Among The Beasts: Review

15th February 2023

LT (Tory Kittles) is a veteran whose demons still plague him. Having lost people close to him during his time serving his country, he turned to drugs in order to cope. However, now has a purpose and tries to put things right wherever he can by recovering people who have been kidnapped.

Then one day, Lola Gomez (Libe Barer) comes to see him and asks him to do a job for her. Her cousin has been kidnapped and due to her family’s line of work, she can’t go to the police to get her back. So, LT finds himself partnered with a drug kingpin’s daughter in order to get back an innocent girl from the wrong people. However, Lola may not be entirely prepared for what LT is willing to do.

Among the Beasts is a crime thriller written and directed by Matthew Newton. Starting out as something which audiences may have seen in things like Taken and The Equalizer, audiences may decide that they know how the plot may progress. However, with good performances from Kittles and Barer, there’s a little more nuance beyond what could have just been mindless violence.

Whilst a very typical story and one that plays out like a modern-day western, Among the Beasts doesn’t have the luxury or the ethics to focus on glorified violence. Instead, Lola plays as the conscience to the movie which puts her in deeper than she was ever prepared to go.

What starts out with her as participating in the most disturbing thing that LT has to do, Lola’s journey soon starts to make her question who she has sided with.

However, despite this message, it does feel a little like Among the Beasts is pulling its punches, especially in the final act where the violence takes over to give the audience what they want. Saying this though, Among the Beasts is a satisfying thriller which manages to do something a little differently than most in its genre.

With the hint of a sequel as well, the return of LT and his quest for redemption may not be unwelcome.

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