2003
Rated: R for violence/gore, sexuality/nudity and language.
Genre: Horror Action Drama Thriller
Directed By: Richard Friedman
Written By: Geoffrey Alan Holliday, Charles David Scholl
Darkwolf Picture Company LLC
Running Time: 1:36
Review by: Steve Ward
Review Date: 11/20/10

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DARK WOLF

 

This is an interesting little movie. I remember reading about "Dark Wolf" in Fangoria years ago and immediately running out and renting it. The plot basically goes like this (try to follow along, it's hard enough to follow in the movie): Kane Hodder is the Dark Wolf, the black prince of Werewolves, and he has come to mate with a purebred; namely the clueless blonde hottie Josie (Samaire Armstrong). A homeless woman named Mary is a "Protector" who watches over Josie and gives information about the Dark Wolf to Steve (Ryan Alosio) a cop who is given the task of protecting Josie after Mary is killed by the Dark Wolf. Mary's Werewolf legend book (I call it the Wolfronomicon) ends up in the hands of Josie's clueless friends... are you still paying attention?

Let me just say this and you'll get the idea: Steve has to fight Dark Wolf and protect Josie from him while she herself is turning into a She-Wolf, and Dark Wolf can only be stopped by a silver bullet in the eye. Whew! Believe it or not, there is a lot more to it than that, but that's the gist. Don't you just love an over-abundance of exposition? Well, it's irritating, but the concept is pretty effective. There is a ton of nudity in this flick.  

The first thing you see in the movie are a nice pair of fake boobs at a strip club, and it only gets better! The gore effects are quite good, and Samaire gives a surprisingly good performance. Kane Hodder kicks ass as usual. The naked-lesbian-she-wolf photo shoot scene is super hot! Basically the photographer and his gay make-up artist find the Wolfronomicon, and decide to have our two slutty models do an interpretation of the illustrations. This movie kind of banks on the sexy girls and nudity, and who's going to complain? The only problem with the nudity here is that Kane Hodder is included, but it's pretty brief thankfully.

A considerable amount of the plot is dumb, confusing, and self contradictory. The exposition is really annoying, there is so much to be explained before the concept makes any sense, and the actors take a good goddamned long time explaining it. The CGI is just offensive, Why do filmmakers keep using that shitty excuse for special effects? It never looks good, in any form of live action movie, ever! And the CGI here is especially bad. The camerawork and editing are also pretty cheese ball, with random montages of the Dark Wolf snorting, shots of the moon, and "running" POV shots of the same three sidewalks and alleys, over and over again. How is Josie a "purebred" werewolf and not aware of it? That is never explained. Most of the supporting characters are not likable whatsoever, and the acting is pretty lousy with the exception of Samaire and the make-up artist who was pretty amusing as an over the top fruit. I also was bummed the we never got to see Samaire naked, despite being constantly teased and that her character is obviously supposed to be naked in the script, the best we get is a a CGI shot of her naked during her transformation, what a let down.

"Dark Wolf" is a fun, cheap, and sleazy little werewolf flick that tries to give the horror fans everything they want, and does a pretty nice job of it. It's got a few bits of surprisingly effective suspense, a hot lesbian photo shoot scene, great gore effects, and a solid overall presentation. The girls are hot, and the Werewolf is horny for them. Rent this one and have a good time.

 

 

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