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Beast of War

Beast of War

Survival is the only victory.

20256.21h 27m

Overview

When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.

Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner
Written by Kiah Roache-Turner
Produced by Chris Brown, Blake Northfield
Box Office0Revenue: $186K

Top Cast

Mark Coles Smith

Mark Coles Smith

Leo

Joel Nankervis

Joel Nankervis

Will

Sam Delich

Sam Delich

Des Kelly

Maximillian Johnson

Maximillian Johnson

Stan

Lee Tiger Halley

Lee Tiger Halley

Teddy

Sam Parsonson

Sam Parsonson

Thompson

Tristan McKinnon

Tristan McKinnon

Bobby

Aswan Reid

Aswan Reid

Archie

Masa Yamaguchi

Masa Yamaguchi

Commander Tetsuo Harada

Lauren Grimson

Lauren Grimson

Hazel

Themes & Keywords

world war iigravebased on true storysurvivalgreat white sharksurvival horror1940sdefiantearnesttragic

About Beast of War

Beast of War is a thriller, action, war, horror film released in 2025 exploring themes of world war ii, grave, based on true story, survival, great white shark, survival horror. Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, it stars Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich. When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.

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