The Beast (1988)

In 1981 Afghanistan, a Soviet tank unit viciously attacks a Pashtun village harboring a group of mujahideen fighters. Following the assault, one of the tanks—commanded by ruthless commander Daskal (George Dzundza)—takes a wrong turn through a mountain pass and enters a blind valley. Taj (Steven Bauer) returns to discover the village destroyed, and his father and brother killed—the latter by having been crushed under Daskal's tank. As the new khan following his brother's death, Taj is spurred to seek revenge and leads a band of mujahideen fighters into the valley to pursue Daskal's tank (which they call 'The Beast'), counting on their captured RPG-7 anti-tank weapon to destroy it.

Lost, isolated, and with their radio damaged in the village attack, the tank crew set out to find Kandahar Road and return to Soviet lines. While camping for the night, Afghan communist crewman Samad (Erick Avari) educates the reluctant tank driver, Konstantin Koverchenko (Jason Patric), about the Pashtun people's code of honour, Pashtunwali; particularly nanawatai, which requires that an enemy is to be given sanctuary if he asks.

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[rudyyanuardi]

Can Hollywood make a film about USA, NATO in Afganistan or Iraq.. Must be being a super hero, n no war crimes.. 😅😅😅

[chrismorrison]

Such an AWESOME film. I was 23 in 1988 and I can remember me and my lads absolutely shitting our britches after renting this on video. None of us were expecting such a powerful and moving film. In central Asia, getting in is easier than getting out.

[SK-nxqe]

да, противогаз в танке на жаре +40 - это реальная тема, пацаны...))

[Feherlofia]

I really liked how the translator "mistranslated" a lot of things, to help even a little bit his fellow countrymen

[slavikcc]

I remember watching this scene on late night TV when I was a little kid. Seeing the tank running over the villager scarred me for life.

[anoopbk]

Americans love mujahidheen during russian time in afghanistan...
And now america hating mujahidheen 😂😂😂

[mphkyct]

З, 14здёж от первого до последнего кадра. Одеть актёров в западную форму-100% правда.

[zayvierszmekura]

Fun fact: The tank in question in the movie is actually an Israeli modification of a Soviet T-55 captured by the Israelis from their Arab armies, redesignated as the Ti-67 and fitted with a 105mm main gun in place of the original 100mm gun, leading some to mistake it for a T-62.

[Neulied]

My method of destroying an Minecraft village is portrayed in this scene.

[JiTiAr]

the recoils are realistic.
I wish more movies were like this.

[flippgoofman]

Saw this movie years ago and this is the one scene that most stood out to me. Being run over by a tank like that . . . . brutal end.

[alleycat]

Brutal, one of my favorite movies as a kid in the 80s . Afghanistan proved to be a Soviet graveyard

[thehellrunner]

I always wondered how they do these kind of scenes without CGI. Like when the tank ran over the guy.

[americanoutcast]

One of my favorite war movies, I watched this many times growing up

[NoelfCTRL]

Such a great movie. One of my favorites

[Qtip]

Still hold up 32 years later👍If you haven’t watched it give it a go. You won’t be disappointed 😊

[Willysmb]

This is the ONLY film I've ever seen that looks like they're using live ammo in the tanks. They used former Russian-made tanks in Israel, shooting water-filled bags at the head of the round, causing not only the gun to fully recoil in battery like a real breech-loader does with live ammo, but they timed it perfect with the ground charges for the distances involved. I know people who are convinced these scenes were only filmed with live ammo, which of course is silly. But still, it sure does LOOK like it, no?

[Noorman]

As an afghan citizen, my grandmother was telling me the story: as tanks were rolling over our village searching for mujahideen a tall white man entered to our house killed a dog that was chained next to the door and a cow and he asked me if thier were men in the house she saw that horror

[gsxunhb]

The Tank one of my favorite action movie👍👍❤️🇵🇭

[Donatelloz]

What? are you telling me this movie came out in 1988? :o damn! great quality!