Dark Wolf (2003) (V)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Richard Friedman

Writers:

Geoffrey Alan Holliday (story)
Geoffrey Alan Holliday (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Half Man. Half Beast. Pure Evil.

Plot:

A hip, very erotic twist on the werewolf thriller, this atmospheric horror film adds a a wickedly sexy...

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Body Art | Lycanthropy | Body Painting

Cast

Samaire Armstrong	...	Josie
Ryan Alosio	...	Steve Turley
Andrea Bogart	...	Stacey
Jaime Bergman	...	McGowan
Alexis Cruz	...	Miguel
Aaron Van Wagner	...	Tom
Sasha Craig	...	Anna (as Sasha Williams)
Kane Hodder	...	Biker Guy
Beau Clark	...	Wayne
Steven Williams	...	Hartigan (as Stephen Williams)
Tippi Hedren	...	Mary
Monica Lee	...	Nurse Sweetie
Rick McCallum	...	DarkWolf
Vince Lozano	...	Desk Sergeant
Alex D'Lerma	...	Reporter

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Germany:16 | UK:18 | Finland:K-18 | Italy:VM18 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Lacy Street Production Center - 2630 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

DarkWolf Picture Company LLC

Disappointing.

Underwhelming B horror about a particularly vicious werewolf pursuing cutie pie waitress Josie (Samaire Armstrong) because it needs to mate with her. Hunky detective Steve Turley (Ryan Alosio), who actually works the werewolf beat if you can believe that, vows to protect her.

To start with, this movies' attempt to build a mythology behind its plot just comes off as lame and oh-so-cheesy. The dialog is full of groan-inducing lines and the acting from the attractive young cast is just about what one could expect. Producer / director Richard Friedman goes for a real razzle-dazzle approach (at least the movie's got some energy going for it), with a full-steam-ahead pace. The problem there is that too often it goes with the choppy style of editing common to so many modern movies, rendering some scenes a little incoherent. The real marvel of it is wondering what could have possessed veteran actress 'Tippi' Hedren to appear in this; it also makes an appalling waste of the cool Steven Williams, who's bumped off after the first few minutes.

In any event, on to some good stuff: there may be enough gore here to satisfy those who crave it. Kane Hodder has a sizable role as the biker dude who is the human incarnation of the werewolf (anyone who's ever wanted to see the guy in the buff will get their wish!), and as always he has just the right amount of intimidating physical presence. But what most happily heterosexual guys will delight in most is the proliferation of nudity. One erotic scene in particular stands out; it's protracted and certainly doesn't move the movie forward at all, but, really, who's going to complain? And the werewolf is genuinely ugly and nasty and formidable. Too bad the excessive CGI distracts from the effect.

It is what it is, and as cheesy B horror goes, it's really not all that bad. It just ain't very good either.

5/10