Review: In ‘Heart of the Beast,’ Brad Pitt and his dog battle nature itself

DUBAI: In “Heart of the Beast,” Brad Pitt brings unexpected depth to what could easily have been a straightforward man-and-his-dog survival story.

He plays James Belmont, a retired Special Forces officer whose years of war have left him grizzled, guarded and more comfortable in the company of his German shepherd Odin (played by good boy Uber). The three-legged, battle-scarred dog, fitted with a prosthetic leg and…