Dog Soldiers Review

Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British horror film set in Scotland, an army training exercise turns into a war against werewolves.

Director Neil Marshall

Writer Neil Marshall

Cast

Kevin McKidd, Private Cooper
Sean Pertwee, Sergeant Harry G. Wells
Emma Cleasby, Megan
Chris Robson, Private Joe Kirkley
Leslie Simpson, Private Terry Milburn
Liam Cunningham, Captain Ryan
Darren Morfitt, Private "Spoon" Witherspoon

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A group of army soldiers are sent on a routine training exercise, they're expected to meet up with some SAS soldiers before beginning their training in the highlands of Scotland. Upon arrival they discover the SAS members torn to pieces, it turns out there is one remaining survivor, Captain Ryan. Captain Ryan gives the soldiers hints about what attacked him and killed his troops, clearly distressed and traumatized Captain Ryan is unable to explain clearly what happened.

There are not many good werewolf movies, which is surprising when you consider how popular the werewolf actually is, I am talking about true werewolf movies, not films that simply include werewolves like the Twilight films. So we have the British horror movie Dog Soldiers, a low budget British horror movie, I didn't have particularly high hopes for this as I am not a big fan of British movies.

Dog soldiers certainly has plenty of action, lots of shooting, blood and swearing, the pacing is good which prevents boredom. I like the Werewolf designed, they're a humanoid type of creature, big, fast and very deadly, the way they should be.

There is no CG used, the werewolves are just men in suits which is fine, but at times the low budget does show in the effects, both the werewolves and the gore.

The acting is good enough for the most part, some of the dialog is a bit cheesy and crude which is very common in British movies, but this one isn't to bad. Sergeant Harry G. Wells is the most likeable character providing some funny moments.

Overall it's nothing special but it has some good moments, Dog Soldiers is entertaining and certainly worth a watch for any werewolf fan.

5.5 out of 10