Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Saxon | ... | Tony Ford | |
Tim Thomerson | ... | Frank Bergman | |
Michael Worth | ... | Jake Gabriel | |
Adrienne Barbeau | ... | Gail Cash | |
Natasha Alam | ... | Erika Moore | |
Kristi Clainos | ... | Justine | |
Siri Baruc | ... | Casey | |
Dan Southworth | ... | Clay | |
Art LaFleur | ... | Leo | |
Zosia Mamet | ... | Rudy | |
Alex Ballar | ... | Andrew Jensen | |
Martin Kove | ... | Malick | |
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Lois Stewart | ... | Bonna |
Margot Farley | ... | Christine | |
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John Edward Lee | ... | Tommy |
Jack Ford leads a special forces unit back to the United States to hunt down Jake Gabriel, a soldier who has been infected with the werewolf virus that turns man into wolf. Little does Jack know that three of the female soldiers serving in his unit have also been infected and have already transformed into she-wolves. The she-wolves' forces of evil and Ford's special op forces of good, are pitted against each other in the race to save mankind from turning into wolves. Written by The Film Catalogue
but War Wolves wasn't necessarily a good movie in my opinion. Although I was dubious about seeing the film, I was intrigued and watched it with an open mind BEFORE reading any reviews of any kind. War Wolves did have some good points, namely the idea, which was interesting and had a lot of potential, and the performances of Adrienne Barbeau, Tim Thomerson and John Saxon were good with great chemistry. I also admired the fact that War Wolves did try to focus on action rather than dull filler. The action was nothing outstanding, it was enthusiastically performed if rather basic and hindered further by clumsy editing, but I have seen duller action sequences before. However, War Wolves also contains some of the worst-looking werewolves I've seen, the story is very all over the place and sluggish and the script is aimless, contrived and doesn't leave the actors much to work with. I have seen far more annoying and stereotypical characters, but I didn't find many of the characters very interesting, and this was disappointing considering that film had a concept this good. The ending felt very rushed and if given more time to breathe would've been less senseless. It was nice to hear Ave Maria, as it is a lovely song, but the way it was used here made it feel cheesy and thrown in. All in all, not a good movie, but I can think of worse ways to waste my time. 4/10 Bethany Cox