Idris Elbais in for the fight of his life in the trailer for his new thrillerBeast.
Theclip, which dropped Wednesday, shows theSuicide Squadstar squaring off against a vicious lion while trying to defend his daughters from the predator’s attacks.
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They proceed to visit a village where several wounded people lay, as Copley’s character says, “I’ve never seen anything like this. Multiple attacks, without eating its prey.”
“Lions don’t do that,” he continues. “At least no lion I’ve ever seen.”
An intense sequence follows in which the men realize they’re being stalked, with Elba running for his life back to the Jeep where his girls are as the lion lunges at him.
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With the animal on top of it, the Jeep careens out of control, crashing into a tree with the family of three trapped inside.
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“We’re in his territory now,” Copley is heard in voice-over. “It’s the law of the jungle, it’s the only law that matters.”
A description accompanying the trailer from Universal Pictures explains that the rogue lion is “a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy.”
The pulse-pounding trailer ends with footage of Elba engaged in what looks to be hand-to-hand combat with the savage cat.
source: people.com
