PREVIEW: Beast (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Idris Elba (Pacific Rim), Iyana Halley (Licorice Pizza), Leah Sava Jeffries (PawParazzi), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road), Melanie Jarnson (Mortal Kombat), Damon Burtley (film debut), Robby MacIsaac (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Baltasar Kormákur (Everest), director, producer; Ryan Engle (Rampage), writer; James Lopez (Breaking In) and Will Packer (Girls Trip), producers; Philippe Rousselot (Lions for Lambs), cinematographer; Jay Rabinowitz (8 Mile), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Nate (Elba), a recently widowed father, takes his two teenage daughters Meredith (Halley) and Norah (Jeffries) on a trip to a game reserve in South Africa, where he first met the girls’ mother. Whilst exploring the reserve with family friend and wildlife biologist Martin (Copley), Nate and his daughters are stalked and hunted by a blood-thirsty lion, which sees all humans as the enemy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Idris Elba heads this tense wildlife survival thriller from director Baltasar Kormákur – but let’s be honest, you should be excited because this movie features Idris Elba punching a CG lion, which in and of itself is worth the ticket price alone.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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