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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Neil Marshall
Writer:
Neil Marshall (written by)
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Release Date:
10 May 2002 (UK) more
Genre:
Action | Horror more
Tagline:
Six soldiers. Full moon. No chance.
Plot:
A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
On careful consideration - pretty much the best werewolf film ever. more (508 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Night of the Werewolves (UK) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence/gore and language.
Runtime:
105 min | Japan:104 min
Country:
UK | Luxembourg | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Luxembourg more

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Trivia:
The film makes several references to Zulu (1964). There's the choral music featured in Zulu when Spoon is talking about Rorkes drift, and "Dog Soldiers'" Sgt. Well's paraphrases "Zulu's" Colour Sgt. Bourne's "be quiet now will you, there's a good gentleman, you'll upset the lads" when talking to Ryan. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Scotland is not so empty as to have nowhere within a "four hour drive". more
Quotes:
[a la Aliens]
Cooper: Remember - short, controlled bursts.
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Movie Connections:
References Zabriskie Point (1970) more
Soundtrack:
Lyke Wake Dirge more

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43 out of 55 people found the following comment useful.
On careful consideration - pretty much the best werewolf film ever., 12 September 2004
8/10
Author: billbennett from Manchester, England

Why is Aliens the best action SF film ever? One of the reasons is because James Cameron took the time to build up the characters in the squad to the point where you actually cared when the grunts started to get shredded.

Dog Soldiers does exactly the same, and features some great Brit dialogue to boot.

The region 2 DVD features an extra commentary not found on the Region 1 DVD - basically this consists of the director, the co-producer, Kevin McKidd, Sean Pertwee and Liam Cunningham getting hammered on Stella Artois and producing a brilliantly funny commentary which sounds like a bunch of mates getting drunk while watching the movie. Which was exactly what it was, except that this particular bunch of mates actually made the movie. Genius!!! Liam Cunningham - spectacularly stiff upper-lipped and evil in the film - turns out to be a very droll Irishman with the gift of the gab. "The Uamhunn.... The Uamhunn....."

One of the film's strengths is its gritty portrayal of British infantry in action, both in word and deed. I particularly enjoyed the cast commenting on how much they relished dumping those "crappy plastic guns" (the SA-80s the squad carries at the start) and getting a chance to charge about with MP5s. As Kevin McKidd put it: "So, you want me to run about the woods with a machine-gun, firing it all over the place. And I get PAID for this?!!"

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