Beasts of No Nation (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Not Rated
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 31, 2021
- Originally Released: 2015
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Abraham Attah | |
Directed by | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
Screenwriting by | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
Composition by | Dan Romer |
Entertainment Reviews:
92%
TOMATOMETER
4 stars out of 5 -- A bold portrayal of a boy soldier in a brutal, bloody conflict, anchored by commanding performances from Idris Elba and 14 year-old newcomer Abraham Attah.
Empire
Crippling despair and the most fragile tendrils of hope battle for the human psyche in BEASTS OF NO NATION, writer- director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s grim, beautiful and achingly sad portrait of man’s inhumanity to man.
Washington Post
3.5 stars out of 4 -- It’s a remarkable performance by Attah, who holds our attention, even when he’s sharing the screen with the great Elba.
Chicago Sun-Times
[T]he most heartbreaking thing about BEASTS OF NO NATION is that both Agu and the Commandant are right. The line between innocence and evil is thinner than the blade of a machete.
New York Times
4 stars out of 5 -- [A] stirring and forceful drama -- one that not only alerts us to a plight suffered by up to half a million children around the world, but also to the strength and resilience that allow the fortunate few to survive it.
Total Film
The filmmaking craft of BEASTS OF NO NATION is vividly apparent, and its emotional power is undeniable.
RogerEbert.com
3.5 stars out of 4 -- Hard to watch, impossible to forget. That's BEASTS OF NO NATION, a grueling war story set in an unnamed African country.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
In an African country decimated by a civil war, the young Agu (Abraham Attah) lives with his family in a quiet village protected by government forces. As the rebel army approaches, Agu is left behind with his father and brother to join the village's men in mounting a resistance to the rebels. Quickly overtaken by the ruthless soldiers, Agu watches as the remainder of family is butchered. He escapes into the jungle alone but is shortly captured by a band of child soldiers under the direction of a charismatic and imposing Commandant (Idris Elba). The Commandant takes Agu under his wing and breeds him to become a fearless child soldier as the brutal war rages on. Cary Fukunaga directs this grueling, unfiltered war drama.
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