Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Night Wolf (2010)

When I popped this movie in, I expected some action and expected to see a wolf.  Then I started watching and discovered it was British. So I realized I was in for lots of talking, little or no wolf action, and more than likely a big disappointment.  And so it goes.

Sarah arrives home at her family estate after spending six months in the US at a new job.  Her three brothers and a couple friends are partying in the barn so she joins them after her father decides to go to bed.

In the midst of the partying, the power goes out and the group heads back to the house.  As one goes to find some fuses, the others go upstairs and find there's been a murder and the massive killer animal is still in the house.  But do we see the animal? No, we just see it's red wolf vision, which is almost all we see of said wolf.

Thus starts a night of trying to figure out how to stay alive and get out of the house.  Also it's a night of annoying characters making incredibly stupid decisions, getting mad at each other, making too much noise when trying to hide, and death.

Also it forces me to ask the question, why are the werewolves bald when they turn from a wolf back into a human?  Since when do werewolves lose their hair?  And wouldn't that make it easy to figure out who was the wolf?  Before wolf a luxurious head of hair, after wolf totally bald.

Watch for the very obvious bald cap that has blood smeared all around in the edge to try to make it look less conspicuous, except there's a big wrinkle behind the ear, so just forget it. It was obvious even without the wrinkle.


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