SEVEN SNIPERS
(director: Sandra Sciberras; screenwriter: Andrew O’Keefe; cinematographer: Andrew Conder; editor: Stephanie Liquorish; music: Mike Forst; cast: Tim Roth (The Dragon), Radha Mitchell (Kris Hendricks), Joan Gruffudd (Milk), Annabel Wolfe (Anja), Bianca Wallace (Kaldayev), Ryan Kwanten (Phillips), Damien Ryan (White Dog), Charles Cottier (Junior), Pacharo Mzembe (Nico), Lee Tigere Halley (Michael, Anja’s boyfriend); Runtime: 78; MPAA Rating: R; producers: Tristan Barr, Grant Hardie, Phil Hunt, Ian Kirk, Compton Ross, Sandra Sciberras; Head Gear Films/ Monster Pictures; 2026-Australia)
“The action sequence is lively.”
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
Australian director Sandra Sciberras (“Dust Walker”/”Surviving Georgia”) and writer Andrew O’Keefe present this low-budget, no-frills, action pic, that’s set over one day.
The retired Aussie military sniper Kris Hendricks (Radha Mitchell), with the code name ‘Voodoo Child,’ goes into action with five of her former sniper team–her boss ‘White Dog’ (Damien Ryan), his son Junior (Charles Cottier), stealth master Nico (Pacharo Mzembe), Italian sharpshooter Kalda (Bianca Wallace, and alpha-male Milk (Joan Gruffudd, Welsh actress)– when the single mom’s feisty teenage daughter Anja (Annabel Wolfe) is targeted by the criminal war lord known as The Dragon (Tim Roth) on her birthday. The villain’s main man is Phillips (Ryan Kwanten), who acts as a scout.
Mother and daughter live together on a barricaded rural farm in Australia, expecting the grudge-bearing crime lord to come after her, even if ten years after her retirement.
Both sides fight it out on the farm, as things turn bloody when The Dragon invades. Why they are foes gets covered in B/W flashbacks.
Though the outcome is predictable and the story is absurd, the action sequence is lively, and the film is competently made. It’s better suited for home viewing than for movie houses and should please those more interested in the action than in the story.
REVIEWED ON 5/23/2026 GRADE: B-
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