Beast (2022)
Directed by Baltasar Kormakur
Written by Ryan Engle
Starring Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries
Release Date August 19th, 2022
Idris Elba punches a lion in the face. Do you need a better reason to see the new action drama Beast? One of the sexiest men in the world comes face to face with a lion in the wilds of South Africa and delivers a knuckle sandwich to one of the Kings of the jungle. The sheer audacity of this sequence, well crafted in CGI, made me a believer in this otherwise mediocre family drama. A father struggles to raise two daughters following the death of their mother and winds up punching a lion in the face in Beast.
Dr. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) is a respected doctor but a struggling father. Having watched his marriage dissolve before his eyes, Dr. Samuels appeared content to crawl inside a bottle and coast on the respect he’s earned in his lengthy medical career. This changes when his ex-wife passes away and Dr. Samuels becomes a single dad to his two daughters, Meredith (Iyana Halley) and Norah (Leah Sava Jeffries).
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
