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Video Review – Beast sees Idris Elba face an evil lion in a lackluster battle

August 24, 2022 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with a video review of Beast…

With the premise of Idris Elba fighting a lion, you’d expect an epic battle of campiness and brutality. Sadly, Beast lacks both in what our critic EJ Moreno describes as a lackluster human vs. animal film. In the grand tradition of films like Jaws, Orca, or Anaconda, Beast sadly doesn’t live up to its predecessor.

Watch the review below, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive interviews, and other video content…

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Baltasar Kormákur directs Beast from a screenplay by Ryan Engle, based on a story by Jaime Primak Sullivan. The film stars Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Sharlto Copley.

Idris Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley, Russian Doll series, Maleficent), an old family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them.

Beast is out now in the US and opens in the UK this Friday.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Baltasar Kormakur, Beast, Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Jeffries, Sharlto Copley

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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