Young Hunters: The Beast of Bevendean

I saw this recently with my young son (8 yrs old) and found it really enjoyable. There are some interesting ideas in there. It has elements of sci-fi, mystery and adventure all thrown in the mix.

The story was pretty good and really moved along. The young cast were pretty decent. The two lead boys gave good performances, and one was a regular in Game of Thrones I think.

It was probably made on a small budget, but it didn't look it. The photography was well done. The music was different and not typical of kid's adventure movies, electronic and quite minimal. Overall, a nice little adventure tale, and my son enjoyed it too.

I saw this film at the cast/crew premiere and I thought it was great. The performances from the actors were great, especially the two boys who had the task of making the film flow. It shows the typical child-like curiosity very well when the kids see something interesting (in this case the big cat) and want to go investigating without any fear or understanding of the consequences. The level or danger was spot on. Not to light to insult the young audience but not too scary either. All in all a great first feature film from this director and I look forward to seeing more of his work! The music was also great and original, and set the mood perfectly. I really hope to see a sequel to this film.