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Beast of War

2025 · 87 min

A sweaty, claustrophobic ordeal that wrings dread from open water, where bickering men and a circling predator whittle hope down to nothing.

Directed by: Kiah Roache-Turner
Genres: Thriller, Action, War
Starring: Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich

Tagline: Survival is the only victory.
Overview: When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.

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Directed by: Kiah Roache-Turner
Genres: Thriller, Action, War
Starring: Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
war
isolation
death
betrayal
Places: sea
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
true story
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	7
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	9
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller, action, war, horror
Directed by: Kiah Roache-Turner
Written by: Kiah Roache-Turner
Starring: Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich, Maximillian Johnson, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Tristan McKinnon, Aswan Reid
Cinematography: Mark Wareham
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Australia
Languages: English

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