Heart Of The Beast (12A)
Cast: Anna Lambe, JK Simmons, Brad PittGenre: Action
Author(s): Cameron Alexander
Director: David Ayer
Release Date: 23/09/2026
Running Time: 101mins
Country: US
Year: 2026
Special Forces officer James Belmont and his combat dog Odin are involved in a terrifying plane crash. Miraculously, both emerge from the wreckage relatively unscathed, stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. James and Odin join forces to overcome the elements and find their way back to civilisation.
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Heart Of The Beast (12A) Film Review from LondonNet
Owning a pet is a special kind of love story, every bit as intense as matters of the human heart. Director David Ayer’s slow-burning survival thriller cherishes the deep bond between a retired US army special forces operative and a German Shepherd, who served alongside him, as they navigate a treacherous snow-laden wilderness to find their way back to humanity. Mother Nature is every bit as merciless and unforgiving as the enemies who appear in blurry flashbacks to their hellish tours of duty…
Ayer reunites with actor Brad Pitt, more than a decade after they waged war against the Nazis in a Sherman tank in Fury. He plays former green beret James Belmont, who bears the physical scars of combat, while his four-legged companion Odin (Uber) experiences night-time bouts of PTSD that require kind words and a gentle touch to keep the demons at bay. James and Odin eke out a simple existence of mutual healing and understanding, and they travel in James’s seaplane to camp beneath the stars in the Alaskan wilderness. Aside from a brief interaction with a poetry-loving traveller (JK Simmons), who predicts “a good hard-nosed spring storm” on the horizon, man and dog are alone with their thoughts.
Predicted storm clouds gather, forcing James and Odin to abandon camp. During the flight home, James suffers a heart attack. The plane crashes through trees into a river and James and Odin both emerge from the wreckage relatively unscathed, stranded 58 miles from safety. Drawing on their training, they battle against the elements and ferocious wildlife to chart a haphazard route back to a society that discarded them once their bodies were broken.
Heart Of The Beast opens with a startling image then rewinds seven days, making abundantly clear from the outset how James and Odin’s gruelling odyssey will end. Forewarned is certainly forearmed with hankies and screenwriter Cameron Alexander spends 90 minutes winding up for the sledgehammer blow that we know is coming but hits with devastating power regardless.
Pitt may be 62 years old but he performs most of his own stunts and he conjures a striking balance between the raw, sweat-soaked physicality of the role and the tenderness in his interactions with canine co-star Uber. He is a magnetic screen presence and chemistry with Pitt lends credibility to the characters being partners in service since Odin was a pup. Cinematographer Mauro Fiore captures the treacherous beauty of New Zealand’s landscapes, doubling for Alaska. Alexander’s script makes some curious choices in the final stretch to engineer a Revenant-style clash between man and native predators, shot from above for maximum visceral impact, but Ayer’s picture earns its emotional payoff by a wet nose.
– Jo Planter
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