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An enjoyable low-concept monster movie, Dog Soldiers is basically Night of the Living Dead with werewolves. A platoon on a training exercise in Scotland, already fed up because they are missing a vital England-Germany match, come across the wounded survivor of a special ops team (Liam Cunningham) that has been attacked by monsters. There's a confused conspiracy angle, with a scheme to sacrifice the squaddies in order to capture a werewolf for military uses, but it's mostly a lost patrol picture with the soldiers besieged in a mysteriously abandoned house in the woods, complete with "pork" stew on the boil.
The hardman sergeant (Sean Pertwee) is disembowelled early but gruesomely patched up with superglue, letting the sensitive Scot (Kevin McKidd) play hero. A pack of effectively glimpsed Howling-style bipedal werewolves make repeated attacks on the house, whittling the cast down with each invasion. The soldier characterisations are solid cliché, albeit of a British variety rarely seen in horror movies (a highlight of the use of Brit slang is the Geordie shouting "Come on if you think you're hard enough"). The monsters are okay, but writer-director Neil Marshall's strongest suit is his third, as editor, covering for the old-fashioned monster suit effects and making the suspense and action mechanics work.
On the DVD: Dog Soldiers is an excellent DVD package complete with two commentary tracks, a British one with Marshall and the cast and an American one with a couple of producers. Both are interesting and rarely overlap, and there's an amusing contradiction between the Brits who rush over script changes they didn't want to make and the Yanks who imposed a sub-plot they feel saved the picture. Also, a bunch of trailers that amusingly spoof a recent army recruitment ad, deleted scenes and outtakes with optional Marshall commentary, a standard making-of featurette, storyboards and Marshall's short film, Combat. --Kim Newman
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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ok then so here we have night of the living dead but with werewolves instead of zombies. is that a bad thing? hell no!!!! because this is a decidedly british horror film!!!! ie no budget but great actors and a fantastic script that never takes itself too seriously.
the direction is cracking and makes use of the claustrophobic elements of being trapped in a house overnight.
the basic premise of the plot is that a bunch of squadies are used as bait for some werewolves and make a run for it!!!
the performances are spot on all the way especially kevin mckidd and the moral side of the story and sean pertwee and the sgt.
plus where else will you ever see a squadie have a fist fight with a werewolf and a werewolf getting hit in the face with a frying pan?
you see!!! utter mentalism!!!! thank you soo very much neil marshall!!!!
bring on his next film soon.....please!!!
the direction is cracking and makes use of the claustrophobic elements of being trapped in a house overnight.
the basic premise of the plot is that a bunch of squadies are used as bait for some werewolves and make a run for it!!!
the performances are spot on all the way especially kevin mckidd and the moral side of the story and sean pertwee and the sgt.
plus where else will you ever see a squadie have a fist fight with a werewolf and a werewolf getting hit in the face with a frying pan?
you see!!! utter mentalism!!!! thank you soo very much neil marshall!!!!
bring on his next film soon.....please!!!
34 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I first went to see this movie one Friday afternoon - I was bored and wanted some entertainment - I wasn't disappointed !
The tagline for the movie is '6 Men, Full moon, no chance !'. The plot is quite simple enough. A group of British soldiers are on a training mission in the Sottish Highlands. They happen across the remains of an SAS unit, whose captain is the only survivor. Whilst on the run from a pack of werewolves, they seek refuge in a deserted farmhouse. With no silver bullets or means of communication with the outside world, what follows is a game of survival - with the werewolves trying to get in and the soldiers trying to stay alive until daybreak.
The tagline for the movie is '6 Men, Full moon, no chance !'. The plot is quite simple enough. A group of British soldiers are on a training mission in the Sottish Highlands. They happen across the remains of an SAS unit, whose captain is the only survivor. Whilst on the run from a pack of werewolves, they seek refuge in a deserted farmhouse. With no silver bullets or means of communication with the outside world, what follows is a game of survival - with the werewolves trying to get in and the soldiers trying to stay alive until daybreak.
What makes this film stand out from the bog-standard werewolf movie in the British 'tongue-in-cheek' humour and dialogue. The best one-liners come from Sergeant Wells (hilariously played by Sean Pertwee) who, in one scene, manages to keep his sense of humour intact despite all his vain attempts to keep his guts from falling out of his superglued stomach, following a werewolf attack !
Fans of 'An American Werewolf in London' will love this film as it shares the same mix of horror and black comedy with some really good 'jump out of your seat' scenes.
To sum it up, Dog Soldiers is a gory, scary and very funny Britflick, and proves you don't have to have a big budget to produce a great film
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great film. It has all the right elements of a werewolf movie with the discovery, the horror and the struggle. It has excellent ensemble acting despite the players having rather stereotypical roles (warm-hearted paternal NCO, bastard officer, etc etc). It manages to exactly replicate squaddie humour. Indeed I reckon is has the British Army summed up much as Aliens gets close to the US Army; at times one wonders if anti-werewolf warfare isn't part of the training programme. There is gore aplenty. Lots of unpleasant traps from which our heroes must escape and a great ending which you were warned about - but forgot.
A film you'll watch a time or two.
A film you'll watch a time or two.
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