By Ben Travis | Posted 6 Jun 2018

There are two types of David Tennant performance. In the mid-‘00s his joyous charisma made him a family favourite as Doctor Who's Tenth Doctor — and then he went and turned in one of the most skin-crawlingly villainous turns of recent years as Jessica Jones' devilish mind-controlling Kilgrave. He’s still firmly in baddie mode for new thriller film Bad Samaritan playing Cale, a sinister sadist with a dark secret locked away in his house. Opportunistic burglar Sean (played by Misfits star Robert Sheehan) finds more than he bargains for when he breaks into Cale’s abode, putting himself right in the crosshairs. If you’ve forgotten just how menacing Tennant can look when he’s playing it mean, just take a glimpse at this exclusive poster.

You can get a closer look at the film in the trailer.

Bad Samaritan is directed by Dean Devlin, the creator of Independence Day, and UK audiences will be able to find out exactly what secrets Cale is hiding when the film hits cinemas on 24 August.

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