Angel Studios' "Runner," directed by Scott Waugh, pairs Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson in a buddy action thriller about a race to deliver a donated liver across Australia before it becomes unusable. Variety's review calls it an enjoyably watchable but middle-tier effort, praising the mismatched-star chemistry while noting it lacks the polish of a big studio release and the scrappy edge of true B-movie fare.

Ritchson plays Hank Malone, a sober ex-soldier and Brisbane courier tasked with transporting a liver flown in from the US, only to find himself accompanied by Wilson's talkative fellow messenger Ben Bishop on the urgent, hour-long drive to a Gold Coast hospital. The pair are pursued by Damian Zaldívar (Rodrigo Santoro), a drug lord's son who needs the same organ and will kill to get it, while Leila George and Scarlett Crabtree play the mother and sick child awaiting the transplant. At a lean 98 minutes, the film is likened to Dwayne Johnson's 2003 vehicle "The Rundown," with the review crediting Ritchson's understated performance and Wilson's motor-mouthed charm for elevating a thin premise.