Always up for a new werewolf movie.by Ghost-s-Wulf

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April 01, 2009: It's always interesting the different ideas and verison of monsters people have. Dog soldiers does just that with werewolfs.

I want to say that this movie is a like a big budget indepedant movie. the cast is limited, you have an explosion, and the acting is good. The werewolfs are (I like to describe as) "Whitewolf" Werewolfs, where, in a transformed state, stand about 8-11 feet tall.

The sespense is built more on the fear of catching a glimps of something big, ugly and mean, then trying to keep it from being in the same room. If you think about it, it is almost like Jaws.

Not a bad movie, and the plot makes it seem more plausible. Soldiers in the middle of a traing/military game getting caught off gaurd explains setting. They have their mind set to the current task, then they get thrown in a complete different direction they are barely prepared for.

I have 2 stars for funny, not cause I'm sick (up for debate), but because I'm a movie junkie. There is a soldier in the group name (I kid you not) Spoon. (Without spoiling anything) close to the end, we come across a line in the movie that was made famous in a different movie. I think it had something to do with a computer, sunglasses, and a pill.

All and all, it is a good movie. Maybe even up there with Silver Bullet. If your a werewolf fan, or like horror movies that used the budget to create a monster rather than acting to a thing, you will like this movie.

Before I go, intel shows that a sequal might be on the way. The story is to take place right after the first movie, like the first 2 Underworld movies (another werewolf(ish) movie, go figure). I believe the hold up is for good reason.. They want to shoot the movie during "Hunter's Moon", when the moon is full, close to the earth, and so bright you would see your shadow from the moonlight alone.

Dog Soldiersby Anonymous

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January 28, 2008: i kept seeing bits of this whenever it was on tv and finally got a chance to see the WHOLE thing on scifi and enjoyed it. its my brother's favorite movie and also mine. basically you have soldiers the woods, a house and the full moon and together with enemies. awkward! it had a good story and didn't falter as such with other horror films and didn't have scenes that weren't needed. a plus in my book when it comes to good movies. and not the whole overrated crap either. a movie that works on its own and just wants to scare us which is does and wish movies were like this than how its today. i know not all movies etc are like that.

This review was written about the DVD Pan & Scan / Wide Screen edition.