So tonight we headed over to Broughton Cineworld to check out the movie Wolf, a movie that I had not heard of and one that I hadn’t seen mentioned on TV etc, so I was intrigued by the movie.
Great Britain. 150AD. When four messengers sent by Rome to a plague-infected Caledonia, with a message of peace and help for their King, go missing Rome has no choice but to send ten of their finest across Hadrian’s Wall to find and bring them back. Led by their Captain, Domitius, (George McCluskey, “The Zombie King”), and two of their strongest warriors, Grackus, (Stuart Brennan, “Risen”) and Nerva, (Mark Paul Wake, “Plan Z”), the legion soon realise that what lays in wait for them is something much worse than any plague or army known to man – And with them being picked off one by one on their journey back to the wall by a beast none of them can match, and survival being their only hope, will there be anyone left to warn Rome of the dangers it may now face. Fight For Rome. Fight For Caesar. Fight To Survive.
OK, let’s start right from the beginning with this review, right from the very start of Wolf you can tell that it is a low budget made British movie, which is not always a bad thing, but sometimes a film comes along that has potential to be a movie that has so much bite that you just can;t get enough, such as the brilliant Dog Soldiers, but sadly Wolf is not one of those movies.
I would’ve loved to have said that the movie is one keeps you interested and after it’s opening sequence of a young boy walking his dog in 150AD before being attacked by a vicious creature in the woods, you certainly want it to be a horror movie that will give you chills and jumps but sadly it falls flat on its face.
The opening sequence sets you up for something that never really goes any further, the movie is so slow-paced that I started doing something I’ve not done since seeing The Devil Inside, falling asleep in a cinema, during last nights screening we had four people walk out during the movie, not good for a film that could have been a brilliant Werewolf movie with bite!
Throughout the film, I was waiting for that Wolf that is so terrifying that you could see why the Roman soldiers were so scared of what was in the woods, but the creature itself is a real let down, let’s just say that being naked and having some dodgy dental just doesn’t really introduce the fear factor that the film could have had.
The acting is certainly below par in Wolf as well, I’ve seen so many low-budget Indie films over the years and I have to say that I’ve seen so much better. It’s such a shame that there is so much that has let this movie down.
Going into the cinema to see the film knowing nothing about the film was probably the best way for me to see Wolf, this movie could have been so much better, the story is there but it’s not used to its full potential, the flashback stories are good to bring in the characters’ backstories, but then again it slows down what we are wanting in a “horror” the shocks and creatures that make us jump in our cinema seats.
Some of the landscape shots look very good, but maybe down to the overuse of drone shots, they do wear a little thin after a time.
If you are looking for a low budget “wolf” horror movie, then check out The Snarling or the brilliant Dog Soldiers.
Wolf a movie with very little bite!
Movie title: Wolf (2019)
Movie description: Great Britain. 150AD. When four messengers sent by Rome to a plague-infected Caledonia, with a message of peace and help for their King, go missing Rome has no choice but to send ten of their finest across Hadrian’s Wall to find and bring them back.
Date published: September 14, 2019
Director(s): Stuart Brennan
Actor(s): Stuart Brennan, Mark Paul Wake, George McCluskey
Genre: Horror
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
