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This movie is going to be harrowing. Cary Fukunaga, who directed the first season of True Detective, wrote and helmed this adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s novel of the same name about a young boy forced into the life of a child soldier in West Africa. Beasts will get a simultaneous theatrical rollout alongside its Netflix premiere, and if Idris Elba plays the role of child-snatching warlord with half the intensity we know he’s capable of, it’s not crazy to think he could garner the streaming service’s first Academy Award nomination. Prepare to clutch your chest for two straight hours when this comes out.
Pause At: 1:03. This face. This poor, tiny face. Seriously these are just kids at 1:19!
Essential Quote: “Agu, you are going to kill this man.” Commandant (Idris Elba)
