Heart of the Beast: Brad Pitt and a Dog at the Center of a Veterans Drama

According to Écran Large, director David Ayer returns with Heart of the Beast, a survival film where Brad Pitt shares the adventure with a dog. After Fury, the actor reunites with the filmmaker known for End of Watch and Suicide Squad. The script relies mainly on the past of elite soldiers and on the post-traumatic stress of the German shepherd Odin.

The critic notes that the film deals with trauma in a painful way, a style the journalist calls "dolorist" and that weighs down the militaristic tone of the feature. This approach makes it difficult to create genuine empathy for the suffering of the dog and the characters.