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King of Beasts

Play trailer 0:29 Poster for King of Beasts Released Jan 25, 2019 1h 26m Documentary Action Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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An American trophy hunter embarks on a relentless quest to shoot his 14th lion.
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Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times [T]he documentary lacks narrative clarity with little explanation of who's who in his hunting group, as though someone forgot to add identifications in post-production. Jan 24, 2019 Full Review Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter A work of admirable journalistic seriousness, one that goes about its business with a clear-eyed precision... Sep 21, 2018 Full Review Chuck Foster Film Threat Almagor and Harel are completely successful in presenting a subject with enough information that we can come to our own conclusions in the end. Rated: 8/10 Mar 29, 2019 Full Review Jessica Baxter Hammer to Nail The film's title is a sardonic double entendre. It refers to the lion, but also to the man who has deemed himself worthy of taking these "lesser" lives. Mar 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It's a well done documentary of hunters who truly feel like they are doing a good thing. It's filmed through a non objective lens. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member About the documentary -- Highly informative and stays neutral, allowing you to come to your own conclusions. The commentary is by the main subject of the film along with local guides and others that we come to know to be rather like assistants in the endeavor. I say we "come to know them as" because the documentary avoids captions and narration and leaves the story to the subject's own words and actions. It is well into the documentary that we realize the role the other people actually play. In this way the documentary not only stays neutral but also eliminates what might be considered a source of bias. All in all, the film is crisp, engaging and informative. I've seen lots of documentaries and yet I had no idea that this is how this sort of trophy hunting is done. About the subject -- As I said, this is a difficult subject and this documentary allows you to come to your own conclusions. While I admit that I already felt that trophy hunting was sickening I left the thought there -- as something just not for me. After seeing this film I now feel that this type of hunting also cowardly and a farce. The main subject of the film sees himself as a hero and champion of animal conservation via the money he spends on the hunt and a "man's man" for his choice of recreation. All of the actual work is done by local African guides and various Caucasian assistants that apparently were brought along. That leaves the hunter with the "full experience" yet not much more work or skill other than being an accurate shot. I will leave the details for you to see for yourself. But I will tell you that in the end, the hunter gets his trophy -- and at the moment of truth he mutters some words that indicate that he is in awe of himself for what he has just accomplished. The kill, for him is another heroic deed on top of the heroic spending that made it all happen. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An American trophy hunter embarks on a relentless quest to shoot his 14th lion.
Director
Tomer Almagor, Nadav Harel
Producer
Gabrielle Almagor, Tomer Almagor, Bryan Gambogi, Nadav Harel
Screenwriter
Tomer Almagor, Nadav Harel
Distributor
Gravitas Ventures
Production Co
Urban Tales Productions, ProMedia NYC, Creative Monster Productions, Pride Games, Noprocess Films, The New Foundation for Cinema & TV
Genre
Documentary, Action, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 18, 2019
Runtime
1h 26m
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