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Beasts of No Nation

Criterion Collection
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Overview

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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Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • Run Time: 136
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 715515263511
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: August 2021

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"BEASTS OF NO NATION is an act of gripping empathy." - 10/15/2015 Los Angeles Times


"The filmmaking craft of BEASTS OF NO NATION is vividly apparent, and its emotional power is undeniable." - 10/16/2015 RogerEbert.com


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." - 10/15/2015 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." - 10/16/2015 New York Times


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." - 10/09/2015 Empire


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." - 10/12/2015 Total Film


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." - 10/14/2015 Rolling Stone


"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." - 10/15/2015 Washington Post

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