Netflix has debuted one final trailer for Cary Fukunaga’s masterpiece Beasts of No Nation, a helluva film that is going to make a mark when it hits theaters this weekend.
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With legions of fans calling for him to be the next James Bond, Idris Elba welcomed a chance to go against type and play a ruthless warlord in “Beasts of No Nation”.
For those who don’t know, Beasts of No Nation is based on the book of the same name written by Uzodinma Iweala.
The upcoming war drama ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ which tells the story of young boy, Agu, in a West African country, will be released online on October 16, 2015.
Partaking in his blood-thirsty massacre, it isn’t long before Attah’s untainted character is left questioning the fine line between good and evil and right and wrong. The movie has received a 91 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critical consensus stating: Beasts of No Nation finds writer-director Cary Fukunaga working with a talented cast to offer a sobering, uncompromising, yet still somehow hopeful picture of war’s human cost. This one’s a little less successful, if only due to its similarity to other war movies.
Fukunaga does what’s done in the best war movies-he balances the sense of pity with the sensationalism, and unveils a ghastly irony when exposing the character of the top brass. Alone in the wilderness, he’s found by a guerrilla army headed by a veteran fighter (Elba) who commands the respect of his troop through a mixture of kindly paternalism and ferocious discipline.
“I spent time in Sierra Leone in 2003 doing research; I’ve been in conflict zones before as a camera operator, in Haiti specifically”, Fukunaga says. (“When we did get weapons, we still had no ammo for the first half of the shoot.”) Much of the film equipment was stuck at customs. “You’re just lucky if anyone gets to see it. So if we are being applauded, it means people will see it, and I am proud for everyone”.
“But then I’m playing the Commandant and they saw my get-up…” Just not the kind that we needed to make the kind of movie we were making.
“I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve seen waterfalls on postcards and on film but to see one in real life in Africa, it was breath-taking”. Even a single nomination would be a tremendous step forward for Netflix, who would secure their first Academy nomination with their very first original movie. He shot it in Ghana as soon as he wrapped on “True Detective”.
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In Telluride many people were saying that Beasts of No Nation, easily one of the best – if not the best – films of the year, was “too rough” for Academy members.
