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Beast (2022)
Director: Baltasar Kormákur Run Time: 103 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Jeffries, Riley Keough, Sharlto Copley
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
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. Starring Idris Elba and Sharlto Copley.
“It’s an edge-of-your-seat crowd-pleaser that cares enough to develop its story world and characters just as well as its jump-scares and tension.”
—Sarah-Tai Black, Globe and Mail
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About the filmmaker:
Baltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík (2000), The Sea (2002), A Little Trip to Heaven (2005), Contraband (2012), 2 Guns (2013), and Everest (2015). He earned the Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival for 101 Reykjavík (2000).
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