LAUREN GRIMSON

BEAST OF WAR (2025)

Starring Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Maximillian Johnson, Tristan McKinnon, Steve Le Marquand, Masa Yamaguchi and Lauren Grimson. Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner.

Inspired by true events during World War II off the coast of Western Australia in 1942 – when a troop carrier was sunk and survivors were attacked by sharks – the film follows a group of young servicemen adrift in the Timor Sea after a Japanese airstrike.

As the remaining soldiers battle fire, exhaustion and fear in the open waters, a great white shark begins to circle the wreckage, turning the sea into a killing ground. What begins as a war film explodes into a no-holds-barred, blood-soaked tale of brotherhood, sacrifice and sheer survival.