Beast (2022)

"While Idris Elba and Sharlto Copley deliver great performances, Beast is too predictable and simple to go down as a classic, or even a great entry in the genre."

"Yes, it’s all illogical and silly... But if everybody always acted correctly, we wouldn’t have movies like Beast, and that’d be no fun at all."

"A thrilling, if throwaway, reminder of the fun to be had while watching a B-movie bringing its A-game."

"A welcome reminder that simple pleasures can still occupy an essential place at the movies."

"Tense but silly..."

"Nothing will surprise you in how Beast unfolds except for how engrossing it manages to be."

"A ludicrous if enjoyable reminder that just because you’ve seen one killer CGI lion, it doesn’t mean you’ve seen them maul."

"A grippingly efficient thrill-ride with such a steely fixity of purpose that its 93 minutes seem to pass in around 15."

"An edge-of-your-seat crowd-pleaser that cares enough to develop its story world and characters just as well as its jump-scares and tension."

"People do stupid things in horror movies all the time, just to get the audience to talk back to the screen, but this is excessive."

"Predictable story but effective B-movie entertainment."

"The movie surrenders fully to camp."

"Dumb but genuinely pulse-pounding..."

"In the end Beast is, frankly, sort of dumb."

"There are thrills to be had here, even if the film doesn’t add up to a satisfying whole."