Film Review – Beast (2022)

It’s interesting to see how the blockbuster success of 1975’s “Jaws” remains in play to this day, with producers occasionally returning to the people vs. nature formula to give audiences a wild ride of killer creature formula. In recent years, sharks have been used as the demons of the deep, offering aquatic adventures with ferocious antagonists. For “Beast,” a lion returns to power as the focus of horror, with screenwriter Ryan Engle (“Rampage,” “Breaking In”) cooking up a struggle for survival in the heat of South Africa, pitting a father of two against a predator who’s not in the mood for mercy. “Beast” is simple in many ways, and Engle hopes to secure some level of emotional engagement to help power up audience involvement. However, as these movies tend to go, the sheer force of a lion tearing after prey is what carries the viewing experience, and director Baltasar Kormakur (“2 Guns,” “Everest”) respects the hunt, delivering a fast-paced thriller with occasional bursts of violence. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com