Synopsis
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
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Cast
- Idris ElbaDr. Nate Daniels
- Leah Sava JeffriesNorah Daniels
- Iyana HalleyMeredith Daniels
- Sharlto CopleyMartin Battles
- Martin MunroKees
- Liyabuya GongoCut Offs
- Daniel HadebeAbduya
- Thapelo SebogodiCamo
- Mduduzi MavimbelaPoacher Mizozi
- Chris GxalabaPoacher Mizozi
Recommendations
- 83
Original-Cin
If there’s one thing that Beast does well, it keeps its audience on the edge of their seats. - 73
TheWrap
Beast is a toothsome survival thriller, competently crafted and engagingly realized. There are far worse ways to spend 93 minutes in a movie theater, but audiences hankering for something with some actual substance may be left feeling hungry on mane. - 63
Boston Globe
To the movie’s credit, it tries to balance action and thrills with domestic conflict. Perhaps not surprisingly, the family stuff feels seriously subsidiary to the scary stuff. Beast is going through the motions with father-daughter tension. The humans-as-prey tension, that’s a different story. - 63
Chicago Tribune
As with so much of this director’s work, I’m in the middle on Beast, though its efficient running time puts it a notch above. Like many of his previous films, this one has the advantage of modest scale and a passing interest in human resourcefulness under extreme duress. It has also the disadvantage of spectacle that is more technical than artistic. - 60
IGN
While Beast certainly does little to innovate in the survival thriller genre, it does serve decent fun for fans that want to see Idris Elba fighting a giant, man-hunting lion. - 60
The Guardian
August might be a washout so far for the industry but Beast couldn’t be arriving at a more apt time, a thrilling, if throwaway, reminder of the fun to be had while watching a B-movie bringing its A-game. - 58
Collider
Beast has its flaws and is mostly by-the-numbers, but if the idea of Idris Elba fighting a lion is something that is of interest to you, then Beast is going to deliver. - 50
Movie Nation
Beast is an over-the-top savage and sometimes head-slappingly silly animal attack thriller. Its artfully paranoid and claustrophobic, comically cuddly and pretty much begs the audience to shout at the screen. A lot.
