Review: Beast
Widower Idris Elba flies his teen daughters to Africa and the small village their mother grew up in. Meanwhile, a rogue lion has been killing villagers. Man vs. Beast ensues. Sharlto Copley turns up as a friendly game warden. Idris Elba apparently chose to make this 2022 lion movie because it gave him an opportunity to make a ‘run, chase, run’ movie. I’m happy you got your wish, Idris. However, I wished for a film that was either good or at least fun, and that’s not what I’ve been given by you, director Baltasar Kormákur (who made better films like “Contraband” , “2 Guns” , and the underrated “Everest” ), and screenwriter Ryan Engle ( “Non-Stop” , “The Commuter” ). It’s been well-shot, otherwise the best I can say here is that unlike the infamous “Roar” I wasn’t watching an actual animal attack. The filmmakers had two possibilities for success here; 1) Embrace the human story of a father taking his kids to Africa where their mother grew up and forget about the l...