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Dog Soldiers (2002) 6.9
A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness. Director:Neil MarshallWriter:Neil Marshall |
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A British Squad is sent on a training mission in the Highlands of Scotland against Special Operations squad. Ignoring the childish "campfire" stories heard about the area, they continue with their mission and come across the bloody remains of the Special Ops Squad, and a fierce howling is pitching the night sky... With two mortally wounded men, they make an escape, running into a zoologist by the name of Megan - who knows exactly what hunts them. What began as what they thought was a training mission turns into a battle for their lives against the most unlikely enemies they would have expected - werewolves. Written by Dismal Angel
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scotland | training mission | full moon | special forces | eaten alive |Taglines:
Six soldiers. Full moon. No chance.Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 May 2002 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Dog Soldiers - Cães de Caça See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$123,354 (Hong Kong) (29 November 2002)Gross:
$242,358 (Hong Kong) (13 December 2002)Company Credits
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Kismet Entertainment Group, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Carousel Picture Company, The See more »
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Spoon: So these things aren't about to give up the fight and go home...
Cooper: They ARE home.
Sgt. Harry Wells: Yeah, that makes perfect sense. I mean, think about it. We bust into their house, we eat all their porridge, we sleep in their fucking beds. No wonder they're pissed.
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Written and Composed by Rupert Bopape (as R. Bopape)
(c) 1958 by EMI (South Africa) PTY Ltd
Peermusic (UK) Ltd, London
Used by permisison
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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. See more »Goofs
Several times in the movie characters are seen with the MP5 bolt in the locked up position, The weapon cannot fire in this position as it must be down to do so. See more »Quotes
Cooper: Werewolves spend most of their time in human form, right? And the only people for miles around live right here.Spoon: So these things aren't about to give up the fight and go home...
Cooper: They ARE home.
Sgt. Harry Wells: Yeah, that makes perfect sense. I mean, think about it. We bust into their house, we eat all their porridge, we sleep in their fucking beds. No wonder they're pissed.
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Tom HarkWritten and Composed by Rupert Bopape (as R. Bopape)
(c) 1958 by EMI (South Africa) PTY Ltd
Peermusic (UK) Ltd, London
Used by permisison
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Exciting and thoroughly well-made werewolf film from Scotland delivers the goods to both horror and action fans!
A band of soldiers go into the Scotland country for a training exercise and instead find themselves struggling to survive against a horde of werewolves!
Writer/director Neil Marshall does a knock-out job with creating a solid werewolf film that packs on plenty of quick suspense and steely action. Marshall's story is always gripping, building to an explosive climax. He's obviously a genre fan as he references a number of old-school horror films in the process, even naming one character after B movie hero Bruce Campbell. The direction is right on too with plenty of atmospheric spookiness, as well as a feeling of complete claustrophobia even in the sprawling woods! The special FX come off pretty good and provides for more than a few gory scenes.
The cast isn't half bad, hero Kevin McKidd (dearly departed Tommy from Trainspotting) and Sargent Sean Pertwee being the best.
This film may have flown under the horror radar back in 2002, but genre fans should discover just how good this film is. Dog Soldiers is a movie that lets us know that the monster flick is not dead!
*** out of ****