If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

...........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA...and ORLANDO, FL My wife and I caught this at the Orlando Film Festival. Overall, I'm glad we did. GENRES Listed here for LOVE The BEAST are: Documentary; Sports Documentaries; Car Culture; Motorsports...among others. They should have added: Eric Bana! The three major draws here are: A) Car Culture--If you are REALLY into cars, you'll probably LOVE it! As one would tend to gather from the title, The BEAST is an extremely intense labor of love. When you come right down to it, this film is more love story than it is Documentary.B) Racing-- Over half this "DOC" is full-bore, super-charged racing in the 5-day, grueling annual race in Tasmania. There are some excellent crash sequences, taken with on-board cameras; and, of course...C) Eric Bana--I think he is the primary reason my wife seemed to enjoy this a tad more than I did! Despite the fact that neither of us have more than a tepid interest in any of the A) B) or C) options, we were surprised at how much we both enjoyed BEAST. Watching someone on screen share a single-mindedness of purpose that is the result of a lifelong passion/obsession, is virally infectious! It is certainly something you almost never encounter in the workaday world.So overwhelming and intimidating are Bana's energy, focus and "try, try, try again" determination, that it gives me pause to re-evaluate his movie acting career and watch more films in which he appears! Please note that Eric Bana also Directs and is listed as one of the Producers. So, LOVE the BEAST is a classic example of putting your money where your muffler is! Ooops! Wait a minute...600+ Horsepower Racing Muscle Cars don't have mufflers, now do they?! My Rating: 8* My wife's: 9*.....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA!

Eric Bana grew up near the airport in Melbourne. He and his mates were nowhere near the beach and grew up with a love of the muscle car. They decide to build their car and enter The Targa Tasmania Rally.This also has Jay Leno and Dr. Phil put in their two cents worth. I don't mind Jay because he has a connection with cars. I can do without Dr. Phil and his psycho babble. Bana may think that it is significant but it is not dramatic. The movie isn't particularly dramatic. There's no suspense in the racing or the need to race. Bana doesn't do it for the money or even the prize. So the result is unimportant and I don't really care about any psychological needs. Being a hobby also diminishes the tension. This is a professionally made home movie.

I saw the interview with the star of Chopper, Hulk and Troy on Top Gear where they mentioned this film, it did sound relatively interesting, and it was the actor's directorial debut, so I thought I'd see it. Basically this documentary sees Eric Bana talking about his relationship with his favourite car of all time, his Beast, and the car he hopes to race in The Targa Tasmania Rally, his Ford GT Falcon Coupe. He explains it is the car he saw in the film Mad Max and he has owned it for twenty-five years, and for all those years he has done everything he can both to keep it going, but also turn it into a proper racing car. He believes, and Jeremy Clarkson confirms with him, that most people think of cars as just something to help you travel, but they both believe that they are like living beings. Jay Leno also expresses his interest in cars with his garage of hundreds of old and new models and how much each one means to him, and he would never get rid of one. Bana also wonders if his car has a significance to his life, and Dr. Phil McGraw knows that if you have a passion for something you want to keep it going and never give up until you get some kind of result. So we see flashes of Bana's past with his love for fast cars, getting his Beast, the preparations for the race, and of course the race itself, which has a bad result when he accidentally crashes into a tree. It is interesting to see how passionate you can be about the most inanimate things, but at the same time, you can relate, I mean, there must be something unlikely in your life that means something to you. Worth watching!

OK, i am a car guy, but i believe the other reviews here are completely missing the point! One compared this with the " Worlds fastest Indian" , please, this was never meant to be such a thing, nor even a movie. This is a documentary, more about friendships, than cars. I am a 37 year old Australian, living overseas for 15 years, and some parts of this hit a nerve with me, and i confess, made me a little emotional. To say this is a car movie is plain wrong, it is a well put together, thought provoking documentary. If you like cars, as i do, it caters for that as well. Eric Banner has just gone up a few points in my mind, just a plain down to earth guy. There is a scene near the end, where Erics Mother is explaining how its time her husbands old car to go. There is true emotion on his face, and he never says a word. Later you see Eric and him driving in this car, and you can feel the joy. Its about bonds, father and son, memory's, and yes, it through a car, but she has no clue to this. This is a story of male bonding, through common interests, and i thought it was one of the best i have seen in a long time.