Brotherhood of the Wolf (2002)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The acting in this movie is really good.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Brotherhood Of The Wolf has a lot to offer cinema lovers in the way of entertainment, but I digress this is a very cerebral film as well. There is excellent cinematography and atmosphere,suspense and intrigue, intense eroticism, mystery, terror and superb action and martial arts fight choreography. The performances are superb with a lead that resembles HHH, European love goddess Monica Bellucci and the much underrated B action star Mark Dacascos (who shines in the support role in this). Brotherhood Of The Wolf blends genres quite successfully in this period action hybrid film and is a very unique and well made film that is very visceral, but also will thrill the more intellectual, thinking viewers as well. Director Christopher Gans did a very good job putting this all together and this is a very original movie that should please fans of action, horror, suspense, as well as appeal to the art-house crowd as well. Overall, Brotherhood Of The Wolf is a very impressive film.

Supernatural antagonists, sexy without being distracting, post-colonial martial arts, pre-French Revolution intrigue, mystery, romance, arcane Catholic mysticism, 1700's CSI, etc. This *beep* covers all the bases, loosely. It's a ton a of fun. A great story and it develops perfectly for 2.5 hours. Nothing in excess and very little wasted. (watching the director's cut) I can't recommend this movie highly enough.So, this review requires 10 lines. I'd add that the shots look pretty film school in the beginning (probably quite sharp for 2001) and develop quite a bit over the time frame. Action, mystery, and horror for the price of one ticket. Your usual film critics can suck it. This one rules.

In the French countryside a wolf stalks the people of the town and kills them, therefore Fronsac is called to investigate with his 'Native American' friend, Mani. However, it seems this so-called beast is extremely elusive and Fronsac finds the French elitists to be some what even more dangerous than the thing he hunts.I honestly was expecting a Fench masterpiece, I mean French films tend to be much more artistic and the lack of a better word, 'gentle'. But what I received was a two hour and half load of awful film-making, I should say the opening fight scene was quite intriguing, the 'myth' of the beast create great fascination, but this tension building goes on for far too long and when the audience finally sees the beast...well, its very disappointing. I understand that the filmmaker's intention to keep the beast in the background and create a drama...but it did not work in the slightest...Monica Belluci was beautiful as always, but even she failed to keep the audiences attention, however Vincent Cassell gave a fine performance as the creepy aristocrat..but even he couldn't keep the film alive.

One could easily address Brotherhood of the Wolf a genuine example of a weird and wonderful mess. It is a hybrid mix of a sort of mythological fantasy, a monster movie, a historical drama en Français, and even and a martial arts flick, all surrounding a plot which is somewhat convoluted but very ambitious, and it works.Brotherhood of the Wolf has a fair bit of money. Like all the biggest productions of the horror genre, the monster comes in two forms. There is the full sized animatronic beast, and there is the CG version. The movie requires a close inter cutting of both. It also requires a pretty good choreographer to design the plethora of fight sequences that make up the climax. Even though I feel that a few trims could have been made here or there, there isn't a boring scene in Brotherhood of the Wolf. It is progressive rather than repetitive and it gets bigger and bolder with each chapter. One could argue that the story kind of crumbles at the climax for the purpose of adrenaline, but one could also argue that it is a good pay off for anyone who finds enough to find the first hour and a half boring. (but it's not of course)For the most part, Brotherhood of the Wolf is a rare gem of a horror film and it is certainly not worth missing,