Beast of War

About Beast of War

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.

Kiah Roache-Turner's Beast of War is a 2025 horror thriller film. Released in August 2025, it runs 87 minutes.

Its themes are tragic, survival horror, defiant, and earnest. The story is adapted from real events.

Mark Coles Smith stars as Leo, Joel Nankervis as Will, Sam Delich as Des Kelly, and Maximillian Johnson as Stan. The screenplay is by Kiah Roache-Turner. It comes from Bronte Pictures and Pictures in Paradise. In the United States it streams on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

Dunkirk, Enemy at the Gates, and Nuremberg make useful companions to Beast of War, all filed under 1940s, survival, and world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 163 votes and it carries a R rating.