King of Beasts

Name: King of Beasts
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Documentary, News
Released: January 25, 2019
Duration: 86 min

2019

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: January 25, 2019 | Not Rated

Summary: With unprecedented access and unique firsthand footage, King of Beasts dives deep into an American hunter’s relentless pursuit of his 14th lion trophy. Where does savagery truly lie, and who is the true King of Beasts?

Director: Nadav Harel and Tomer Almagor

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Chuck Foster

Mar 29, 2019

Those who support hunting will probably see a very different film in King of Beasts than those who oppose it. Supporters will see a strong, down-home man exercising his god-given dominion over the planet, while detractors will see a psychopath with a pathological need to overcompensate for his shortcomings by killing things. In this sense, Almagor and Harel are completely successful in presenting a subject with enough information that we can come to our own conclusions in the end. Read full review

Neil Young

Jan 23, 2019

A work of admirable journalistic seriousness. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jan 24, 2019

Directors Tomer Almagor and Nadav Harel simply let the cameras roll, giving Neilson enough rope to hang himself with his actions and words. Read full review

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arbalest99

Feb 21, 2019

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 themAbout 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.… Expand

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