Black Medicine ★★½

BLACK Medicine is a little-seen British thriller lifted above the average by an intriguing premise and decent performances.

Antonia Campbell-Hughes plays the central character, a doctor working illegally in the criminal underworld.

This usually means patching up assault victims, until she is faced with a significant moral quandary when asked to assist in a transplant operation.

Amybeth McNulty is also good as a young woman at the centre of the events while the always dependable Orla Brady is in her element as the ruthless head of a criminal gang.

The mood and tenor of the film are well balanced until the final act which veers a little too far into suspension of disbelief territory to fully succeed.

Watched on Prime.