Beast (2018)
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
- Michael Pearce
- Giles Barron
- Alice Caronna
- Michael Pearce
Rating: 6.5/10 by 290 users
Alternative Title:
Animal Shadows - GB
비스트 - KR
Canavar 2017 - TR
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 47 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: island, beach, nightmare, birthday, pregnancy, suspicion, serial killer, car accident, hunting, dark past, loner, sister sister relationship, isolated community
Jessie Buckley pulls out all the stops here and offers us a really strong performance in what is otherwise a rather unremarkable thriller. She is "Moll" who lives a pretty unfulfilled life under the watchful gaze of her mother "Hilary" (Geraldine James). She hooks up with wide boy "Pascal" (Johnny Flynn - or Tom Burke?) whom many suspect to be behind a series of killings that have rocked their island community. Increasingly shunned by her family and friends, she finds herself embroiled in the police investigation led by "Harrison" (Oliver Maltman) - a man who is also keen on young "Moll" - and gradually she, like us, begins to doubt the probity of her boyfriend's dubious character. There is something fitting about the ending, but I am afraid I found the rest of this just a bit too procedural with the usual dose of familial discord failing to chime with me at all. Buckley stands out and James always brings a bit of gravitas when she is on screen, but the remainder left me underwhelmed and borderline disinterested. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood, but this really didn't do much for me at all. Sorry.
