Synopsis
The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders lost without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end| who's really hunting whom?
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Cast
- Lucas TillCayden Richards
- Jason MomoaConnor
- John Pyper-FergusonWild Joe
- Stephen McHattieJohn Tollerman
- Merritt PattersonAngelina Timmins
- Janet-Laine GreenClara Tollerman
- Melanie ScrofanoGail Timmins
- Kaitlyn LeebLisa Stewart
- Adam ButcherDeke
- Philip Maurice HayesKino
Recommendations
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Observer
It’s sexy, violent and creepy, but damn if it didn’t keep me glued to my chair with tension. - 60
New York Daily News
The first 30 minutes of this cheap-looking monster drama are admittedly rough going. But once the “Twilight”-meets-“Sons of Anarchy” silliness kicks in, there’s a lovable lunacy at work. - 50
Slant Magazine
The cinematographic approach of the film suggests some unholy hybrid of the aesthetic and genre indulgences of Michael Bay and the hyper-literalist plot construction of Christopher Nolan. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Hollywood will be hard pressed to top this lean Canadian indie picture that knows it’s just another dumb werewolf movie, but has fun with that knowledge. - 50
RogerEbert.com
Wolves is consequently too violent to be a "Twilight" knockoff, and too cuddly to be an effectively freaky tale of a boy who, to paraphrase "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah," becomes a man while also becoming a wolf. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Largely forgoing the CGI effects usually endemic to such efforts, the film has the actors clad in werewolf suits and make-up designed by Dave and Lou Elsey that produce a slightly ludicrous effect, as if they were unusually large kids trick-or-treating. That the characters maintain their full powers of speech only adds to the silliness, although the hunky lead performers manage to carry it off with hirsute sexiness. - 40
The Dissolve
This feature directing debut from X-Men, X2, and Watchmen screenwriter David Hayter is basically a bloodier, drastically more hirsute remake of Footloose set in the sleepy Canadian tax haven of Lupine Ridge, where most of the residents are actually… well, if you guessed “vampires,” you’re close. - 40
Village Voice
If you're in the bag for werewolves (or have a thing for hairy dudes smoking distinctive pipes), Wolves is a beckoning howl in the night. As an action movie, however, it's surprisingly tame.
