Dog Soldiers

In his directorial debut, Neil Marshall created an interesting world with some new takes on the werewolf mythos. It pits a group of British soldiers on a training exercise against a pack of werewolves in the Scottish wilderness. Instead of focusing on the transformations and the human element of the werewolf, it really felt more like Alien or Predator. I liked the choice quite a bit. There were some cheesy things that didn't set well with me that took me out of the movie. I wanted to tell Mr. Marshall that the actors didn't have to say a "badass" line before something happened. I had forgiven most of it, but when the "time of the month" line came out I inadvertently yelled at the TV in disgust. My fair rating reflected this because I really wanted to love Dog Soldiers. The werewolves were really interesting looking and the filmmakers did a wonderful job setting up the atmosphere. The script just needed a little more refinement in my opinion.

I love this and won’t tire of watching it. Fantastic action, horror film, that doesn’t take itself too seriously and has perfectly timed brilliant British humour throughout. Love the cast too, some of my favourite British Actors. Top British Cult Horror Film! Do watch, you won’t regret it. Don’t take it too seriously; despite it being a fast action, gory horror, it’s done with tongue in cheek too.