Beast Race (Corrida dos Bichos)

The Animal Game was created in Rio de Janeiro in 1892

and was soon declared illegal.

Attempts to suppress it only made it more widespread.

After the Great Catastrophe, social chaos took over.

The city changed, but the game adapted and persisted.

Now as a race between humans,

enslaving the population and enriching the elite.

One group resists this exploitation,

controlling territory and expanding the resistance.

Bull runs towards the stairs, but if he stumbles, it's over.

Horse chose to follow the alleys and avenues.

It's a bit farther but we already know his stamina.

Things are heating up in this decisive heat.

RIO DE JANEIRO 45 YEARS AFTER THE GREAT CATASTROPHE

And here comes the Rooster, flying along the tracks of Arcos da Lapa.

He won the last two heats, and wants to be this season's victor.

Come on, Rooster. First right in 120 meters. Come on.

Bull, cross the street and overtake Horse.

And here's the Bull with no wings, charging after the Horse.

After the hill, he's moved up a position, leaving Horse behind.

These animals are running for their lives.

It's dramatic. It's grim.

It's a hit.

But Bull's looking to take the lead.

Take Goat out of the race.

Bull takes Goat out! What a crash.

Will Goat come back from that?

Rooster and Bull are out front.

Neck and neck for first place.

It's a close run. This final's still up in the air.

And the squad crosses the Dry Sea of Botafogo

to loop around the Perimeter and head into the final stretch.

- How's it going? - Rooster just passed Bull.

He knows he's fast. He prefers to run alone and avoid confrontation.

- Go, damn you! - Go!

Whoever bet right, hold on to that lucky ticket.

If your animal wins, food and booze are guaranteed.

It helps your family and clears the debts.

There's the Tigress.

She's mad. She's after Horse meat.

The animals are close to the Perimeter wall.

Now they will cover the 3 kilometers to the finish line.

No one's crazy enough to want to take a shortcut.

In there, they don't stand for it.

They are nearly here. Come on.

Any animal that goes in there is hunted, pursued and massacred.

It's the resistance. They hate us.

Rooster reached the wall first.

Bull, can you see Rooster?

Close in.

- He's the only thing in your way. - Look who's here. It's Bull.

Take him out.

Use the wall.

Bull makes shredded chicken. Amazing!

Bull takes first place again.

Rooster got run over and is now in last place.

Things are going badly for him.

Everyone's overtaken you. You are last.

Help me. I need to win.

- Go into the Perimeter. - The Perimeter?

It's the only way.

The animals are all turning the corner.

If you cut through the Perimeter, you can still win.

Okay.

What's Rooster going to do?

Not the Perimeter, damn it!

It's no use. He's in there, it's over.

He's in the Perimeter of Death. The game doesn't fly in there.

Animals are unlucky in there.

I'm in, damn it. Now help me.

That Rooster is screwed.

Any animal that goes in there gets hunted.

Face the Hunter and you'll see. He can take on any animal.

Who's his collateral?

- This guy. - He's already lost.

Rooster's collateral is his nephew.

He loses, they take him away. Another mother left sobbing.

He'll be sent to Hell's Coast.

Sold into slavery, his soul lost to the devil.

Animal! Animal in the Perimeter!

Run, Rooster! This is too risky.

Turn left down that alley.

He's there!

Rooster! Look, he's there!

Shit, he's in. Go!

The Hunter has seen you.

Go down the alleyway. Run!

No one gets past the Hunter.

That Rooster is screwed!

Take down that drone.

NO SIGNAL

Well, that's it.

The animals are on the homestretch.

The first two win a fortune and save their collateral.

Bull, Horse, Tigress and Goat running for a life-changing prize.

Inside the Complex, Bull seems to already know he will be a three-time champion.

Release the heifers, guys! This one is Bull's.

Come on! Go!

Go, Bull!

1ST BULL - TIME 48:11:68 2 WINS - 2 LOSSES.

BEAST RACE

Are you crazy? That's fucking cowardice!

Fuck! Damn.

It's over, brother. It's over.

I've got two kids. Think of them.

You should have thought of that before.

Are you the one feeding them?

And your collateral, isn't he worth something?

Bring him, but no messing around!

You won.

Let's go.

Those who bet on Rooster lost,

but the real loser was his collateral.

Too many innocent people have been lost. Enslaved on Hell's Coast.

Guinea pigs in genetic labs.

The Perimeter will take the game down.

And you are all going to come down with it.

That's all, folks! It's the end of the season.

From the 20 that began to the five finalists,

we saw them fighting it out on that jungle of a track over four heats.

And Bull wins yet another season.

He won two of four heats and took it all.

Nice, man. Another one.

Let me get your collateral.

They are here.

You guys are mistreated.

What kind of a fucking car is that?

Say hi to your family.

1ST BULL 2ND HORSE.

Bull's a three-time champion. Only Rooster didn't make it.

But that's the game.

I'm Divina, beasties.

The voice of the show for those who bet.

It's illegal, it's cruel, but that's what people want.

Next season, I'll be on the track.

And things will be better. Okay?

Bet wrong again, Dad?

Yeah.

Soon you will all be betting on me.

Take note. Don't forget.

Hey! Bring the car to take this animal to the health clinic.

Another one, huh?

Congrats.

You are quite the celebrity, man.

And the chicken?

Who's his collateral?

His nephew.

- Let him go! Come on! - Mom!

The kid's barely 18, and he's in the hands of that gang.

No!

And you guys want to do what? Take him to the health clinic?

Since when is that your problem?

Take your shirt off.

Go on, take it off.

Come on.

We've got an opportunity and only you two can't see it.

Even more so with the skin market on the rise.

This right here is worth a bomb.

An animal like this, with a track record. Look at this, worth a fortune.

- Money for the Perimeter's security. - Selling human skin.

You are sick, Sinatra.

Don't you have any idea how shit goes down here?

If you still don't get it, get lost. Go jump in a lake.

- Little flower, we want the same thing. - Yeah?

We just disagree on the method.

And don't forget I was born here, you pacifist.

I'm not a dirty little creature raised by an animal.

Get moving.

The circus is over. Get moving.

- What's up, Dalva? - They suspended me.

That bastard, son of a bitch.

I'm going to end up losing this fucking job, Mano.

I can't take it anymore, really.

We are going to find a way.

- How's Baco? - The same.

Actually, he's worse.

Drinking more, spending money we don't have.

- Betting? - Yes.

- Come on. - Why do you like this sewer?

Best to stick to the shade.

As an animal hunter, I'm not exactly Rio's favorite guy.

I wish I had lived back then.

It's pretty.

But they all died in the Great Catastrophe.

We are lucky to be here.

Lucky? Living with all this crap?

What is it?

The star of the final.

I want an autograph.

Dalva.

You've grown.

The high point of the race was when you took Rooster out.

Always here to help.

I should be mad, right?

Every day I get a whole bunch of kids wanting to run.

But a good animal, who can last 7-8 kilometers out there, is hard to find.

Rooster was one, and he's not the first you've taken out.

And he won't be the last.

What's your plan?

You were always promising. You could be out there winning.