1h 44m
Director: Neil Marshall

A squad of soldiers are on a training exercise in Scotland but they don't count on a supernatural werewolf encounter. They are up against Special Forces.

When they come across the remains of the Special Forces squad, there's one survivor who's injured and they take the live firearms and are subsequently attacked by something unknown. They escape when they are picked up by a friendly local (Megan) in a Jeep who takes them to a nearby farm and they fortify this position against their mysterious opponent.

It doesn't take long for the soldiers to work out that their enemy can tank the live rounds they're firing and that they have thermal vision. The odds are against them.

It turns out that Captain Ryan and his Special Forces team were tasked with capturing a werewolf to turn it into a weapon and he used Sergeant Wells and his team as bait. As a later twist, it also turns out that Megan who picked them up is also a lycanthrope and it's her family's house.

Eventually, after a valiant struggle almost everyone dies.

Tonally, this film has Predator vibes. Some of the shots are similar and you'll no doubt recognise some of the dialogue which has been borrowed from other movies. Some of the acting is questionable but it genuinely adds character.

Sean Pertwee is a legend in this movie as Sergeant Wells and Liam Cunningham is quite believable as Captain Ryan who gets turned by the lycanthropes. His turning gives meaning to his attempt at shooting the dog when they first arrive at the farm house (since it seems that dogs can detect werewolves).

In proper horror film tradition you don't really see the werewolves until about an hour into the movie.

There's lots of in-camera gore and no CGI which is cool with me - there's several scenes which include intestines and the famous line from Sergeant Wells, "sausages" which is probably a description of what they used for the effect.

There's plenty of well known english idioms in the dialogue which if you're from the UK will have you feeling right at home plus some references from other films which if you recognise them will have you laughing as they are delivered out of context at opportune moments.

It's good. It's a bit tropey and cheesey but that all adds value for me in a horror flick and like I say, if you're from the UK I reckon you'll have double the fun...



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