Beast (2022) Review: A Mall Siege Built Around a Walk

Is Beast worth watching?

Only if you are already a Vijay action viewer. It earns a 56% Celluloid Score from editorial rating (62), Metascore (52), Letterboxd (2.9/5), and IMDb (5.2/10). The 85% audience snapshot is display-only and is not in the composite.

The Tamil original runs 155 minutes. We index it on the Tamil hub because it is a high-volume “Beast Vijay review” query, and because it shows the difference between Lokesh’s Vijay (Master, Leo) and Nelson’s.

Hostages, a RAW past, a dreaded release

A former agent among mall hostages must stop a prisoner swap. Pooja Hegde is asked to be glamour; Yogi Babu is asked to be relief; the terrorists are asked to lose. The action geography of the mall is the film’s one real idea, and even that is repeated until it is a music video.

Fan heat vs Letterboxd

Audience 85% against Letterboxd 2.9 and IMDb 5.2 is the tell. Celluloid’s 56% composite (editorial 62, Metascore 52) is Not Recommended as a movie, Recommended only as a star appearance.

Verdict

Watch Master or Leo instead unless you are collecting Vijay. Movie page.