BEAST
Since leaving his native Iceland and setting up in Hollywood, director Baltasar Kormákur has become something of a specialist in survival thrillers.
However, whereas Everest (2015) and Adrift (2018) were both inspired by true events, the filmmaker's latest foray into the man-versus-nature genre is an original story - although anyone who has sat through M.J. Bassett's DTV double-header of Rogue (2020) and Endangered Species (2021) may question just how original it really is.
Following the death of his estranged wife, Dr. Nathan Samuels (Idris Elba) takes his teenage daughters Meredith (lyana Halley) and Norah (Leah Sava Jeffries) on a holiday to South Africa in an attempt to reconnect with them. However, a trip into the wilds, with old family friend Martin (Sharlto Copley) as their guide, becomes a life-or-death struggle when their group is targeted by a bloodthirsty rogue lion.
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