The Beast

The Beast
by Kevin Reynolds

The Beast
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Actor: Don Harvey, George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Bauer
Director: Kevin Reynolds
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); Portuguese (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

Movie Reviews of The Beast

Movie Review: A Well-told Story
Summary: 5 Stars

I had never heard of this movie until it came up as a recommendation, and the reader reviews persuaded me to try it. I'm glad I did.

This is a well written and well-acted story of a Soviet tank crew who, after destroying an Afghan village, and becoming separated from the rest of their unit, are hunted down by the surviving men, and women, of the village.

The story turns on the stormy relationship between the tank commander, a bullying, straight-laced officer scarred by his childhoom war experiences in Stallingrad, and a young, university educated enlisted crew member.

The "beast" is the tank, and the Afghanis think they have a way to defeat it. The hunt to kill the beast provides the story line, and the impact of the tank commander's style on his crew leads to the eventual distruction of the beast.

Summary of The Beast

The director of Waterworld teams up with playwright William Mastrosimone for a story of a lost Russian tank during the Afghan war; doesn't sound like your normal action fare, does it? Despite its awkward origins, The Beast is a satisfying action yarn that unfortunately was never widely distributed. When Afghan rebels find the lone tank lost in the high desert, a cat-and-mouse chase commences with nail-biting, emotional precision. The Russian tank crew is also at war with themselves after the sympathetic driver (a stalwart Jason Patric) debates the brutal tactics of his commander (George Dzundza). This visceral action drama was adapted from--believe it or not--a stage play but keeps its feet firmly planted in the war-action genre. Director Kevin Reynolds's second film showcases his aggressive camera work that was featured later, less successfully, in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Made directly after the Afghan war, the film was hard to sell in the late 1980s. With the Russians speaking English (and the Afghans their native dialect), the viewer is uncomfortably bonded to the unpopular aggressors. Yet the film reverberates in the sweat and toil of battle, with Patric bringing a more dramatic flair to the role than comes from the usual set of cinematic action heroes. --Doug Thomas

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