2020 · crime · drama
The Beast
Directed by Ludovico Di Martino1h 30m2020
To rescue his daughter, an unstable Special Forces veteran unleashes his inner beast as he pursues her kidnappers — and soon becomes a suspect himself.
Our read: The Beast (2020) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- intense
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