Product Description

Don Harvey, Erick Avari, George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Bauer - Dir:Kevin Reynolds When a crew member of a lost Soviet tank, which is being pursued by Mujahadeen guerrillas in the Afghan desert, is left to die by his tyrannical comm

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11760 in DVD
• Brand: PATRIC,JASON
• Released on: 2001-05-15
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai
• Dubbed in: Portuguese, Spanish
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 111 minutes

Features

• Special Features include Digitally Mastered Audio & Video
• * Bonus Trailers * Talent Files
• * Dolby Surround Sound in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
• * Subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai
• * Interactive Menus and Scene Selection.

Amazon.com
The director of Waterworld teams up with playwright William Mastrosimone for a story of a lost Russian tank during the Afghan war; doesn't sound like your normal action fare, does it? Despite its awkward origins, The Beast is a satisfying action yarn that unfortunately was never widely distributed. When Afghan rebels find the lone tank lost in the high desert, a cat-and-mouse chase commences with nail-biting, emotional precision. The Russian tank crew is also at war with themselves after the sympathetic driver (a stalwart Jason Patric) debates the brutal tactics of his commander (George Dzundza). This visceral action drama was adapted from--believe it or not--a stage play but keeps its feet firmly planted in the war-action genre. Director Kevin Reynolds's second film showcases his aggressive camera work that was featured later, less successfully, in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Made directly after the Afghan war, the film was hard to sell in the late 1980s. With the Russians speaking English (and the Afghans their native dialect), the viewer is uncomfortably bonded to the unpopular aggressors. Yet the film reverberates in the sweat and toil of battle, with Patric bringing a more dramatic flair to the role than comes from the usual set of cinematic action heroes. --Doug Thomas