Daniel Radcliffe stars in Beast Of Burden, a movie about a dishonorably discharged Air Force pilot (Sean Haggerty) who is flying a Cessna filled with contraband from Mexico and into the USA. It becomes apparent early on that while he is flying for a Mexican drug cartel he is also cooperating with the DEA who offered him a spot in the witness protection program and funding for the medical treatment of his wife who is seriously ill. This is basically the premise of the movie even though the plot thickens when the landing plans are changed and the DEA wants to intercept the shipment.
Most of the movie occurs in the cockpit of the Cessna and with Haggerty receiving phone calls from his wife, his cartel contact and the agent he is working for. Whilst the movie was promising in the beginning it starts dragging half way through and becomes less believable near the end. At times the movie tries to resemble Locke (with Tom Hardy) but the material here is not engaging enough to continue throughout the whole film. The ending takes the movie down even further and it appears very lazily written with a tied hostage left alone in the vehicle, driving herself, escaping her kidnappers and then helping her husband. The acting by Radcliffe is fine but the rest of the cast is not really memorable as they have no real screen time or character. Overall a weak 5/10.
Most of the movie occurs in the cockpit of the Cessna and with Haggerty receiving phone calls from his wife, his cartel contact and the agent he is working for. Whilst the movie was promising in the beginning it starts dragging half way through and becomes less believable near the end. At times the movie tries to resemble Locke (with Tom Hardy) but the material here is not engaging enough to continue throughout the whole film. The ending takes the movie down even further and it appears very lazily written with a tied hostage left alone in the vehicle, driving herself, escaping her kidnappers and then helping her husband. The acting by Radcliffe is fine but the rest of the cast is not really memorable as they have no real screen time or character. Overall a weak 5/10.