Dog Soldiers (2002)

A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.

Director:

Neil Marshall

Writer:

Neil Marshall

Stars:

Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby

5 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sean Pertwee	...	Wells
Kevin McKidd	...	Cooper
Emma Cleasby	...	Megan
Liam Cunningham	...	Ryan
Thomas Lockyer	...	Bruce
Darren Morfitt	...	Spoon
Chris Robson	...	Joe
Leslie Simpson	...	Terry
Tina Landini	...	Camper
Craig Conway	...	Camper
Villrikke's Acer	...	Sam the Dog
Bryn Walters	...	Werewolf
Ben Wright	...	Werewolf
Brian Claxton Payne	...	Werewolf

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

exploitation | grindhouse film | scotland | training mission | full moon | 

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Taglines:

Imagine you're leading a six man squad on a routine army exercise.... ....and it all goes horribly wrong....

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R16

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryan's dog tags remain on him even after he transforms.

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Goofs

The helicopter the soldiers use is the Augusta A109. Whist the RAF operates some of these, mostly as VIP transports for senior army officers of government ministers, the British Army does not. They would be far more likely to use the Lynx, which can carry 8 soldiers, or the larger Puma.

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Quotes

Megan: What happened?
Spoon: What happened? We were attacked by huge fuckin' howlin' things, that's what.

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Crazy Credits

During the closing credits b&w photographs are shown from the camera used during the siege in the cottage.

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Connections

Referenced in Made of Honor (2008)

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Soundtracks

Lyke Wake Dirge
Traditional
Arr. Mark Thomas

User Reviews

Just Another Werewolf Flick? Think again!

American Werewolf in London, was always my favourite werewolf movie. well, this is better!

The cast are not widely known, familiar faces, but no star names, yet they all give first class performances. The dialogue is slick and realistic and the plot and characters build very well.

The gore is truly realistic and looks painful at times, similar to some of the scenes at the start of Private Ryan.

Most of the characters are rock hard nutter's, and they spout off cheesy lines like 'Come and ave a go if you think your hard enough!' and 'I Hope i give you the Sh*t's, you F*ck*n Wimp!' said just after a great fist fight with a werewolf and just before he is about to be eaten.

At no point does this movie try to take itself seriously, and that's why its so good. It really is very funny and at the same time pretty realistic (for a werewolf film). If you like the genre you simply have too see this film, if you don't your missing a treat.

9/10 Great fun

Details

Country:

UK Luxembourg

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 May 2002 (UK)

Also Known As:

Cães de Caça

Filming Locations:

Luxembourg

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,537,283

Company Credits

Production Co:

Centurion, Kismet Entertainment Group, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1