Mixing emotion and action, Heart of the Beast casts Brad Pitt as a retired special forces soldier who becomes stranded in the Alaskan wilds after his seaplane crashes.
Director David Ayer, who directed Pitt in the 2014 World War II drama Fury, leads the way as a spare Cameron Alexander screenplay teams Pitt's James with another combat vet, his beloved dog Odin.
Pitt's portrayal of a strong but psychologically damaged warrior proves convincing throughout. For his part, Odin's service in Iraq and Afghanistan has left him with titanium teeth and a prosthetic leg.
James' only human interaction comes early when he reluctantly encounters a retired gold miner (J.K. Simmons) roaming the wilderness where James is camping. After an evening of beer and terse conversation, Simmons’ character departs, never to be seen again.
While flying through mountainous terrain en route to his next camp site, James suffers a heart attack. The resulting crash leaves James and Odin (played by four German Shepherds) 58 miles from the nearest road.
Thus begins a survival trek that presents a succession of perilous obstacles: swirling rapids, a grizzly bear, and a pack of wolves among them.
Ayer’s opening — a woman in a pickup truck (Anna Lambe) encounters Odin on a lonely road — suggests a possible ending, but the real story here is one of man/dog bonding.
Filmed in New Zealand, Heart of the Beast makes the most of forest and mountain scenery for a wilderness drama that should speak loudly to those of us who have experienced and valued canine friendship.
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I thought it was a great movie except I totally disagree. The way they described how Wolves act the scene where the wolves are attacking the most that was real, but when they were on the trail and the wolves were stalking them and the wolves attacked them that is so old-fashioned ideas Wolf do not attack people like that. The only time Wolves will be very protective and dangerous as if you were by their den and they have pups otherwise Wolves will keep an eye out on them, but probably not bother them. I think they could’ve made that scene a lot better by maybe having a stare down with Owen and the Wolf. It would’ve been a lot more of a moving scene. It just was not very inventive. I liked it until Had that big bad wolf scene attacking Brad Pitt and his dog like I said before a good stare down with the dog in the Wolf with a bit of more moving scene
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