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Heart of the Beast follows Brad Pitt and his combat dog in Alaska

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Heart of the Beast stars Brad Pitt as a former Special Forces soldier stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog, Odin. Directed by David Ayer, the film follows their struggle to survive and the bond between them.

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  1. 22 Sept, 13:00Heart of the Beast Review: Brad Pitt and His Combat Dog Go Ruffin' It in the Wild · IGN
  2. 22 Sept, 13:00‘Heart Of The Beast’ Review: Brad Pitt And A Soulful German Shepherd Struggle To Survive The Wilderness In An Emotional Journey That Will Ha · Deadline
  3. 22 Sept, 13:00‘Heart of the Beast’ Review: Brad Pitt and His Canine Co-Star Earn Your Tears in David Ayer’s Tense, Tender Survival Thriller · The Hollywood Reporter
  4. 22 Sept, 13:00Heart of the Beast review – Brad Pitt survivalist dogmance serves up wilderness with side of cheese · The Guardian
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20% favorable (1)60% neutral (3)20% critical (1)

favorable: The Hollywood Reporter. critical: The Guardian.

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  2. Latest22 Sept, 13:01

    ‘Heart of the Beast’ Review: Brad Pitt Is a Veteran Stranded With His Combat Dog in David Ayer’s Stirringly Crafted Survival-in-the-Wild Saga

    Ayer and Pitt (both producers on the film) have teamed up to make something that isn’t so far removed, in form and spirit, from an old-school Disney movie. But the real surprise of "Heart of the Beast" is how well-made it is. Ayer draws on his logistical talent, and even his taste for violence, to craft a tale of survival that makes us feel the pain, the fear and the hardship, the stakes of what it takes to battle nature.

    VarietyVariety•Owen Gleiberman
  3. Follow-up22 Sept, 13:00

    Heart of the Beast review – Brad Pitt survivalist dogmance serves up wilderness with side of cheese

    Pitt and loyal hound Odin get stuck in remote Alaska in this serviceable adventure with hints of Jack London and Marley & Me One man and his dog have an amazing adventure in this survivalist drama starring Brad Pitt, from screenwriter Cameron Alexander and director David Ayer, for which the first and last words of the title have been carefully chosen to signal a mix of sentimentality and thrills. It’s an entertaining anthro-canine-mance, with man and dog relating to each other on a deep level … kind of like Owen Wilson in Marley & Me (only without Jennifer Aniston), or Bernie Winters and Schnorbitz, only without the devastating melancholy. Pitt, who last worked with Ayer on the second world war action thriller Fury , plays a US military special forces veteran called Belmont, tough, self-reliant and laconically good-humoured in the classic Pitt manner, now spending his retirement roaming the breathtaking remote landscape of Alaska in his seaplane. He is accompanied by his beloved service dog Odin, or Odey (played by four different German shepherds), who saw action with Belmont in various fuzzily imagined flashback combat sequences. Odin took retirement with Belmont and is now his best and only pal. Whether or not Belmont ever had a human partner is never revealed. Continue reading...

    critical toward Brad Pitt
    The GuardianThe Guardian•Peter Bradshaw
  4. Follow-up22 Sept, 13:00

    ‘Heart of the Beast’ Review: Brad Pitt and His Canine Co-Star Earn Your Tears in David Ayer’s Tense, Tender Survival Thriller

    A former Special Forces soldier and his combat dog struggle to survive in the Alaskan wilderness in this adventure from the 'Fury' filmmaker.

    favorable toward Brad Pitt
    The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood Reporter•Frank Scheck
  5. Follow-up22 Sept, 13:00

    ‘Heart Of The Beast’ Review: Brad Pitt And A Soulful German Shepherd Struggle To Survive The Wilderness In An Emotional Journey That Will Have You Sobbing

    Going to see Heart Of The Beast is a dangerous proposition if you don’t want to be seen crying uncontrollably in public. This man and his dog story is an emotional roller coaster that lays it all out there, and I lapped it up just like I did in My Dog Skip, Turner & Hooch, […]

    DeadlineDeadline•Pete Hammond
  6. First seen22 Sept, 13:00

    Heart of the Beast Review: Brad Pitt and His Combat Dog Go Ruffin' It in the Wild

    Heart of the Beast is a gripping wilderness survival film that will work especially well on dog lovers and those who like to see Brad Pitt get beaten up.

    IGNIGN•Jim Vejvoda