Dog Soldiers Movie
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Six soldiers. Full moon. No chance.
Imagine you're leading a six man squad on a routine army exercise. You're behind enemy lines. Your radio doesn't work. You're cut off and on foot in a vast, hostile wilderness. You hear somthing howling in the distance. Something's out there.. and it's hungry. Very hungry. And hairy.. very hairy. The sun is going down. And there's a full moon. You're missing the most important football match of the decade. And there's every chance that you're about to be eaten alive by a pack of vicious, snarling, blood-lusting, seven-foot tall werewolves. What do you do?
| Sean Pertwee | Sgt. Harry G. Wells |
| Kevin McKidd | Pvt. Cooper |
| Emma Cleasby | Megan |
| Liam Cunningham | Capt. Ryan |
| Thomas Lockyer | Cpl. Bruce Campbell |
| Darren Morfitt | 'Spoon' Witherspoon |
| Chris Robson | Pvt. Joe Kirkley |
| Leslie Simpson | Pvt. Terry Milburn |
| Craig Conway | Camper |
| Vilrikke's Acer | Sam the Dog |
| Ben Wright | Werewolf |
| Neil Marshall |
6.80 out of 10 (16139 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Funny and scary
posted on 18 Aug 2009Well first off, i loved it. There was a lot of cheese and cliches as someone else said but they added to what this film was, pure, genuine and memorable entertainment. It wasnt trying to be anything else, from the opening to the end i was laughing, jumping out of my seat and almost shouting 'Yes!' at certain times. I love these smaller films were you can tell the cast and crew enjoyed themselves whilst filming not knowing how much money they would make and purely doing it because they want to, not because someone told them to. Of the films out at the minute i couldnt recommend this more, its scarier than 'Panic Room and' funnier than 'Showtime'...have to wait till Thursday for a certain space wars or something film to come out to see if its my fave of the month! Anyway, a must see for all horror/comedy fans, and anyone fed up with boring films that dont go anywhere, overall 8/10. Lets have some more of these boys!!
* * out of 4.
posted on 08 Aug 2009A group of soldiers training in the middle of nowhere (how conveniant huh?) run into a pack of werewolves and must fight to stay alive. Not big on originality since it borrows more then its fair share from Ginger Snaps and The Supernaturals and the first hour is a bit of a bore. HOWEVER, the last half hour of this picture is as close to perfect as it gets. It's a shame that this wasn't a short film instead of a feature.
I really enjoyed this!!
posted on 02 Aug 2009It's easy to make a bad horror film, and, sadly, not too many people have the drive or imagination to make a decent one. I heard about Dog Soldiers through Fangoria, and though they've been wrong before I thought it was worth a go. In a word, it was fantastic!! I was willing to overlook the slightly convoluted plot (especially when people turned into werewolves at any old time, as opposed to the beginning of the full moon...) for the action and tension. I rather liked the werewolf costumes, because even though their range of motion was limited they made for some divinely creepy silhouettes. I even got interested in and attached to the soldiers, action-film archetypes though they were. If you're not willing to follow the movie where it takes you, then I wouldn't recommend it. But if you're ready for a deliciously gory bit of fun, I doubt you'll be disappointed. 8/10
So....bloody....GREAT!!
posted on 31 Jul 2009I was skeptical when I first heard this being touted as "A SciFi Original Feature", but then someone explained to me that the talent-challenged minds that brought us "Darklight" and "Hammerhead" just bought the US airing rights to this, and all was well in my movie-maddened mind. This movie is so simply brilliant, it could not have possibly come from those studios. A group of British soldiers that, despite being mostly unknown to American audiences, you can't help but grow to care about and root for the entire movie, is doing maneuvers in the Scottish Highlands, when they stumble across a real life-threatening emergency their training never prepared them for. But they go after the threat with all they have, and it's a ride that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. No fancy special effects, no ravishingly handsome heroes and damsels in distress, just hardcore grit and action from start to finish. Plot twists, some predictable, some not so much, keep the storyline fresh and your attention glued to the screen to the very end. I hope that if the Movie Gods decree a sequel, it's done by the same dastardly talents that spawned this amazing slice of celluloid---PLEASE don't let SciFi Channel get a hold of it (only to air it)! Very few movies merit a place in my DVD collection (I am THAT cheap), and this movie more than deserves its spot, right next to both "Kill Bill"'s and the Romero Dead Trilogy. Apologies to "The Howling" and "An American Werewolf in London" fans, but for my money and IMHO, THIS is the best werewolf movie...EVER.
Night of the Living Werewolves
posted on 29 Jul 2009If you liked Night of the Living Dead and like werewolves, this film is for you.I remember seeing the cover of this movie at the video store and promptly passing it up for other films. I finally saw it in an air on TV and was pleasantly surprised.The movie has menace, action, and good acting. What I like most is that the werewolves were not campy despite an obviously lower budget than other movies featuring werewolves. The movie lets the viewer see just enough to supplement imagination to make the horror work.For cons, there are obvious holes in rationale in the story; easily ignored. There really isn't much suspense. Plot twists were easily foreseen, especially for an avid horror movie watcher.Definitely worth watching.
This is no dog
posted on 25 Jul 2009Those Brits really seem to be churning out great low budget horror movies these days and this is as good as the best of them. The cast is unknown and the effect are second rate but the script crackles with humor and energy and the direction is sharp, flipping with ease between scares and comedy - four outta five!
One cool werewolf movie.
posted on 25 Jul 2009This movie has a lot of other movies it shares things in common with. It has a little of "Predator" in it. It also has a little "Dead Alive" and "Night of the Living Dead" in it as well. It has other movies too, but this one is a very good werewolf movie. This one revolves around a troop sent into the woods for training exercises. They uncover another team that appears to have been ripped to shreds. The good news is that these people who were killed left behind lots of weapons, and seeing how the other troop only had guns that fire blanks it is a good thing. The bad news is that all these weapons are fully loaded; whatever killed these guys did so, so quickly that the soldiers never even had a chance to return fire. There is one survivor who has a giant claw mark in his chest. The soldiers eventually find out that there are werewolves out in the woods and they find a girl who drives them to a farmhouse where the army men must hold out till dawn when hopefully the werewolves will return to normal. Great flick, people always told me this one was worth checking out and they were right.
The only problem I had was understanding the actors at times as they really had some heavy accents...don't know if they were British or Scottish. You can understand them for the most part though; it is just at times they say something that you don't hear right and at others they will say a "saying" and you won't be sure what they are meaning. Other than that though this one was really cool.
This is one truly fantastic horror flick....
posted on 09 Jul 2009This is truly one of best original horror flicks of this day and age. It's innovative and doesn't stink of the "re-make" boom of today, which quite frankly I'm getting a little miffed with because it says to me that Hollywood is going through a stale period where all they can seem to do is "re-make" classic movies because they don't have any originality to make a NEW film.Anyway, the story of Dog Soldiers is basically a film about Brit squadies with werewolves in, and I was very impressed with the dialogue because it is actually how Brit soldiers really act. The Special Effects of Bob Keen really capture the essence of terror and realism with peoples insides being ripped apart by hungry and very realistic lycanthropes. Not that I know what a real werewolf looks like as I've never met one. *chuckle* When watching it, I can't help but feel that there is a very tongue-in-cheek aspect to the film. I mean, who, in this world, would have a bareknuckle fistfight with a werewolf? And those of you who voted below 6 out of 10, bear in mind that the director has only made one other film and that was a short film. This guy has really done well for his first major debut as a credited film maker. ;)
Trashy horror, D.O.A.
posted on 09 Jul 2009(4/10)I guts and gore movie of the week, Dog Soldiers tells the "story" of six soldiers on a training exercise in Scotland (though sadly they used Luxembourg or somewhere in Europe to shoot it) that come across a pack of marauding werewolves. Predictable hand-help jumpy camera doing close ups every time a werewolf is about - this sort of technique has lost its shock value and simply looks naff. The whole film looks thrown together and I was quite thankful when it ended. The stabs of humour hit the mark occasionally and there is the occasional shock horror (or rather one, featuring a dead highland cow).
The Dogs
posted on 03 Jul 2009At last, an antidote to the 'post-modern' horror film: no hysterical teens with encyclopedic knowledge of slasher pics, no comic book serial killers etc etc, just an honest, suspenseful, scary and (praise the Lord) BRITISH shocker.Despite the obvious nods to (and downright theft from!) a variety of movie classics - Precinct 13, Aliens, Southern Comfort to name but three - Dog Soldiers manages to be original and entertaining. The humorous elements and snappy one-liners are not overplayed and add just the right amount of irony without spoiling the pace of the action (particular mention should be made of the newspaper headline in the closing titles).*SPOILER*The only minor criticism I can level is that the final showdown between Coops and Ryan could have been better choreographed - the dog-killing b*****d deserved a more satisfying death!A true Brit horror flick for true Brits.
The best worst film of the year
posted on 01 Jul 2009After the many many teen horror movie clones coming out of America in recent months, its nice to see some Brits doing something different. This is pure entertainment at its horrific best, its basically the story of a group of soldiers up in the Scottish Highlands on a routine training mission who happen to encounter a bunch of very angry werewolves. Thats all you need to know. No one takes the film seriously and its that one point alone that makes this film really work. What could of been another routine horror flick becomes the most ridiculous and funny Brit flick since Lock Stock. Everyone involved is quite clearly having a great time, the dialogue is hammy at best, the set pieces are ridiculous but somehow it all sits together perfectly to make a hugely entertaining film. Even the graphic gore is played for laughs. So in summary, a hilarious film that should be enjoyed for what it is, a superbly entertaining horror comedy that feels as though its straight out of the 1980s.
Brilliant Horror Trip (with a scent of a B-movie)
posted on 01 Jul 2009Dog Soldiers goes where no film has gone in recent years. It has the guts to pursue a story line that nowadays could follow failure, but it doesn't... in fact it excels beyond all the horror attempts that have been created in the last 10 years. This film creates the atmosphere that old horror films used to create, it is violent, wild and gory. It is not that scary, but rather entertaining and fun to watch. The fact that it happens all at night and its humorous remarks, reminded me in particular of the horror cult classic The Evil Dead. A factor that made this movie even more enjoyable to me were all the comments and jokes about football (soccer) being that I am a fanatic of the sport. Dog Soldiers is a great start for horror in this decade and hopefully more films like this will be made. A must see film for all horror buffs out there. It will be worth it…
Dog Soldiers
posted on 01 Jul 2009For a British horror from debut director Neil Marshall, who followed with the good The Descent, this is a good horror film with a classic theme recreated. Basically a British Sqaud, led by Sgt. Harry G. Wells (Sean Pertwee, son of Jon Pertwee, aka Worzel Gummidge) are sent on a training in the woods of Scotland against Special Operations, ignoring childish "campfire" stories about the area. Soon though they stumble into a savage werewolf attack, and they are now in battle with these terrifying creatures. They seclude themselves in a farmhouse provided by Megan (Emma Cleasby), and the terror continues as these man-sized werewolves try to get in, and tear everyone apart, or turn them into more of them. Also starring Kevin McKidd as Pvt. Cooper, Liam Cunningham as Capt. Ryan, Thomas Lockyer as Cpl. Bruce Campbell, Darren Morfitt as 'Spoon' Witherspoon, Chris Robson as Pvt. Joe Kirkley and Leslie Simpson as Pvt. Terry Milburn. The performances are cool, the effects are very good for a low budget film, and it a very good thrill film combining light humour and great gruesome gore. Very good!
Bloody. Good.
posted on 01 Jul 2009I thought that I'd grown out of this sort of film, so I only viewed it for the first time on TV a while ago. What can I say? I really enjoyed it.Let's be honest, the plot's been done to death. Isolated group gets stuck in an abandoned dwelling with scary monsters on the outside and their own tensions tearing them apart on the inside. You can probably think of at least 6 films like "Dog Soldiers" without breaking sweat. However, this film is carried forward by a cast that pitches its collective performance very well and a director who doesn't let us dwell on how well or not the formulaic plot is developing. "Dog Soldiers" won't change your life or make you a better person, but it is a solid, well-crafted slam-bang thrill ride from start to finish.Gold medals go to Sean Pertwee and Emma Cleasby for their performances. Pertwee is underused as an actor and he clearly relishes his role in this film. Emma Cleasby does very well as the Token Girly, managing to appear sexy, capable, vulnerable and ultimately blummen terrifying as the story moves toward an ending that I wasn't really expecting. Darren Morfitt also does his usual cheeky chappy shtick to good effect and Kevin McKidd manages to to give his character at least double the depth of the paper that it was written on.Neil Marshall is clearly a writer/director of some talent when it comes to gore-splashed, ever-so-slightly self-conscious movie horror. Long may his career continue, and may the forthcoming sequel not sully the status of "Dog Soldiers".
The Second Best Werewolf Movie Ever Made
posted on 27 Jun 2009Yes, I say the second best because nothing compares with "The Beast Must Die!" and probably never will unless TBMD gets a sweet digital remastering.The story: a group of soldiers are in search of werewolves and they end up setting up camp right in the very home of those werewolves. Hilarity - and lots of it - ensues.My only 2 complaints with this film are the Scottish accents (though you'll adjust) and the feeling that some parts were much longer than needed. One scene around a campfire involved a lengthy story that has no point. Granted, once the action starts it just keeps rolling, but do you want the audience to fall asleep first? I could complain about the special effects. One man's intestines were obviously sausages and the werewolves were not high-grade costumes (they couldn't even open and close their mouths). But you know what? I'd rather have special effects with heart than some high-budget CGI effects that make everything look like a cartoon. Give me a squib of blood over a computer rendering any day.Not sure what else to say... werewolves, lots of guns, Scottish people. Think I covered it. If you like werewolf movies, you have no excuse to skip this one.
One hell of a try.
posted on 17 Jun 2009The movie was passable as a horror film. Great cast, to bad it was wasted on this film. The acting talent was more and enough for the script and the director's ability to use a camera. Must admit the script was doable. Next project the director should do is take some classes in direction. There is a lack spontaneous combustion that really could ignite this film into something bigger. Maybe the fellow needs to watch Pitch Black, Pi, American Psycho, or Alien to reorient his bearings about horror. The movie could have been filmed in a warehouse and used Jan-Michael Vincent as the sergeant and Anna Nicole Smith as the heroine and still could have gotten the same result (no offense towards Mr. Pertwee and the other actors). A different director could have made this movie into what it was supposed to be. Sorry gang but this movie goes into the Howling 4 section of B movies for Bad directing. For the director: you must have the ability to create a good story and reproduce it visually on film with the highest regard as possible. The director is responsible for the stories to come alive-not the actors. Remake is possible, not a sequel!
Seriously Corny with seriously bad acting!
posted on 15 Jun 2009This is one movie that you shouldn't waste your money on, it's cheesy and the whole film is just gore, no real plot, hardly any twists corny jokes and lines, all I can say is that even if this comes on TV, I'd recommend not watching it!I'll give it 2 out of 10 for the effects (But the guy who runs along with his intestines trailing along the ground is just too stupid)
Werewolves drift!
posted on 13 Jun 2009This is a classic British B movie. Taking its influence from such great classics as American Werewolf in London, Evil Dead, Aliens and Zulu.What I liked best was the good representation of the North Eastern members of the squad who come across as real life geordies, with the typical wit and sarcasm one would expect.The plot is thin but thats not important, the basic premise is that a squad of British (mainly Geordie) soldiers are on an exercise in Scotland when they encounter a family of werewolves. What follows is a kind of Zulu / Aliens / Evil Dead defence against the nasties senario.The action is cracking and the interaction between the leads brilliant using good examples of squadie humour and northern grit.The effects for the werewolves is poor but don't let that put you off, and there are loads of brilliant scenes as the squaddies are chewed up on by one. Mr Fav is when Spoon takes on one in the kitchen.Turn off your brain and enjoy!
Hilarious!!
posted on 07 Jun 2009Have always been fan of the whole old horror style movies and I seems jut recently we've had a major run in of theses at our local video stores but nothing prepared me for Dog Soldiers! Usually very skeptical when it comes to british movies, especially those with a low budget but I think everyone involved in this movie has worked wonders. Right from the opening scene I guessed I was going to enjoy it but it still managed to surprise me! All the way though the film I was captivated, I'm not sure whether it was the humour or horror aspect but they managed to get it spot on, parts of he movie had me tense whilst other parts had me laughing until it hurt!All in all I think for anyone who enjoys comedy/horror this is a must see, best movie I've seen in ages. Can't wait until it comes out on DVD!Go see it!!
An exciting British-Luxemburg co-production.
posted on 18 Aug 2009Dog Soldiers takes an old plot (used previously in Alien, Aliens, From Dusk Till Dawn, Predator, Zulu and The Thing, to name but a few) and ignites it with a few new twists. The attitude of the film-makers here seems to be to go for minimal plot, minimal characterisation, minimal plausibility and maximum suspense. As an exercise in all-out suspense, this film is a considerable success. The story is simplicity personified. A team of British soldiers are sent to the Scottish Highlands on a training exercise. They stumble across the decimated remains of another platoon and before they know it they are under attack from a swift, silent and very deadly enemy. Pretty soon, it becomes apparent that the enemy is not human, but a pack of virtually invulnerable werewolves. The survivors hole up in a deserted farmhouse and attempt to fend off wave upon wave of werewolf attacks until daybreak. There are some original ideas here, which are extremely welcome. Pertwee, one of the main characters, spends much of the film clutching his stomach trying to hold in his own guts, having has his belly torn open by a werewolf near the start of the film. Now that's something you don't often see in your average horror flick. Also, the action takes place on the same night that England's footballers demolished Germany 5-1 in Munich, and there are lots of humorous references to football and some of the hunted soldiers are determined just to stay alive long enough to find out what the final score was. The excitement during the siege of the remote farmhouse is so raw that you'll probably bite your nails down to the quick. To summarise, Dog Soldiers is improbable, simplistic and downright silly, but relentlessly (and I mean relentlessly) exciting.