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Had kind of a Teen Wolf meets The Lost Boys kind of thing going on.

I liked the fact that there was no CGI used it was all special effects and makeup, which was a nice break from todays excessive use of CGI. It's kind of what had me sold on it to be honest, the effort put into the costumes. You can see by the pictures they put a lot into the work on the wolves.

I think Angelica and Cayden looked pretty sweet as wolves, They looked about as real as a human/wolf could look, certainly looked better than Jack Nicholson's Wolf.

Yeah the acting wasn't spectacular, but really, when it comes to these kind of lower budget films.. It definitely isn't Underworld in that aspect but still it was a good little weekend special.

Looking for blockbuster CG effects? this ain't it. Your sure to be disappointed. However if your looking for something better then reality TV and Sharknado? Then this is a well done little movie, with some decent talent, although i wouldn't say the dialog or acting is Oscar worthy, The movie entertained me, i enjoyed it and most of the time that is exactly what i ask of my movies, allow me to escape to forget about my worries and dramas and enjoy some entertainment.

Looking for a decent quality movie without the hype? this is it. Some decent plot twists, kept me engrossed throughout. I would recommend it for ages over 10. Biggest surprise i can't recall any f bombs ... hmmm maybe i'm just desensitized to it these days.

This is a better than average Werewolf movie. For a fairly low budget film, the quality is surprisingly high. The special effects are also much better than you would expect from this type of movie.

Jason Momoa is especially well cast as the head of the "Wolf Pack". He has the looks and the sheer physical presence to pull off this kind of role.

Far less successful is Lucas Till.At this point in his career, he simply does not have the experience to carry an entire movie. He comes across like a bland "Ken Doll", than a character with a dark secret in his past.

The script has a "been there done that" aspect to it. It steals elements from any number of previous movie sin this genre. Do not expect anything even remotely new or innovative here.

If you like werewolf movies, this one is worth your while to watch.

Ugh why? Why oh why am I watching this on my day off?

I could be learning a new skill, doing some home improvements or even just cleaning. Anything would be better than this film.

I gave it a 4 due to production value only.

I have to say that much of what has come out over the past 15 years has been lacking in one way or another, but particularly in originality. Additionally, stories always seem to fall short as a majority of the focus is on CGI effects and the sexual appeal to teen hormones.

I thought that this film did a fair job at being original in its plot and story. And though the story was not the greatest, it was different and it was entertaining. Nothing here was over done. As with anything, there was room for improvement, but I liked it just the same.

As for effects, the costumes and makeup were very well done. The stunts were reasonable and plausible for this type of film. Again, not over done.

I would be willing to see a sequel should the producers get the impulse to try again.

If you like werewolves, you might enjoy this film. Being a budget flick, the cost is low enough to own the DVD and not feel a pinch when you're done watching.

I saw that it contained a few names I have seen before at for example Game Of Thrones or Saw or other to mention. And after seen the trailer I thought that it was worth a pick up, sadly at the end of this flick I was disappointed.

There wasn't any scary part or had any horror element. the effects were done CGI and when a wolf was eaten one's hand it didn't looked convincing in some ways. this is just a flick for teenagers who do like Vampire Diaries and stuff like that. Only Melanie Scrofano (Gail) shows some skin while having sex but overall this is tame. Not for me...

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

You know what your getting from this, which is basically a teen wolf movie. As stated the acting isn't going to win an Oscar, but it decent enough for the budget and script given. The wolves are by far the best part. They are well made and aren't low budget at all, very good FX department. I would say you want a werewolf movie for the sake of that kind of movie then check this out. Jason plays his character well for this movie, not overly scary but you sure wont love him either. I would like to see a sequel to this that explain the history of the main blood lines and goes into that more. They can recast for that with no issues plot wise, which makes it an excellent jumping off point.

I honestly don't know why some people have responded so negatively towards this film. Perhaps they did not watch more than the first twenty or so minutes.

It takes Wolves time to get off the ground and the segue into the story is not managed all that well, giving the initial impression of a clumsy B movie. If however, you persist you will be rewarded. Wolves improves as a the story progresses. The story itself is predicable horror fare but its competently done and very enjoyable.

The acting is solid too, and includes some capable Canadian actors you may be familiar with, such as Stephen McHattie, of Pontypool fame.

My advice ignore the negative nellies and give Wolves a go. You wont be disappointed. Eight out of ten from me.

For a low budget movie, It surprisingly decent. After his great performance as Kal Drogo, Jason Momoa really show that he actually can act IMHO. He steal the thunder from main character of this movie. Well, I can't say much since English is not my first language but all I can tell, despite some of it's flaws such the weak plot and one or two scenes that made me cringed a little, I did enjoy watching this movie.

At the end of a tiring day, I just want to sit down on my comfy couch alone without my girlfriend bothering me, turn on my bluray and home theater system, and watch a movie that not trying to preach me about life lesson, or some chick flick come from fan-fiction that my girlfriend really like.

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Yes it's not Underworld or whatever great Production from the past decades but it's a decend Werewolf Movie that didn't waste my time.

Worse werewolf movie of all time. Very disappointed, especially for a Jason Momoa and Merritt Patterson film. Not sure how people can give it a 6 or 7, definitely surprised to see 10s!

A popular teenager in the Northeast (Lucas Till) discovers that he's a werewolf and escapes to the road after a tragedy at home. Upon getting a tip from Lemmy (John Pyper-Ferguson), he ends up in Lupine Ridge where he obtains a job at a farm and develops a relationship with a young bar owner (Merritt Patterson), which offends the wolfish town leader (Jason Momoa). Stephen McHattie plays the friendly farmer who takes the boy under his wings.

The creatively titled "Wolves" (2014) is a quality werewolf flick that's reminiscent of the Marvel comic book Werewolf by Night. (Even the werewolves resemble Don Perlin's versions a little). It has elements of The Howling franchise, but with better production values than the sequels, as well as a dash of "Twilight" (2008) and "The Messengers" (2007). (I hate mentioning "Twilight" because it will automatically turn off loads of people, but I mean the good aspects of that infamous movie).

"Wolves" has the right choices for the main cast, enough gore, some decent action, beautiful women, notable songs and exquisite Ontario locations with great nighttime sylvan ambiance. Yes, it's thoroughly comic booky, but it's well made for what it is and delivers the goods. I saw the theatrical version, but I heard the unrated version is a vast improvement with additional exposition.

The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes and was shot in Ontario in the greater Toronto area.

GRADE: B+

This is one of those films that starts off by being narrated by its teenage hero, just like Zombieland or Stakeland, not really my style. Anyway this teen (actually played by then 24 year old Lucas Till) has a problem - when angry he unleashes superhuman strength, when he makes out with his girlfriend he turns into a werewolf and kills her. And he also appears to have butchered his parents, but has no recollection. In search of answers he heads off to Lupine Range, a place that sounds like somewhere in one of the Howling movies. As werewolf movies go this is pretty average.The plot is simple and predictable but sufficient to maintain interest. There is plenty of action, it never gets boring. The CGI effects are not great, but I've seen far worse. Jason Momoa as the lead baddie was very good, he certainly has plenty of on screen presence. What I did not like is the fact that on one hand this movie is pretty nasty, for example one scene has a young woman being viciously beaten by two bikers. But on the other hand the script contains many funny one liners, such as "What's more Halloween than getting eaten by a wolfman?", or the one quoted in my headline. Left me a tad confused as to what the makers intended, straight horror or comedy/horror? Wolves is no Howling (1981) but at the same time it's as good as some of the sequels and I felt reasonably satisfied when the end credits rolled.

When I stumbled upon "Wolves", I had not heard about it, but I was intrigued by the DVD cover. Why? Well, as a life-long avid fan of horror, of course I do enjoy werewolf movies.

"Wolves" turned out to be fairly generic in terms of werewolves movie go, but it was still entertaining enough for what it turned out to be.

The storyline in "Wolves" was predictable for sure, but still turned out to be entertaining enough.

They had a good cast ensemble, which performed quite well and actually managed to keep the movie from sinking into mediocrity. It was rather interesting to watch Jason Momoa in a movie such as this, and I must admit that he was cast quite well for such a role.

One of the best things about "Wolves" was the great special effects and CGI, because they really added lots of flavor and layers to the movie.

Luckily "Wolves" didn't turn out to be a revamped version of "Twilight" just with werewolves instead of vampires. It was actually rather enjoyable, although I doubt it is a movie that you will return to watch a second time around.

Watching the film reminded me of a Sunday afternoon Tele Movie, though I would have preferred to watch sport instead.

There wasn't anything new in the Wolves and it got boring with all the dialogue as if the director wanted to truly make you understand the reasons behind why all this was happening. I ended up not caring and wanted the film to end.

The acting wasn't too bad though the make-up effects were definitely made for TV and not anywhere near for theatrical release. The wolves were not scary and no where close to realistic.

The story line? A basic plot where the "hero" tries to be the hero and ends up the hero. Quite predictable except for one scene towards the end but then some of you may already figure it out.

A boy (Lucas Till) is trying to find out about his family history and stumbles upon a town of lycanthropes.

Phil Brown, writing for Rue Morgue, calls this "an absolutely abysmal movie" and "a complete mess". He says this is "all stuff you've seen before and you've definitely seen it done better." Brown's only real positive comment is on the casting of Stephen McHattie, who he sees as something of a Canadian treasure.

Brown is too harsh. There is plenty to dislike, true enough, including a very forced plot that seems like paint by numbers (and seems to rip off ideas from werewolf novel "Bitten" without credit). But it still has some great effects and some strong wolf action. And Jason Momoa, who is quickly becoming a rising star in genre films and television.

Hi, this is my review for David Hayter's Wolves movie.

First I want to apologies for advance for any mistake you find; I am not an English speaker. Now, let's get to business, I'm doing this for the different kind of viewers, the curious people, the fans of the genre (you know, vampires, wolves, Supernatural, Buffy, Anne Rice, kind of genre) and the maybe negative/ skeptical people.

By saying this is obviously I too am a fan of this series and books, so I know what people like to feel and watch when seen a movie that have supernatural beings. The movie is about a teenage boy who just discovered he is a werewolf, yes I know what are you thinking, more of Twilight crap, teenage lovers, perfect life, fall in love, etc. etc. but nope, because everything turns upside down as death and desolation came to the life of Lucas Till () until a estrange character does a really weird talk to him and makes him go to and even weirder small town full of people that don't like the poor teenage werewolf and things get very interesting a cooler.

The movie has a very easy to understand narration, with a nice speed, and doesn't exaggerate nor waste any time trying to explain the wolves transformation or the supernatural forces behind the werewolf experience, instead it makes the viewer enjoy the experience of being a lupine, the speed, the force, enhance abilities which is something no many movies even bother to do and just portrait it as something tragic or negative as a course, whether is a vampire or wolf is practically the same result.

So you get the teenage that by the way is pretty much mature and wiser kind of boy, who is forced to do this transition of boy to man/wolf to defend himself and the people he loves, and also balance his personal life with all the scenarios that a teenage may live, and yes that include sex, very ferocious, aggressive and hairy sex.

About the actors and their rolls, all of them make an perfect believable non stereotypic characters which I personally enjoy very much, Lucas Till was excellent, not only did make maybe the best teenage werewolf of any movie but David Hayter's work as a director was really make me want to see more of his work for future projects, Jasom Mamoa was a force to be feared most of the time, he really pushed the other characters and made them fear him Merritt Patterson and Stephen McHattie played a great complement and pretty much all of them make a mayor roll that is like a big circle that creates a very intelligent narration with a very welcome twist at the near end.

This movie has a lot of lovely moments, great characters, with very interesting backgrounds that actually make me wanted to know more about them, the story is a very good and enjoyable adventure, that opens the path to a second movie and maybe a TV series which I think know is be the perfect moment, even a prequel with Mamoa character past would be great.

I think this is one of David Hayter finest works, which really put him in the level of great movie directors; I am really waiting for his next move.

Does a good job of trying to give us the complete package.

Went to see it cause it was a werewolf flick, and I have not seen many in comparison to the vampire flick. I had no idea what I was in for.

At first it seem like I was going to get a Twilight for werewolves (even though there are werewolves in Twilight) as it started out as a movie about a pretty jock who discovers he's a werewolf by birth and goes on a journey to discover himself.

Than I saw Jason Momoa was in the pic and I knew it was going to be a man's flick, which is what it turned into.

Hot chicks, good fight scenes, and some impressive make up for a low budget horror movie.

Got to give it up for the voice of Solid Snake in Metal Gear, who wrote and directed this film. It was an exceptional effort.

Despite Stephen McHattie and Jason Mamoa bringing some gravitas to the proceedings Wolves unfortunately trundles along in unspectacular stereotypical fashion. Touching upon slightly interesting themes of the nature of the Werewolves they soon fall apart with very forced plot turns. Perhaps they were hankering after the Twilight audience and they do indeed succeed in making Twilight look better in comparison. It's all very forgettable and the makeup was a bit naff to be honest. I suggest the European filmed Wer instead of this if you are in the mood for some Wolven hijinks. If you are in the mood for mild teen angst and a script by numbers then Wolves will allow you to relax.