Beast (2022)

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   Siskoid

   I wasn't expecting much from Beast - and it IS basically just Jaws, Jurassic Park and The Grey with an angry lion - but in several ways, it exceeded those expectations. Idris Alba is of course very strong (in both senses of the word, I guess), as a single father wrestling with demons and protecting what's left of his family in a distorted mirror of the rogue lion's own plight. And generally, the film is well structured, sets things up and pays them off pleasantly, and provides some good twists and real tension. Black Panther gave the public a thirst for more mainstream films set in Africa (though I feel there's no substitute for ACTUAL African cinema, which is doing some very interesting things right now), we just have to wonder if a creature feature is really what we had in mind. So if it triumphs at all, it's by offering interesting protagonists and intriguing locales. The lion also works as a monster, but it brings a certain measure of pathos - we all know who the real monster is. If it STUMBLES, it's largely due to the elder daughter who is definitely a horror movie pawn, always sure to do the wrong thing to create more jeopardy, say the wrong thing to initiate clumsy exposition, or unnecessarily explain the plot. She had me gritting my teeth through no fault of the actress. For all its faults, I'm in for Beast 2: Urban Jungle where the rogue lion survives, is sent to the New York zoo, escapes and hunts Idris Elba and his girls in the airport, until it bites on an electric cable and dies. 1 year 8 months ago
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   boulderman

   Excellent CGI and decent excitement. Very good and better than expected 1 year 3 months ago
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   Camille Deadpan

   This was, for me, a very sad movie. This

   lion was only trying to defend his land - and his life.

   But they made him to be something out of a Stephen King character.
   I always think how lucky we humans are to share our world with these magnificent creatures (especially the people in Africa). But mostly we feel we own them and we kill them. This movie shows the universal truth - the nature will always win in the end. 1 year 7 months ago

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