Earlier today, I watched the horror adventure drama Beast at AMC theaters. This film stars Idris Elba—who plays Nate Samuels, an American doctor and widower who takes his two daughters (Meredith, played by Iyana Halley, and Norah, portrayed by Leah Jeffries) on a trip to Africa to mend his broken relationship with them, only to stumble upon a rogue lion that hunts them down during a safari gone wrong.
Beast definitely had its moments...though it amusingly felt like a Jurassic Park movie, but with a bloodthirsty lion and not a pack of velociraptors relentlessly stalking the main characters. This is even solidified by one of the daughters—I think it was Meredith—wearing a Jurassic Park shirt at one point early in the film. (Beast was also produced by Universal Pictures, in case you're wondering.)
There isn't anything too deep or philosophical about the plot for Beast, except that it's a story about survival and the continuing threat poachers pose to the amazing wildlife in the African savanna.
Beast was shot on location in South Africa, so it's not a surprise that South African actor Sharlto Copley—who became famous from 2009's Oscar-nominated sci-fi movie District 9 (which also filmed in the African country)—would make an appearance in this flick as Dr. Samuels' anti-poaching best friend Martin Battles.
While Beast was filmed in South Africa, I wouldn't be surprised if some scenes were shot in the barren hills of Simi Valley, Santa Clarita or another location in California's San Fernando Valley as well. (It wasn't... I did some research about the movie on Google just now.) That would've been some nice Hollywood movie magic if it was!
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