“Beast Race” celebrated its global premiere at this year’s International SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Produced by O2 Filmes, this Prime Original action thriller is the first Latin American Prime Video title to premiere at the festival. The film will be released on their streaming service later this year. But today we got a first look at the teaser trailer. Check it out below!

ABOUT “BEAST RACE”

“Beast Race” is set in a near-future Rio de Janeiro. Beast Race transforms one of the world’s most iconic cities into the backdrop of a brutal and deeply fragmented social reality. A catastrophic environmental event reshaped the region: the tide rose and destroyed everything in its path. In the wake of the devastation, the sea receded, middle-class neighborhoods became occupied zones. The Atlantic Forest reclaimed vast portions of urban territory. Within this new context, one of the city’s greatest forms of entertainment is the Beast Race. A game in which magnates — the Players — control lower-class individuals — the Beasts — during a race in pursuit of a million-dollar prize.

Mano (Matheus Abreu) leads the Death Perimeter. A rebel zone formed by a group that opposes the brutal system sustaining the race. They intercept runners before they are captured, destroy routes used in the competition. As well as help those trying to escape a system that has turned violence into spectacle.

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But everything changes when Mano discovers that his sister Dalva (Thainá Duarte) was used as collateral by her own boyfriend in a bet within this universe. To save her, he faces an unthinkable choice. Enter the very system he has fought against his entire life and take part in the game he always tried to destroy.