Brad Pitt‘s next action movie comes equipped with a secret weapon of sorts that is effectively guaranteed to get an emotional response from its viewers. With Brad Pitt’s acting career having started all the way back in 1987, the actor has been in a wide range of movies and shows to say the least, which have varied from light-hearted comedy romps to serious and heartwrenching stories.
Interestingly, the next in Brad Pitt’s filmography may be set to be among the more emotionally devastating installments in the actor’s career, with the upcoming movie having one confirmed detail that is sure to leave viewers more invested and thus more impacted by the events that take place throughout the course of the film’s story when it releases on September 25.
Though there’s no one-size fits all formula for creating a movie that emotionally affects all who watch it, there are certainly trends and tropes that have traditionally ensured there’s no dry eye in the house for a wide assortment of films – and Heart Of The Beast draws from the most consistently effective tool in this proverbial roster, which means it’s hard to see a scenario in which its story doesn’t manage to reduce a good number of viewers to tears during the course of its runtime.
Heart Of The Beast Has A Surefire Shortcut To An Emotional Story
Heart Of The Beast‘s story of a Special Force officer – played by Brad Pitt – being lost in the wilderness and having to try and use his survival expertise to come home is itself a reasonably dramatic story, and one that is likely to elicit emotion from viewers without any further additions. However, there is one major emotion-inducing caveat to this story: Heart Of The Beast‘s hero is not alone.
Instead, Heart Of The Beast has a true ace up its sleeve when it comes to wringing emotion out of its audience, since Special Force officer James is accompanied by his partner in the field, who is none other than a dog. James having to face the elements – and what appears to be a pack of wolves – with only his loyal canine companion by his side already ups the stakes considerably for the film, especially since the bond between James and his dog is underlined all the more by them working in the Special Forces as a unit beforehand.
The extra emotional investment the movie adds to its story via the form of James’ dog is easily to see, with the Heart Of The Beast YouTube trailer comment section almost entirely taken up by comments expressing their concern for the endearing pooch, or otherwise reiterating how they will suffer if anything bad happens to the German Shephard.
Heart Of The Beast Builds On A Decades-Old Movie Approach
Heart Of The Beast‘s utilization of a dog for more narrative drama is, of course, the opposite of a new concept. Our bond with canines has been mined for emotional devastation frequently throughout the course of the decades, since dogs are one of the borderline universal characters that audiences will have major investment in the fates of, in a way that human characters can oftentimes have to work far, far harder to achieve.
You only have to look to movies like John Wick, Lassie, Beethoven, Marley & Me, 101 Dalmatians, or Isle of Dogs to see how effectively this can work in the world of film, and the lastingly evergreen nature of the emotions this can draw from a truly vast range of audiences.
As such, Heart Of The Beast‘s story is one that can draw from plenty of other films, which both bodes well for Brad Pitt‘s upcoming action drama, and makes its impending plot all the more nerve-wracking, since it’s safe to say that whatever happens, the movie will be a watch wherein viewers spend almost every minute focused on the fate of the movie’s canine protector.
