to be, but there’s power here, especially in the first half, with Nable getting into the gut-rot pain of guilt and the frustration of communication, showcasing a particular escalation of danger for a character fighting to process all that’s happened to him. Nable handles the dark stuff very well, only slipping when trying to turn the tale into something more conventional, which isn’t as compelling as the human moments. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com