Movie

Beast of Burden

2018 · 90 min

A taut, claustrophobic thriller that traps you in a cockpit with a desperate man, keeping you tense and uneasy throughout.

Tagline: Lines are meant to be crossed.
Overview: Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
How it feels: Tense, dark, bleak and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, crime, betrayal, family
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
crime
betrayal
family
trauma
Places: road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild