‘Beast of War’ Exclusive Clip Channels ‘Jaws’ with Stealth Shark Attack

Writer/Director Kiah Roache-Turner (Sting, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) pays tribute to Steven Spielberg’s Jaws in an exclusive new clip from WWII thriller Beast of War.

Beast of War is loosely based on real-life events and will be released in theaters and on VOD from Well Go USA on October 10.

The film follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes, the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil, and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives, their biggest battle is yet to come. In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.

In the clip below, an isolated soldier clinging to a barrel finds himself silently hunted by a predator. It’s a scene that calls back to the opening sequence of Jaws, where an unlucky swimmer met a similar fate.

While the shark remains mostly unseen, it’s worth noting that Formation Effects